Introduction to LAKOTA CULTURE 114
Creator has given us laws, values and principles to live by. When these are violated, our Sacred Hoop will become broken. Lakota Elder Larry Salway explains that Harmony, Balance, Beauty and Peace are replaced with feelings of inferiority and shame.
This video is part of our Mentor Training series, "Lakota Culture". We also have a series on Poverty.
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.
This video is part of the training series Life Initiatives has developed for mentor development. Find out more here.
____________________________
Click on a training category below to view the available videos:
Life Initiatives * P.O. Box 7505, Rapid City, SD * (605) 430-0794
Life Initiatives Home He Sapa Home Training Contact Us
__________________________________________________
LAKOTA CULTURE 114
mr. Larry Salway
HOW OUR SACRED HOOP IS BROKEN
If you have trouble viewing this video, it can also be seen on You Tube
Outline of Lakota Culture 114
how our Sacred Hoop is Broken
Whenever we violate a law, principle of value of our culture, we weaken the Sacred Hoop. If we continue violating these things, our Hoop will eventually be broken
When our Hoop becomes broken, Harmony, Balance, Beauty, and Peace leave us.
These good things are replaced with feelings of inferiority and shame.
We then begin filling this void with things that harm us and our bodies.
We begin to isolate ourselves; we lose respect for ourselves and others.
We lose sight of the unseen, spiritual world.
We experience loss of relationships.
Return to Training Main Page.
