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Sun dance, Shoshone at Fort Hall, 1925. The Sun Dance is a ceremony practiced by some Native Americans in the United States and Indigenous peoples in Canada, primarily those of the Plains cultures, as well as a new movement within Native American religions.
The Sun Dance is a highly sacred event that occurred within the Plains Indian culture, as well as other indigenous groups in North America. As interaction with whites grew in the 19th century, in order to "civilize" the native peoples, certain practices like the Sun Dance were suppressed because it was determined to be too gruesome.
The Plains Indians constructed a v-shaped funnel, about a mile long, made of fallen trees or rocks. Sometimes bison could be lured into a trap by a person covering himself with a bison skin and imitating the call of the animals. [31] Before their adoption of guns, the Plains Indians hunted with spears, bows, and various forms of clubs. The use ...
The Oglalás were then instrumental in diffusing the sun dance among other Plains groups. [248] The sun dance typically takes place in June or July, during the summer months. [252] The modern sun dance is organized by a committee who select the date, pick a director, and arrange for publicity and the maintenance of the grounds east of Pine ...
The Sun Dance Opera debuted in February 1913, at Orpheus Hall in Vernal, Utah, playing for three nights. [2] The cast featured members of the Ute Nation from the Uintah and Ouray Reservation, [1] but the leads were played by non-Native singers. [3] The opera saw some success, with the production touring the state over the next two years. [4]
James Trosper is the current Eastern Shoshone Sun Dance chief. He is widely regarded as “a respected voice on traditional Plains Indian spirituality.” [1] He is Director of the High Plains American Indian Research Institute.
According to the legend the ceremony, the Sun Dance, was started when a human woman, named Feather-woman fell in love with Morning Star, the child of Sun and Moon. After plucking the sacred turnip she and her half-divine son were banished from the Sky-Country, and eventually she died leaving her son, Poïa (Scar-Face), orphaned.
The Arapaho are a tribe of Native Americans from the western Great Plains, in the area of eastern Colorado and Wyoming.Traditional Arapaho music, described by Bruno Nettl (1965, p. 150), includes sacred and secular songs.