Athletes & Entertainers Buffalo Bill Cody Native Americans perform the Sioux ghost dance RealVideo (streaming) MPEG Format (3.5 MB) Help With Video Credits Buffalo Bill's Wild West Shows A show about the Wild West wouldn't be complete without some Indians, and you can bet that Buffalo Bill had some very talented ones. Native American Sioux Indian dancers in full war paint and war costumes performed the Sioux Ghost Dance that you can see here. This is the very first time that American Indians appeared before a motion picture camera. What's the one other thing that Buffalo Bill had to have in his show? page 2 of 3 Library Of Congress | Legal Notices | Privacy | Site Map | Contact Us VIDEO CREDIT: Dickson, W.K.L. producer. "Sioux ghost dance." Edison Manufacturing Co., 1894. Inventing Entertainment: The Motion Pictures and Sound Recordings of the Edison Companies, Library of Congress.