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Central to the Lakota's spiritual practice is Wakȟáŋ Tȟáŋka, or the Great Mystery. Their primary cultural prophet is Ptesáŋwiŋ , White Buffalo Calf Woman , who came as an intermediary between Wakȟáŋ Tȟáŋka and humankind to teach them how to be good relatives by introducing the Seven Sacred Rites and the čhaŋnúŋpa ( sacred pipe ).
White Buffalo Calf Woman (Lakȟótiyapi: Ptesáŋwiŋ) or White Buffalo Maiden is a sacred woman of supernatural origin, central to the Lakota religion as the primary cultural prophet. Oral traditions relate that she brought the "Seven Sacred Rites" to the Lakota people.
The Sacred Pipe: Black Elk's Account of the Seven Rites of the Oglala Sioux, University of Oklahoma Press, 1989 (originally published in 1953) The Gift of the Sacred Pipe, edited and illustrated by Vera Louise Drysdale, University of Oklahoma Press, 1995. Animals of the Soul, Sacred Animals of the Oglala Sioux, Element Books Ltd, 1993
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] It is one of the Seven Sacred Ceremonies of the Lakota people, which has been ...
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] The chanunpa is one means of conveying prayers to the Creator and the other sacred beings. The various parts of the pipe have ...
Scott McKnight was a 21-year-old intern at a law office in Oklahoma City in 1991, when Switzer walked into the lobby. McKnight, who is an OU alum and now an attorney in Fort Worth, was introduced ...
An important sacred object for the Lakota is the cʽąnųpa wakʽą (chanupa wakan) or sacred pipe. [194] It usually consists of a hollow wooden stem attached to a catlinite bowl. [ 195 ] Catlinite is quarried from near Pipestone, Minnesota ; the Lakota term this iyanša (red stone), for in their mythology it formed from the blood of a people ...
Native American religions were prevalent in the pre-Columbian era, including state religions.Common concept is the supernatural world of deities, spirits and wonders, such as the Algonquian manitou or the Lakotaʼs wakan, [19] [20] [9] as well as Great Spirit, [21] Fifth World, world tree, and the red road among many Indians.