Wednesday, May 1, 2013

Religion/Beliefs

  • The Sioux worshipped the "Wakan Tanka" otherwise known as the Great Spirit.


    • There is a spirit or God for everything that exists.


    • There were underwater spirits, The White Buffalo Woman, and The Thunderbirds, which are in the sky.


    • The Buffalo Woman would give each tribe a medicine pipe, which helps people see visions.


    • For the Sioux, visions and dreams were ways to talk to the spirits.
    The White Buffalo Woman ^^^


    • Because of the White Buffalo Woman, the Sioux had a wheel that represents the four colos of life, and the four directions. (North, South, East, West.)


    • It's called the Medicine Wheel. The Four colors are:
    North – (Red) wisdom, place where the ancient ones passed over


    South – (White) youth, friendships


    East - (Yellow) beginnings, family


    West – (Black) solitude, adulthood


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