Lakota Culture 108

The Medicine Wheel symbolizes balance in all areas of life. Using the Medicine Wheel (or Sacred Circle), Lakota Elder Larry Salway shows us that when the Wheel is broken, quality of life declines; when it is whole and in balance, life becomes fulfilling.

Larry Salway grew up on the Rosebud Reservation in southwestern South Dakota. He rose out of the poverty of his childhood and became a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and later, a professor at the Oglala Lakota College campuses in Kyle and Rapid City, SD. He served for five years as Tribal Judge in Pine Ridge, SD. Mr. Salway has also served as pastor of churches in Arizona and South Dakota. Larry is Co-President of Life Initiatives.

the lakota culture series:

Setting Aside our Preconceptions (101)
Cultural Comparisons (Part 1) (102)
Cultural Comparisons (Part 2) (103)
The 4 Levels of Native Acculturation (104)
The Interpersonal Styles of Native People (105)
Stereotypes (Part 1): How Native People May View Non-Native People (106)
Stereotypes (Part2): How Native People May View Non-Native People (107)

The Medicine Wheel: Introduction (108)

Values, Virtues, and Ceremonies (109)
Sacredness of the Sacred Hoop (110)
Restoring the Hoop: Harmony (111)
Restoring the Hoop: Balance (112)
Restoring the Hoop: Beauty and Peace (113)
How our Sacred Hoop is Broken (114)
The Result of a Broken Sacred Hoop (115)
Restoring the Hoop: Spiritual Renewal (116)
Spiritual Renewal: The Greatest Sun Dancer (117)
Walking the Red Road (118)