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Sun Dance

The Sun Dance is a ceremony practiced by some Native Americans in the United States and Indigenous peoples in Canada, primarily those of the Plains cultures, as well as a new movement within Native American religions. Members of otherwise independent bands gather to reaffirm beliefs about the world and the supernatural through rituals of personal and…

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Canada

Contemporary practices

Filming

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Sun Dance

Nodes44
Edges43
Triples68
Avg. degree1.95
Density0.045455
Components1

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Sun Dance

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related to Contemporary practices · 19
Sun Dance → Canada, Canadian Lakota, Canadian Plains, Dakota, Declaration, In, It, Lakota, Lakota Spirituality, Lakota Summit, Nakota, Native, Rain Dance, Saulteaux, The Cree, The Sun Dance, They, US, War Against Exploiters
related to Canada · 14
Sun Dance → Anyone, Canada, Canadian, Crown, Department, Indian, Indian Act, Indian Affairs, Indigenous Relations, Northern Affairs Canada, Sun Dances, The Canadian, The Government, Though
related to Filming · 12
Sun Dance → Alberta, Canada, Circle, Few, In, Kainai Nation, Manitoba, Many First Nations, National Film Board, Sun, This, To
related to Ascetic elements and symbolism · 9
Sun Dance → Across Sun Dance, Anthropologist Alice Kehoe, Creator, Ethnographer Ruth Underhill, Participants, Plains Indigenous, The Sun Dance, These, This
related to Description · 9
Sun Dance → According, Artemisia, Certain, Lakota, Oklahoma Historical Society, Piercing, Several, These, Typically
is a · 3
Sun Dance → ceremony practiced by some Native Americans in the United States and Indigenous peoples in Canada, grueling ordeal for the dancers, living tradition practiced annually in many Native communities in Canada and the U.S

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dance sun sacred ceremony lakota people practiced practices ceremonies cultures canada plains native many piercing physical spiritual sacrifice indigenous dancers

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Sun Danceis aceremony practiced by some Native Americans in the United States and Indigenous peoples in Canada0.90text
Sun Danceis agrueling ordeal for the dancers0.90text
Sun Danceis aliving tradition practiced annually in many Native communities in Canada and the U.S0.90text
sweat bathsinstance ofdescribed how these practices were prepared for with purification rituals0.80text
vision questsinstance ofdescribed how these practices were prepared for with purification rituals0.80text
Sun Dancerelated to Ascetic elements and symbolismThe Sun Dance0.60section
Sun Dancerelated to Ascetic elements and symbolismPlains Indigenous0.60section
Sun Dancerelated to Ascetic elements and symbolismParticipants0.60section
Sun Dancerelated to Ascetic elements and symbolismThese0.60section
Sun Dancerelated to Ascetic elements and symbolismAcross Sun Dance0.60section
Sun Dancerelated to Ascetic elements and symbolismThis0.60section
Sun Dancerelated to Ascetic elements and symbolismAnthropologist Alice Kehoe0.60section

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