Reconnecting Through Traditional Healing Rituals
A Dakota Conjuring Ceremony Wesley R. Hurt, JR., and James H. Howard Vol. 8., 1952., Southwestern Journal of Anthropology, Volume 8, Number 3.
An elder leader prepares the room with people waiting for the Healer to enter
The elder leader with the help of assistants help bind hands and fingers behind the Healer
The Healer stands showing the people his/her hands are bound.
The Elder Leader with the help assistants wraps a Starblanket around the Healer
The Healer is bound with rawhide rope wrapped around the Starblanket
The Healer is placed facing up with hand bound behind him/her. The Elder Leader proceeds to sing with the help of his assistants.
When the singers are done singing and the questions are asked and completed by the person who hosting the Yuwipi Ceremony, the are turned on to reveal the Healer is unwrapped.
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