Introduction to LAKOTA CULTURE 111
Harmony is both a gift which is received and the fruit of hard work. The Sacred Hoop (Medicine Wheel), although easily broken, can be mended through harmony. Lakota Elder Larry Salway shows how this process works.
This video is part of our Mentor Training series, "Lakota Culture". We also have a series on Poverty.
Larry Salway grew up on the Rosebud Reservation in southwestern South Dakota. He rose out of the poverty of his childhood and became a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and later, a professor at the Oglala Lakota College campuses in Kyle and Rapid City, SD. He served for five years as Tribal Judge in Pine Ridge, SD. Mr. Salway has also served as pastor of churches in Arizona and South Dakota. Larry is Co-President of Life Initiatives.
This video is part of the training series Life Initiatives has developed for mentor development. Find out more here.
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LAKOTA CULTURE 111
mr. Larry Salway
RESTORING THE BROKEN HOOP:
"Living in Harmony "
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Outline of Lakota Culture 111
Restoring the Broken Hoop - Living in Harmony
When we live by the spiritual values and principles Creator has given us, we are walking in harmony, balance, beauty and peace. When any of these are missing, our Sacred Hoop is broken.
A person can move toward restoring that brokenness by paying attention to these areas: harmony, balance, beauty and peace. This video will focus on Harmony:
HARMONY
We need harmony in three areas:
Between us and Creator
Between us and the Creation
(Out of reverence, Native people refer to Creation as “Mother Earth” as a term of respect toward creation, rather than worship of it)
With one another
Living in harmony removes racism and ethnocentricity
Living in harmony requires Fortitude – the tenacity to “hang in there”.
Living in harmony also gives us unconditional acceptance of one another.
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