Sioux beliefs
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- Sioux Beliefs
- The spirit world
- Wakan Tanka
- The great spirit
- Created all living things
- all living things have there own spirits
- The spirit world
- Wakan Tanka
- The great spirit
- Created all living things
- all living things have there own spirits
- Including Humans
- all living things have there own spirits
- Wakan Tanka
- The spirit world
- Including Humans
- all living things have there own spirits
- Wakan Tanka
- Circles
- circle of nature
- circle of birth to death
- circle of village
- circle of sun and moon
- Sacred land
- They came to from the earth
- when they die they will be returned to the land
- They came to from the earth
- called the land mother
- land was a part of life itself
- high up land was more sacred
- black hills - where they took there dead for burial
- Land could not be owned
- visions
- contact the spirit world
- young boys had to have vision of there adult name
- got translated by shaman
- women could easily contact the spirit world
- visions would help them throughout their lives
- daily life
- Marriage
- normally love matches but not always
- most men had one wife but rich had a few (polygamy
- Children
- were the future of the band
- learnt many skills at a young age
- not much punishment
- Elders
- important
- however when got to weak got left behind
- survival of band more important then an individual
- had councils and chiefs
- Marriage
- War
- warriors
- protect the tribe
- wasnt heroic to die
- took scalps as evidence of succsess
- warriors
- The spirit world
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