PDF-(BOOS)-The Lakota Ritual of the Sweat Lodge: History and Contemporary Practice (Studies

For centuries a persistent and important component of Lakota religious life has been the Inipi the ritual of the sweat lodge The sweat lodge has changed little in appearance since its first recorded description in the late seventeenth century The ritual itself consists of songs prayers and other actions conducted in a tightly enclosed dark and extremely hot environment Participants who sweat together experience moral strengthening physical healing and the renewal of social and cultural bonds Today the sweat lodge ritual continues to be a vital part of Lakota religion It has also been open to use often controversial by nonIndians The ritual has recently become popular among Lakotas recovering from alcohol and drug addiction This study is the first indepth look at the history and significance of the Lakota sweat lodge Bringing together data culled from historical sources and fieldwork on Pine Ridge Reservation Raymond A Bucko provides a detailed discussion of continuity and changes in the sweat ritual over time He offers convincing explanations for the longevity of the ceremony and its continuing popularity. 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At the core of Medicalizing Ethnicity is the very definition of multiculturalism used by a variety of institutional settings in an attempt to mandate equality. This book argues that religion can and must be reconciled with science. Combining adaptive and cognitive approaches, it is a comprehensive analysis of religion\'s evolutionary significance, and its inextricable interdependence with language. It is also a detailed study of religion\'s main component, ritual, which constructs the conceptions that we take to be religious and therefore central in the making of humanity\'s adaptation. The text amounts to a manual for effective ritual, illustrated by examples drawn from a range of disciplines. For many generations the Northern Arapaho people thrived over a vast area of the North American Plains and Rocky Mountains. For more than a century they have lived on the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming. 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