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Emerging - Yavapai Creatress (Drawing by Vera Louise Drysdale |
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Gift
of the Sacred Pipe: Based on Black Elk's Account of the Seven
Rites of the Oglala Sioux As Originally Recorded & Edited by
Joseph Epes Brown
Edited by: Vera L. Drysdale Foreword by: Arthur Amiotte Illustrated by: Vera L. Drysdale Binding: Paperback, 120 pages Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press Published Date: 10/01/1995
This book is an illustrated edition
of Black Elk's account of the seven sacred rites of the Oglala
Sioux. Vividly portraying the arrival of the White Buffalo Woman
on the Plains, the paintings and charcoals by Vera Louise
Drysdale highlight dramatic elements of the ancient rituals she
imparted, and they show everyday objects that were sanctified in
the Sioux cosmology. The sacred pipe is the central instrument
in the holy rites of the Sioux people. The White Buffalo Woman
appeared on the Plains to give the pipe to the Sioux so that
they might 'send their voices' to Wakan-Tanka, the Great Spirit.
She related the seven rites of the pipe: the keeping of the
soul, the rite of purification, crying for a vision, the Sun
Dance, the making of relatives, preparation for womanhood, and
the throwing of the ball that symbolizes the earth and gives
strength to future generations. In this volume the rituals are
condensed, but the continuity of Joseph Epes Brown's text is
preserved.
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