tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post6224536616005393412..comments2024-02-10T18:19:36.406-08:00Comments on Newspaper Rock: Native religions dead and gone?Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01478763837213733775noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-61386719013441059982008-10-31T22:30:00.000-07:002008-10-31T22:30:00.000-07:00In a typical traditional ceremony, Natives used to...In a typical traditional ceremony, Natives used to pray for a good hunt. Nowadays most Natives don't hunt their own food except in a supermarket. They still may conduct the ceremony, but its meaning has evolved over time. It's become more symbolic than literal.Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01478763837213733775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-22084243496420050752008-10-27T20:47:00.000-07:002008-10-27T20:47:00.000-07:00Re: Contamination of Native Ceremonies"But that is...Re: Contamination of Native Ceremonies<BR/><BR/>"But that isn't really contamination of the actual ceremony; misinterpretation of a thing detracts from many people's understanding and appreciation of it, but that doesn't detract from the thing itself."<BR/><BR/>A Tree Sweat<BR/><BR/>Years ago (1980), in Fresno, California, I was invited to a sweat by a self-proclaimed "New Age witch" who thought it was "cool" that I was Lakota. <BR/><BR/>Anyway, besides inviting women to this sweat, fully violating Lakota religious protocols in the process(and let's face it, it is primarily the Lakota religion that is most fanatically embraced by New Agers, wannabes and the like), this woman told me that any other types of sweats were invalid if they did not include "special prayers for the trees," hence, her term for her version of a traditional "Lakota-oriented" sweat - a "tree sweat!"<BR/><BR/>Genevieve - if this is not contamination of an "actual ceremony," then I do not for the life of me know what is.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-2462456597266738722008-10-27T12:46:00.000-07:002008-10-27T12:46:00.000-07:00Good points, Gen.Good points, Gen.dmarkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07269773990064736457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-60095042367179649082008-10-27T09:55:00.000-07:002008-10-27T09:55:00.000-07:00To the religious bigot, any religion is a "poison"...To the religious bigot, any religion is a "poison". Except, of course, for the religion that the bigot happens to have.dmarkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07269773990064736457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-87883493000314864152008-10-27T08:43:00.000-07:002008-10-27T08:43:00.000-07:00Religion is poison, a sham of the priests finding ...Religion is poison, a sham of the priests finding ways to coup the guilable into paying for their lifestyles. If someone wants to be led around by a white shyster or native shyster that's their problem.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-57260263185387202282008-10-26T08:16:00.000-07:002008-10-26T08:16:00.000-07:00Native religions may not be dead in the practical ...Native religions may not be dead in the practical sense, however, as a Native person I am of the opinion that certain ceremonies have indeed been "contaminated" by the co-opting behaviour of legions of New Age practioners, many of whom portray themselves as "more Native than Native."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com