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Yuwipi is a traditional Lakota healing ceremony. During the ceremony the healer is tied up with a special blanket and ropes, and the healer and their supporters pray ...
Various rituals are important to Lakota life, seven of them presented as having been given by a benevolent wakʽą spirit, White Buffalo Calf Woman. These include the sweat lodge purification ceremony, the vision quest, and the sun dance. A ritual specialist, usually called a wičháša wakhá ("holy man"), is responsible for healing and other ...
Keya - The Turtle Spirit of health, safety, and healing rituals. Mato - Mischievous healer Bear Spirit of passionate emotions. Mica - The Trickster Coyote Spirit. Sungmanito - The Wolf Spirit of hunting and war. Sunka - The Dog Spirit of companionship and faithfulness. Tȟatȟáŋka (Great Beast), or Ta Tanka - The male Buffalo Spirit of plenty.
Magical realism in The Grass Dancer makes its appearance during certain rituals performed by the Dakota tribe, such as when Frank Pipe retells the story of when someone was killing reservation dogs and shooting coyotes. The tribe decided to perform a Yuwipi ceremony in order to discover who the killer was.
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Frank Fools Crow (c. 1890 – 1989) was an Oglala Lakota civic and religious leader. 'Grandfather', or 'Grandpa Frank' as he was often called, was a nephew of Black Elk who worked to preserve Lakota traditions, including the Sun Dance and yuwipi ceremonies.
As a native Lakota speaker with CRST, Lakhota.com, I can tell you the word "Yuwipi" means "many little clear stones." These stones can be found on the top of ant hills, and have been used in a Lakhota ceremony called "Yuwipi," a Sacred work (Wakan Wicoan) where the dreamer is freed by magic. A Lakhota medicine man is called, "Pejuta wicasa."
Another important aspect of Ojibwe religion is the midewiwin, a society whose rituals engage with the manitouk to oversee healing. One of the Algonquian-speaking peoples, the Ojibwe originally lived a hunter-gatherer lifestyle. In that context, relationships with manitouk were deemed crucial for securing food supplies.