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The inípi, or iníkaǧapi, ceremony (Lakota: i-, in regard to, + ni, life, + kaǧa, they make, -pi, makes the term plural or a noun, 'they revitalize themselves', in fast speech, inípi [1]), a type of sweat lodge, is a purification ceremony of the Lakota people. [2]
A sweat lodge structure like that used for Lakota ini kaġapi rites. A basic preparation before Lakota rituals is the ini kaġapi ("they revitalize themselves"), a period of time spent in a purification lodge or sweat lodge. [212] A shorter variant of this process is often termed the inípi. [213] This is deemed a time for prayer. [214]
A sweat lodge is a low profile hut, typically dome-shaped or oblong, and made with natural materials. The structure is the lodge , and the ceremony performed within the structure may be called by some cultures a purification ceremony or simply a sweat .
In the decade since Fargo agreed to host a sweat lodge for the many Native Americans who live in the area, the simple structure and its users have suffered a series of indignities: The land set ...
Čhetáŋ Sápa (Black Hawk) [tʃʰɛtə̃ sapa] (c. 1832 – c. 1890) was a medicine man and member of the Sans Arc or Itázipčho band of the Lakota people. [1] He is most known for a series of 76 drawings that were later bound into a ledger book that depicts scenes of Lakota life and rituals.
Native American religions were prevalent in the pre-Columbian era, including state religions.Common concept is the supernatural world of deities, spirits and wonders, such as the Algonquian manitou or the Lakotaʼs wakan, [19] [20] [9] as well as Great Spirit, [21] Fifth World, world tree, and the red road among many Indians.
Sauna – the temazcal was a sweat lodge used by many cultures in Mesoamerica and the Great Plains. A Lakota (Sioux) chanunpa pipestem, without the pipe bowl. Smoking pipe – indigenous Americans invented the smoking pipe and in particular the ceremonial pipe a type of tobacco pipe. This was an unknown concept to Europeans and the idea was ...
Below is a list of commonly recognized figures who are part of Lakota mythology, a Native American tribe with current lands in North and South Dakota.The spiritual entities of Lakota mythology are categorized in several major categories, including major deities, wind spirits, personified concepts, and other beings.