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Article: Sun Dance is one of most important ceremonies: Although federal acts
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- News From Indian Country
- Article date:
- October 30, 1995
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Candy Hamilton
News From Indian Country
10-30-1995
Sun Dance is one of most important ceremonies: Although federal acts. outlawed the Sun Dance until passage of the American Indian Freedom of Religion Act in 1978, many spiritual leaders continued to conduct the Dance in secret.
The Sun Dance is one of the most important of the Lakota's seven sacred rites. Sun Dances occur just about every week on Pine Ridge Reservation every summer.
Dancers pray and fast while dancing in the sun from dawn to dark. The Dance lasts four days and dancers pledge to dance for four years at a time. Spiritual leaders explain that the sacrifices the dancers make support themselves, their families. and their tribe. ...
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