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11/26/2007
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Fighting To Keep Traditions
Author: Karen Herzog Source: Bismarck Tribune (ND)
Title: FIGHTING TO KEEP TRADITIONS
"Lakota life was physically trying; people needed to be strong in heart and physically strong,"said Carole Barrett, associate professor of American Indian studies at the University of Mary.
That explains the ordeal elements of the Sun Dance ritual, essentially an elaborate four-day prayer time and one of seven overarching rites of traditional Lakota religion, she said.
Sun dancers offered prayers - for healing, for families and for thanksgiving. The ritual piercing of the chest at the conclusion of the Sun Dance was not the torture ritual sensationalized in movies, or a puberty rite, she said, adding that no one was forced to participate and the rite was always voluntary. The intricate preparations of the ceremony included sacred songs, dancing, fasting, naming ceremonies, veterans' stories and much more, she said.
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| Against All Comers | Nov 29th. at 7:52:32 am EST
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Finn (San Marcos, Texas) - Email Me
I wish the article had gone into the Lakota fight against the explotation of their spiritual beliefs by people not of the Christian faith. A significant number of Lakota consider that a greater problem today. Cultural rape i ramapant.
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