|
|
Article: Manitoba First Nation advertises sundance.
- Article from:
- Wind Speaker
- Article date:
- July 1, 1997
- Author:
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 1997 Aboriginal Multi-Media Society of Alberta (AMMSA). This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
|
Windspeaker Staff Writer
PORTAGE LA PRAIRIE, Man.
The Dakota Tipi First Nation in Manitoba will have its sundance from June 26 to June 29, with the purification taking place four days earlier. Normally, this is private information, but this First Nation has taken a different approach: it's advertising the sundance.
For Carl Pasche, band councillor with Dakota Tipi, this is one of the best ways for people to learn about it.
"The medicine man [Leonard Crow Dog] advised us to go ahead and let the people know and put the dates in the paper," he said. "If anybody wants to ask any questions they can ask him."
Pasche doesn't see a ...