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The Greatest Sun Dancer
Mr. Larry Salway
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Outline of Lakota Culture 117
THE GREATEST SUN DANCER
Lakota Rites of Passage
For Young Women – Coming of Age Ceremony
This Ceremony is still practiced today in many Native communities
For Young Men – The Vision Quest
The practice of the Vision Quest has diminished in recent generations. Seeking our life purpose is an essential part of Spiritual Renewal.
Historically, the Sun Dance was connected with finding one's life purpose, or trying to make connection with Creator.
The Greatest Sun Dancer
Creator has provided the Greatest Sun Dancer - the pinnacle and focus of Spiritual Renewal.
"Consequently, you are no longer foreigners and aliens, but fellow citizens with God's people and members of God's household, built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the Chief Cornerstone."
- Ephesians 2:19-20, the Bible (Book of Elders)
Lakota Culture 117
Spiritual Renewal is more than simply reviewing the ideas found in the Sacred Hoop, although that is a good place to begin. Lakota Elder Larry Salway points to the hope found in the Greatest Sun Dancer - sent by Creator.
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)
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