Sweat Lodge Building 2008

[Redmantilidie]

Please out of repect for those who gave there lives keeping this alive, remove this video.

[Redmantilidie]

The Mere fact that they allowerd a person to film the ceromony tells me that the teacher of these people is not on the corect path. respect to my uncle and teacher I would never do this. Im taught in the Mdewakantowan Dakotah way. My uncle told me that its very powerful and should not be played with. look at those people in Arizona who got killed trying to fit 50 people into a ceromoney. it should only be 1 circle in the inipi. go to Crow dogs or Longwalkers camp and tell us what you find..

[redtailhawkoz]

it saddens me to see this being Built on You tube, and people think its ok...........gos against everything I have ever been taught by the elders...... The Values and Sacredness of these ceremonies are being exploited on the Internet. What I have seen in all fairness is a deep greed with some of those that have been given these ways by our ancestors, people chatging Money for Ceremonies.. etc..... its sad.

[twinkiewrangler]

Anyone who knows proper protocol knows that you DO NOT film the construction of an Inipi ceremony. If you are not going to do these ceremonies in the correct way without exploiting them by posting them on YouTube then don't do them at all. Darla Black should know better than to exploit her culture, if in fact she is even NDN!

[iztacuauhtli]

quetzalli yaocihuatls,tlazokamatidarla black por la cancion preciosa ometeotl

[Thumpiez]

the father wanted to brake me he was navajo she was navajoe n cabeyero apache but i told god take me cuz i aint leaving this lodge like no bitch man it aint what i imagined im from Pomona califorina Los Angles county im a fucken city boy n hear i am in Arizona in the sticks dam it was a great experience i hope u can trie it some tym i was just thinking about it n i got on u tube not with that chick no more but i do remember how my thoughts somehow became nothing of importance other than god.

[Thumpiez]

im mexican i remember i dated a girl very prity native chick i was invited to a swet they burn 19 stones i think he asked the tribe to put 29 stones i was thinking it was like a sana lolz FUCK NO it was crazzy thirsty hot one white friend of the tribe got out ran out he couldnt take it on the second round the medicine man chanted god will brake u down to the element u need for life WATER man i was thirsty but i remember the hot red stones n the chanting i lasted all four rounds man its intence

[islandmamma]

Sweats are not exclusive to Natives. Humans have been joining in communal sweats for well as long as humans have been on the planet with fire.

It is how we cleanse. Native American Prophecies tell of people of colors turning to natives in the end times for guidance and for living space.

[OfficialFrizzo]

I grew up doing sweats with the Karuks of Northern California and they were never exclusive or exploitive with the ritual. I think some natives on here are a bit salty and hateful when it comes to outsiders joining in on the ritual. Everyone deserves a rebirth. Others look at it as nothing more than a sauna, which is fine. Not everyone has to practice spiritism to be cleansed.

[1hayoka]

THEY LISTEN TO NOTHING.

[TheHazard2010]

It's ok to share this way but not on film or camera if the person wants to know he will come see you

[samthor]

hey great! now all i need to do is mix it with some new age "law of attraction' nonsense and promise white ppl that they will get rich and then i can charge $9000 per person. if someone dies cause i got it wrong.. .who cares! I 'll be able to afford lawyers....

thanks for the help exploiting and appropriating your most sacred cultural beliefs...

[tokaktewin]

The sacredness comes when you share in a humble and genuine way. You cannot buy what belongs to the four colors of races on this earth. If we do not share our people will lose what is important to the two legged people. Only the Great Spirit can judge what is right and what is wrong, these ancient ceremonies have survived and will survive even when you are no longer here. The sacredness comes when people see, feel, hear, and live the sacred way of life, and to share with generosity.

[1NX9]

@tokaktewin

Do shamanic practictioners actually care for the well being of Indigenious peoples whom they are inspire by or do they only care about their shamanic practice???

While they sit comfort at home

Do they realize for an industralize nation Native Americans has one of the highest infant mortality rate? Do they realize most N.A.'s are living in substandard 3rd world conditions? Do they realize the violence & substance abuse on reserves?

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[sunin57]

@samthor yup thats about right

[chucky50187]

shouldn't show how a sweat lodge is made by pics...the spirit is trapped on picture now before it came to life

[karnychris]

there is no "right" way. as long as you have an open heart and allow yourself to recieve that which Tunkasila is trying to tell you. theese things must be done in a good way. Everyone is taught a lil bit different. Wopila Wakan Tanka

[dsegarreuth]

I hope you know what your doing, because I know that's not how you do it. All my relations, may the creator guide you, Muci, Cho`...

[Theepowwowlover1]

its not that i want to keep my culture a secret its just my grandfather zitkada duta who has now left to the spirit world told me that its disrespectful when u do this and your not supposed to exployed these kind of things because these are very powerful and sacred things that there showing nation wide

[gabiflorestom]

We are all realted and help each other in this great circle of life. Our times need open hearts and helping hands. The Earth and human kind need healing of the soul. Reconnecting to the Spirit.

[Indigogo06]

I wish my ancestors beliefs and way of life were not taken out by the Christian crusaders.....as I am born in the USA my only connection to my Scandinavian roots is through the Native people, Yeah,,,,I have a sauna and a sweat lodge. I have studied with many tribes....we are all related.

[00MORDRED]

if the celts kept bagpipes a "secret"...

we would not have bagpipers today.

if we keep native ways secret and exclude others....then extinction of culture will follow. great video!! 5*****

[butkicker75]

good job with the video, thatnk you

[cegonhacota]

Bem hajas "MIZÉ" ...por me dares a conhecer estes sons divinos...

*-*amaz0nyta*-*

[Theepowwowlover1]

this is not right showin sweat lodges to people around the world im dakota no disrespect but it seems like lakota people always do this show people our ways if u really cared about this way of life u wouldnt do this lakota people always try to be recognize and thats not right

[RedskinFrom79]

i would have too agree with im cree and my grandfather told me you r not too mock our culture our identity

[00MORDRED]

or anybody elses' culture or creed...

right on brother.

[00MORDRED]

then what is right??

sharing your culture with people..is educating them to your ways, not a specific way...keeping it secret only

allows them ways to be lost forever...

I'm Irish...should I not express my culture to others? no, I am not selfish.

maybe you could make a video, and

tell us why in detail...why you feel this way.

or sit in the corner and be grumpy...

what do i care.

:o)

[zzenLD]

Sharing, understanding and respecting all cultures is a wonderful thing. But I believe it is incumbent on the one who positions themselves as an authority on a culture to spend much time (many years) working with an honored elder(s) to receive ceremonial rights to utilize spiritual practices of that culture. .

[tokaktewin]

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