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A sacred bundle or a medicine bundle is a wrapped collection of sacred items, held by a designated carrier, used in Indigenous American ceremonial cultures. According to Patricia Deveraux, a member of the Blackfoot Confederacy in Alberta, "These are holy bundles given to us by the Creator to hold our people together...
A young Pitahawirata Pawnee, named variously Shield Chief [3]: 200 and Carrying the Shield, [4]: 59 was the keeper of a sacred bundle with an old bow and a red arrow. His father had told him to use them in times of great danger. Armed with the sacred weapons from the bundle he went to the battlefield on foot.
Arvol Looking Horse. Arvol Looking Horse (born 1954) is a Lakota Native American spiritual leader. He is the 19th keeper of the Sacred White Buffalo Calf Pipe and Bundle. [1] [2]
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The Pawnee capture of the Cheyenne Sacred Arrows occurred around 1830 in central Nebraska, when the Cheyenne attacked a group from the Skidi Pawnee tribe, who were hunting bison. The Cheyenne had with them their sacred bundle of four arrows, called the Mahuts. During the battle, this sacred, ceremonial object was taken by the Pawnee.
A sacred arrow from the Skull bundle was shot through her heart by the man who captured her while simultaneously another man struck her over the head with the war club from the Morning Star bundle. The dead girl's chest would then be cut open by the priest with a flint knife while her captor caught her blood on dried meat.
Wolf fetish with medicine bundle and heartline carved by Stuart Lasiloo; jet, turquoise, coral, shell heshi; 2" L x 1.25" H x .5" W A grouping of hand-carved Zuni fetish objects by the Zuni artist Erik Lasiloo. Zuni fetishes are small carvings made from primarily stone but also shell, fossils, and other materials by the Zuni people.
A medicine bag is usually a small pouch, worn by some Indigenous peoples of the Americas, that contains sacred items. A personal medicine bag may contain objects that symbolize personal well-being and tribal identity. [1] [2] Traditionally, medicine bags are worn under the clothing. [3]