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Hundreds of people joined the protest that day, [173] including groups from California, [174] Oregon, [175] Wisconsin, [176] Colorado, [177] South Carolina, [178] and Washington. [179] Protesters built a floating bridge to Turtle Island, considered sacred ground, and 400 gathered near the bridge, some crossing over to perform a prayer ceremony ...
The music is used primarily for ceremony and ritual, and is based on percussive instrumentation, especially log, box, and hide drums, as well as rattles and whistles. The four-day Klasila festival is an important cultural display of song and dance and masks; it occurs just before the advent of the tsetseka, or winter.
Vision quest. A vision quest is a rite of passage in some Native American cultures. Individual Indigenous cultures have their own names for their rites of passage. "Vision quest" is an English-language umbrella term, and may not always be accurate or used by the cultures in question. Among Native American cultures who have this type of rite, it ...
For the Kichwa people, located in present-day Ecuador, the ceremony was similar to the Ingas'. The union of a man and a woman was seen as a pact between two families, and the celebration lasted three days: one day at the groom's house (kallari puncha), another at the bride's (kyoa puncha), and the third at the godparents' home (tukurik puncha ...
Sitting Bull, a Hunkpapa Lakota chief and holy man, c. 1831 – December 15, 1890. The Sioux or Oceti Sakowin (/ suː / SOO; Dakota / Lakota: Očhéthi Šakówiŋ [oˈtʃʰeːtʰi ʃaˈkoːwĩ]) are groups of Native American tribes and First Nations people from the Great Plains of North America.
The Great Race is a Native American legend surrounding the Red Racetrack, a ring shaped depression surrounding the interior of the Black Hills. [1]: 179 The legend tells the story of when buffalo and man raced each other to establish order in the universe. The stories differ from tribe to tribe but the constant theme is that man established ...
The treaty granted 2.24 million acres (9,060;km²) of land to the United States in exchange for establishment of three reservations, cash payments over a period of twenty years, and recognition of traditional native fishing and hunting rights. [7]
Navajo song ceremonial complex. The Navajo song ceremonial complex is a spiritual practice used by certain Navajo ceremonial people to restore and maintain balance and harmony in the lives of the people. One half of the ceremonial complex is the Blessing Way, while the other half is the Enemy Way (Anaʼí Ndááʼ).