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Sundancing with the Blackfeet

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Join me in todays episode as I unpack the events of my recent 10 day experience being a worker for the Blackfeet Indians at their Medicine Lodge for the annual Sundance which occurs during the Summer Solstice (June 21st).

  • Day 1 - 16 June 

    • Build Workers Camp

    • Purification Sweat 

      • 4 rounds (Children, Women, All living things, Warriors)

      • 4 directions (N, S, E, W)

      • 4 colors (White, Black, Yellow, Red)

      • Day 2 - 17 June

        • Harvest Main Cottonwood trees for the Medicine Lodge

        • Day 3 - 18 June

          • Locate Lodge Site

          • Mark Center Pole location

          • Day 4 - 19 June

            • Harvest Sidewall Cottonwood trees for the Medicine Lodge

            • Place Prayer Bags at the base of Chief Mountain

            • Day 5 - 20 June

              • Harvest 91 “Oke-A-Toke” Sweat Rocks

              • Workers Sweat 

              • Day 6 - 21 June “The Summer Solstice”

                • The Lodge & Campsite are blessed

                • Build Camp 

                • The Feed aka The Last Meal for the Sundancers

                • Presenting of Pipes and Colors 

                • The Sing 2 AM

                • Day 7 - 22 June 

                  • Hunt for the Center Pole 4:30 AM

                  • Harvest the Center Pole 

                  • Build the Medicine Lodge 

                  • Day 8 - 23 June 

                    • Sundance begins

                    • Front Piercing attached to Center Pole

                    • Back Piercing attached to 13 Buffalo Skulls

                    • Day 9 - 24 June

                      • Sundance continues 

                      • Day 10 - 25 June

                        • Sundance comes to a close 

                        • Cleansing Sweat 

                          • What were the 4 biggest lessons I gathered from this experience?

                          1. Belief
                          2. Respect
                          3. Will
                          4. Culture


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                            Healthy. Wealthy. People.By Jon Devine