Sun Dance Ceremony: lifestyles, culture, tipi, no op, Academy 1954

[@abigaylisrael6019]

Thank you, for this very sacred piece of rare Blackfeet Indian History, commorating the SUN - showing the majestic people dancing to their ancient old . . . "Sun Dance," at their yearly - 4 Days Ceremony. What beautiful families.🌿💚

[@whitleyyoungbear2814]

With great respect and love from the young bear family from the fort bethold reservation.

[@sotaboyz88]

Lovely!!! Native Pride!!

[@ladyknu-knu9906]

This is beautiful. My father always claimed that our family was part of the Black-Foot tribe. I don't know if that's true or not but I'm still proud.

[@johnmoon9146]

It's not a religious ceremony. Religion belongs to the settlers. It's spirituality which they live everyday. Compared to the settlers who pray on Sundays

[@JoshuaSelvidge89]

Go away

[@Kniquolas]

Sun Dance itself is a Religious Ceremony, idiot. It's part of the Plains Religions.

[@kobemorris3413]

im part of the horn's pluss this is the real deal =). this film must be from east glacier archive's ***** so yah probably missoula archive's.

[@jmpsthrufyre]

Kind of sad it's narrated , well" by what sounds like a white guy I'm a mixed Blood by the way blackfeett and Ukrainian, WTF is that?

[@mwolf5895]

Great piece of reservation era history

[@christopheralvaradoapache5112]

❤

[@crystaljoyswampy7867]

YES THATS RIGHT.

[@henrywinklers7361]

Hidatsa, Mandan, ree

[@mykaylaflett2459]

Ok but it's not colorful costumes first of all🙄

[@piikuniblackfeet1866]

This is in Heart Butte Blackfeet Blackfoot Confederacy Pikuni

[@timom971]

inaccurate and disrespectful

[@jmpsthrufyre]

Explain, please? Is it the cameras? That I get

[@ssfc117]

@@jmpsthrufyre no it’s not the cameras. It’s the constant past-tense when the Sun Dance is still a huge part of Pikuni culture and belief to this day and has been since time immemorial. It’s saying “when the Buffalo hides became scarce, they got canvas from the white traders” when the eradication of the bison was a tactical genocide by the US government, and the white settlers (not “traders,” even the fur trappers were there to steal land) intentionally brought disease, no mention of one of the most critical parts of the sun dance, no mention of the fact that the federal government banned the sun dance despite their so called “freedom of religion” and no mention of the resilient, strong, and proud Amskapi Pikuni who then took refuge in our sacred lands in the Badger-Two Medicine and continued the Sun Dance despite the colonial governments strongest attempts to destroy our people and culture

[@ciaragarrity6425]

Please tell me how the Sun Dance should be preformed. It would be good to learn. As a am Lakota, but far from any reservation.

[@kennyhunter3323]

The Sioux Never Ever allow recordings of our sacred sundances, we hold them highly with great sacredness.

[@coolstorybro6076]

It’s just a different tribe/nation’s perspective, doesn’t make that ritual any less sacred. I’ve heard of many who took part in the Lakota Sundance who didn’t follow protocol before or after, so there are many ways to profane holy ceremonies (not just by filming them).

[@kennyhunter3323]

@@coolstorybro6076 let me Repeat'

[@pablorio4988]

Sioux sundance 1972 look it up

[@JoshuaSelvidge89]

This is blackfeet, not Sioux.