Original sentence: (April 7, 1912 – October 24, 2002) was a prominent American gay rights activist, communist, and labor advocate.Aged 10 he was enrolled at Virgil Junior High School, and soon after joined a boys' club known as the Western Rangers, through which he developed an interest in Native American cultures and sought out connections with the Hopi and Sioux communities.Hay told the story that  in 1925 he was invited to a local gathering of Natives, where he met the Ghost Dance prophet Wovoka Hay's family did have a documented, bloody connection to Wovoka and the Ghost Dance movement.Hay's great-uncle, Francis Hardie, carried the Third Cavalry flag at Wounded Knee.In 1890, a misinterpretation of the Ghost Dance ritual as a war dance by Indian agents led to the Wounded Knee Massacre
Edited sentence: (April 7, 1912 – October 24, 2002) was a prominent American gay rights activist, communist, labor advocate, and campaigner for Native American civil rights.Aged 10 he was enrolled at Virgil Junior High School, and soon after joined a boys' club known as the Western Rangers, through which he was introduced to Native American societies and met groups from the Hopi and Sioux communities.Through contact with a Native co-worker, in 1925 Hay was invited to a local celebration of Natives, where he was blessed by the Ghost Dance prophet Wovoka, who declared that Hay would one day be a great friend to the Native American people