1876 newspaper DESCRIPTION of NATIVE AMERICAN INDIAN SUN DANCE by SIOUX WARRIORS for Sale

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1876 newspaper DESCRIPTION of NATIVE AMERICAN INDIAN SUN DANCE by SIOUX WARRIORS:
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1876 newspaper DESCRIPTION of NATIVE AMERICAN INDIAN SUN DANCE by SIOUX WARRIORS

1876 newspaper with a DESCRIPTION of the NATIVE AMERICAN INDIAN SUN DANCE by SIOUX INDIAN WARRIORS-This description was published in the immediate aftermathof the BATTLE OF LITTLE BIG HORN and was widely publicizedin order to show theferocity of the Native American Indianwarriors who participated in the Custer Massacre -inv # 1V-423

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SEE PHOTO(s) - COMPLETE ORIGINALNEWSPAPER,theNew York Herald datedAug 14, 1876.This original newspaper contains a long report relating to the CUSTERMASSACRE at LITTLEBIG HORN and emphasizing the NATIVE AMERICAN INDIAN 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. It usually involves the community gathering together to pray for healing. Individuals make personal sacrifices on behalf of the community.

After European colonization of the Americas, and with the formation of the Canadian and United States governments, both countries passed laws intended to suppress Indigenous cultures and force assimilation to majority-Anglo-American culture.

The Sun Dance was one of the prohibited ceremonies, as was the potlatch of the Pacific Northwest peoples. Canada lifted its prohibition against the practice of the full ceremony in 1951. In the United States, Congress passed the American Indian Religious Freedom Act (AIRFA) in 1978, which was enacted to protect basic civil liberties, and to protect and preserve the traditional religious rights and cultural practices of Native Americans, Eskimos, Aleuts, and Native Hawaiians.

Several features are common to the ceremonies held by Sun Dance cultures. These include dances and songs passed down through many generations, the use of a traditional drum, a sacred fire, praying with a ceremonial pipe, fasting from food and water before participating in the dance, and, in some cases, the ceremonial piercing of skin and a trial of physical endurance. Certain plants are picked and prepared for use during the ceremony.

Typically, the Sun Dance is a grueling ordeal for the dancers, a physical and spiritual test that they offer in sacrifice for their people. According to the Oklahoma Historical Society, young men dance around a pole to which they are fastened by "rawhide thongs pegged through the skin of their chests." While not all Sun Dance ceremonies include piercing, the object of the Sun Dance is to offer personal sacrifice for the benefit of one's family and community. The dancers fast for many days, in the open air and whatever weather occurs.

At most ceremonies, family members and friends stay in the surrounding camp and pray in support of the dancers. Much time and energy by the entire community are needed to conduct the sun dance gatherings and ceremonies. Communities plan and organize for at least a year to prepare for the ceremony. Usually, one leader or a small group of leaders are in charge of the ceremony, but many elders help out and advise. A group of helpers do many of the tasks required to prepare for the ceremony.

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