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Religion of the North American Plains Indians

Religion of the North American Plains Indians. Great Plains. Plains are vast 30 tribes 7 distinct languages Common sign language Representative of American Indian religion Lakota tribe Vision quest and Sun Dance. Lakot a. Western Sioux “Snakes” Important tribe

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Religion of the North American Plains Indians

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  1. Religion of the North American Plains Indians

  2. Great Plains • Plains are vast • 30 tribes • 7 distinct languages • Common sign language • Representative of American Indian religion • Lakota tribe • Vision quest and Sun Dance

  3. Lakota • Western Sioux • “Snakes” • Important tribe • Defeated Custer at Battle of the Little Big Horn • Massacred at Wounded Knee • Today • 70,000 live on reservations in Manitoba, Montana, and North and South Dakota

  4. Basic Beliefs • Wakan Tanka • Great Spirit, Great Mysterious • Literally means Most Sacred • Refers to 16 separate deities • 4- most sacred number because refers to ___________ • 4x4 • Sun Dance and Vision Quest

  5. Sun Dance • Beginning of Summer • Sacred leader(Medicine Man) • Major Task • Construction of the lodge • Performance • Dancing • Music and drumbeats • Body Mutilation • Reasoning?

  6. Vision Quest • Two major reasons • Rite of Passage • Access to spiritual power • Supervised by Medicine Man • Instructions before and interprets after • Process • Purification- Spiritual and Physical • Solitude in Nature • Fasting • Vision • Interpret • Two dimensions of religion • 1. Religious ritual • 2. Religious experience • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0M7nETLOsKQ

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