What traditions did the Sioux Indians have?

Answer 1

The Sioux Nation (comprised of seven council fires and sub-tribes) had many spiritual practices. The foundational rituals or ceremonies are the seven rites:

The Keeping of the Soul (Nagi Gluhapi Na Nagi Gluxkapi)

The Rite of Purification or Sweat Lodge (Inipi)

Crying for a Vision or Vision Quest (Hanblecheyapi)

The Sun Dance (Wiwanyag Wachipi)

The Making of Relatives (Hunkapi)

Preparing for Womanhood or Puberty Rite (Ishna Ta Awi Cha Lowan)

Throwing of the Ball (Tapa Wanka Yap)

The Healing (Yuwipi)-- relatively new.

There are literally hundreds of other minor spiritual practices that the Sioux engage in...too many to mention here but you can find them in many fine books.

Answer 2

they did a sun dance which was when they made a hole through the mans nipple or back and tied a piece of rawhide which was then fastened to a tree. the man would then dance to the drums, leaning away on the rawhide strip as long as they could stand the pain or until the flesh tore. this would test their bravery!

Answer 3

The Native American Sioux Indians believed that the spirit of the body could not leave if the person was buried in the ground. They erected tall pine beds that the departed were laid out on with all of their worldly possessions, wrapped in blankets. They were then left there. The land of the dead in the Sioux culture is a sacred ground that no other man could pass through.

Answer 4

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Answer 5

they believed in the sun dance, were they use a lance and danced around ( naturally to lead buffalo toward them for a hunt.

Answer 6

There was the ghost dance, it was a religious movement. The Sioux tribe also allow their children to brest-feed up to five years old.

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Answer 7

There are a variety of rituals of the Sioux tribe. Some of these rituals include the sun dance, the legend of the dream catcher, as well as the legend of the white buffalo.

Answer 8

Putting them in the ground.

Answer 9

The Sioux were allies of the Ottawa