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Lakota religion or Lakota spirituality is the traditional Native American religion of the Lakota people. It is practiced primarily in the North American Great Plains, within Lakota communities on reservations in North Dakota and South Dakota. The tradition has no formal leadership or organizational structure and displays much internal variation.
According to Lakota belief, Inyan (Rock), was present at the very beginning, and so was the omnipresent spirit Wakan Tanka, the Great Mystery, and the darkness Han.Inyan wanted to exercise his powers, or compassion, so he created Maka (the Earth) as part of himself to keep control of his powers.
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.
In Lakota tradition, Škaŋ is the Motion of the universe. The Great Spirit, Wakȟáŋ Tȟáŋka, reflected upon himself and created the four Superior Spirits, Wi (the first to be created, bringing light to the world), Skan, Maka (Mother Earth) and Íŋyaŋ (the solid support of the Earth or the rock associated with the natural forces of the Earth).
Walker, James R. Lakota Belief and Ritual (University of Nebraska Press, 1980; ISBN 0-8032-2551-2; Bison Books, 1991 ISBN 0-8032-9731-9) Powers, William K. Oglala Religion (University of Nebraska Press, 1975,1977; ISBN 0-8032-8706-2) Pickering, Robert B. Seeing the White Buffalo.
The Lakota medicine man Black Elk described himself as a heyoka, saying he had been visited as a child by the thunder beings. [5] A survivor of the Wounded Knee Massacre , Black Elk toured with Buffalo Bill's Wild West in Europe and discussed his religious views, visions, and events in a series of interviews with poet John Neihardt , collected ...
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".
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]