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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]
AIM politicized Lakota religion, transforming it into a symbol of resistance as part of an anti-colonial ideology; [414] they for instance converted the Lakota's sacred pipe into a Pan-Indian symbol. [415] AIM also assisted in promoting Lakota ceremonies to other Native American groups. [416]
[2] [3] In the March 2003 meeting it was agreed among the spiritual leaders and Bundle Keepers of the Lakota, Dakota, Nakota, Cheyenne and Arapaho Nations that: I-ni-pi (Purification Ceremony): Those that run this sacred rite should be able to communicate with Tun-ca-s'i-la (our Sacred Grandfathers) in their Native Plains tongue.
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)
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]
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.
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.