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CONTENTS.

INTRODUCTION

55

THE SUN DANCE

60

    CHOOSING THE MENTOR

63

    INVITATION

65

    PREPARATION OF THE CANDIDATE

66

    INSTRUCTION OF A SHAMAN

72

    SECRET INSTRUCTIONS FOR A SHAMAN

78

    REGALIA OF THE CANDIDATE

92

    SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE CEREMONY

92

    DUTIES OF THE PEOPLE

93

    THE JOURNEY OF THE BANDS TO THE SUN DANCE SITE

94

    THE FIRST DAY'S CEREMONY

96

    THE SECOND DAY

96

    THE THIRD DAY

97

    THE FOURTH DAY

98

    THE SECOND FOUR DAY PERIOD

100

    SACRED LODGE ERECTED

102

    SCOUTING FOR THE TREE

102

    BUILDING THE SUN LODGE

103

    THE BUFFALO FEAST

104

    GREETING THE SUN

105

    CAPTURE OF THE TREE

105

    THE PROCESSION OF SEX

108

    RAISING THE SUN POLE

109

    GREETING THE SUN ON THE FOURTH, OR MID-YEAR DAY

111

    PREPARATION OF THE CANDIDATES

112

    INSTALLATION OF THE DANCERS

113

    THE BUFFALO DANCE

114

    PIERCING CHILDREN'S EARS

115

    THE SUN-GAZE DANCE

116

    THE SCALP-STAFF DANCE

119

    COMPLETION OF THE CEREMONY

120

THE HUNKA CEREMONY

122

    EQUIPMENT FOR THE CEREMONY

124

    ORDER OF CEREMONY

126

    THE CEREMONY

127

    THE SYMBOLIC CAPTURE

128

    INCENSE AND THE PIPE

129

    THE MEAT OFFERING

130

    PRONOUNCING THEM HUNKA

131

    WAVING THE WANDS

133

    RITE OF THE BUFFALO SKULL

136

    RITE OF THE EAR OF CORN

137

    PAINTING AND EXCHANGING CLOTHING

137

    THE SECRET CEREMONY

138

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THE BUFFALO CEREMONY

141

TRANSLATIONS OF TEXTS

152

    WAKAN

152

    WAKAN TANKA

153

    CONCEPTION OF ENERGY

154

    THE CONCEPT NI

156

    INVOCATION BY A SHAMAN

156

    SICUN

158

    SICUN

158

    AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL NOTE BY SWORD

159

    THE NUMBER FOUR

159

    THE CIRCLE

160

    THE FOUR GREAT VIRTUES

160

    THE CAUSES OF DISEASES

161

NARRATIVES

164

    WHEN THE PEOPLE LAUGHED AT HANWI

164

    WHEN THE WIZARD CAME

167

    THE OLD WOMAN

168

    WHEN WOHPE CAME TO THE WORLD

169

    HOW THE NORTH WIND LOST HIS BIRTHRIGHT

171

    HOW THE WEST WIND BECAME THE COMPANION OF THE WINGED GOD

172

    WOOING WOHPE

173

    THE WARS OF THE WINDS

176

    THE FEAST BY TATE

179

    HOW THE LAKOTA CAME UPON THE WORLD

181

    THE BUFFALO WOMAN

183

    THE DEATH OF IYA

190

    IKTOMI AND THE YOUNG MAN

192

    THE STONE BOY

193

    THE WIZARD AND HIS WIFE

203

    HOW THE LARK WON THE RACE

210

    THE SUN DANCE TAUGHT TO THE LAKOTA

212

    HOW BIG-FOOT GOT HIS NAME

215

    LEGENDS OF THE ORIGIN OF THE BUFFALO CEREMONY

217

    THE BEGINNING OF FOOT RACING

219

 


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