Lakota Culture 117

Mr. Larry Salway

"The Greatest Sun Dancer "

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Outline of Lakota Culture 117

Lakota Rites of Passage:

For Young Women – Coming of Age Ceremony

This Ceremony is still practiced today in many Native communities

For Young Men – The Vision Quest

The practice of the Vision Quest has diminished in recent generations. Seeking our life purpose is an essential part of Spiritual Renewal.

Historically, the Sun Dance was connected with finding one's life purpose, or trying to make connection with Creator.

Creator has provided the Greatest Sun Dancer - the pinnacle and focus of Spiritual Renewal.

"Consequently, you are no longer foreigners and aliens, but fellow citizens with God's people and members of God's household, built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the Chief Cornerstone."

- Ephesians 2:19-20, the Bible (Book of Elders)

 

Spiritual Renewal is more than simply reviewing the ideas found in the Sacred Hoop, although that is a good place to begin. Lakota Elder Larry Salway points to the hope found in the Greatest Sun Dancer - sent by Creator.

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.

the lakota culture series:

LAKOTA CULTURE 101 – Setting Aside our Preconceptions

LAKOTA CULTURE 102 - Cultural Comparisons (Part 1)

LAKOTA CULTURE 103 - Cultural Comparisons (Part 2)

LAKOTA CULTURE 104 - The 4 Levels of Native Acculturation

LAKOTA CULTURE 105 - The Interpersonal Styles of Native People

LAKOTA CULTURE 106 - Stereotypes: How Native People May View Non-Native People (Part 1)

LAKOTA CULTURE 107 - Stereotypes: How Native People May View Non-Native People (Part 2)

LAKOTA CULTURE 108 - The Medicine Wheel: Introduction

LAKOTA CULTURE 109 - Values, Virtues, and Ceremonies

LAKOTA CULTURE 110 – Sacredness of the Sacred Hoop

LAKOTA CULTURE 111 - RESTORING THE BROKEN HOOP: Living in Harmony

LAKOTA CULTURE 112 - RESTORING THE BROKEN HOOP: Living in Balance

LAKOTA CULTURE 113 - RESTORING THE BROKEN HOOP: Discovering Beauty and Peace

LAKOTA CULTURE 114 - How our Sacred Hoop is Broken

LAKOTA CULTURE 115 - The Result of a Broken Sacred Hoop

LAKOTA CULTURE 116 - RESTORING THE BROKEN HOOP: Spiritual Renewal

LAKOTA CULTURE 117 - Spiritual Renewal: The Greatest Sun Dancer

LAKOTA CULTURE 118 - Walking the Red Road

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