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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] It is one of the Seven Sacred Ceremonies of the Lakota people, which has been ...
The pipe ceremony is one of the Seven Sacred Rites of the Lakota people. [1] Lakota tradition has it that White Buffalo Calf Woman brought the chanunpa to the people, as one of the Seven Sacred Rites, to serve as a sacred bridge between this world and Wakan Tanka, the "Great Mystery". [1] [2]
Their name deriving from a term meaning "allies", [1] the Lakota comprise the seven westernmost groups of the Sioux peoples. [2] Other terms for the Lakota include the Western Sioux, [2] Teton Sioux, [3] Tetons, [2] Teton Dakotas, [2] or the Thíthuwa (Prairie Dwellers). [4] The Lakota had formed into seven subdivisions by the 19th century.
She taught the Lakota seven sacred ceremonies to protect the Mother Earth and gave them the čhaŋnúŋpa, the sacred ceremonial pipe. The seven ceremonies are: Inípi (purification lodge) Haŋbléčheyapi (crying for vision) Wiwáŋyaŋg Wačhípi ; Huŋkalowaŋpi (making of relatives) Išnáthi Awíčhalowaŋpi (female puberty ceremony)
Jesse Short Bull and Laura Tomaselli’s documentary “Lakota Nation vs. United States” chronicles the Lakota Indians’ enduring quest to reclaim South Dakota’s Black Hills, sacred land ...
Looking Horse is spiritual leader of the Lakota, Dakota and the Nakota Oyate in South Dakota and the 19th keeper of the sacred White Buffalo Calf Woman Pipe and Bundle.
Central to the Lakota's spiritual practice is Wakȟáŋ Tȟáŋka, or the Great Mystery. Their primary cultural prophet is Ptesáŋwiŋ, White Buffalo Calf Woman, who came as an intermediary between Wakȟáŋ Tȟáŋka and humankind to teach them how to be good relatives by introducing the Seven Sacred Rites and the čhaŋnúŋpa (sacred pipe).
She taught the Lakota how to pray and honor the Earth through ceremony, and promised to return one day in the guise of a white bison calf with black eyes, nose and hooves.