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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 ...
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)
An important sacred object for the Lakota is the cʽąnųpa wakʽą (chanupa wakan) or sacred pipe. [194] It usually consists of a hollow wooden stem attached to a catlinite bowl. [ 195 ] Catlinite is quarried from near Pipestone, Minnesota ; the Lakota term this iyanša (red stone), for in their mythology it formed from the blood of a people ...
In Lakota spirituality, Wakan Tanka (Standard Lakota Orthography: Wakȟáŋ Tȟáŋka) is the term for the sacred or the divine. [1] [2] This is usually translated as the "Great Spirit" and occasionally as "Great Mystery".
For example, among the Lakota, the Cross-fire group uses the Bible for sermons, which the Half-Moon followers reject, even though they each teach a similar Christian morality. [4] Ceremonies commonly last all night, beginning Saturday evening and ending early Sunday morning. Scripture reading, prayer, singing, and drumming are included. [2]
[5] [9] Like a number of other Indigenous ceremonies, the vision quest has been mentioned in statements by Indigenous leaders concerned about the protection of ceremonies and other Indigenous intellectual property rights; one of these documents is the 1993 Declaration of War Against Exploiters of Lakota Spirituality.
The Oglala Lakota believe that Iktomi was the second manifestation, or degeneration, of Ksa, who hatched from the cosmic egg laid by Wakíŋyaŋ. He is the enemy of Unk. [1] Iktómi - The trickster Spider Spirit and son of Inyan. Maka-akaŋ, or Maka - The earth Spirit created by Íŋyaŋ as his lover. Her color is green. [1]
In the Lakota tradition, the Great Spirit is known as Wakan Tanka. [1] [2] According to Lakota activist Russell Means, a more semantically accurate translation of Wakan Tanka is the Great Mystery. [3] Often, Lakota language prayers begin with the phrase “Tunkasila”, which translates to “grandfather, Great Spirit.” [4]