Sweat Lodge Preparations at Fire Ceremony, July 17, 2009

[ironshield34]

u r all full of shit i am an oglala lakota and this funny as hell

[TheDraeStar]

Well, I have never been in sweat lodge...just a sauna a few times, that is how we do it in Europe. I guess that a lot of animal hides or blankets of wool (never synthetic...like plastic...this will let of toxic fumes), pure silk or flax all those materials can stand heat and will keep a light rain out. If you are not living on a reservation and in the "white" society...why not go for a sauna instead ? Some spas have them.

[TheDraeStar]

Never use plastic near high temperatures or fire!!! It will let off toxic fumes!!! I knew this already as a child in Scandinavia! You do not need to be Native American to understand pure common sense. I cannot believe how stupid white Americans can be.

[toddlesbycanoe]

@TheDraeStar interesting thought. This sweat was lead by Angaangaq, a Greenland first nations elder. Do you have suggestions as per proper covering material that can be used in remote locations?

[carloscarlos13]

@toddlesbycanoe Wool blankets canvas tarps from old army tents (harder to get these days) quilts whatever.

[LiLW0LF]

Also I feel bad for those people that died in that sweat lodge with that "Motivational Speaker" James Arthur Ray.

[LiLW0LF]

Called Hot steam or Steam bath...where i'm from in Alaska....Elder's Love it.

[runingblackbear]

first of all its just to clean your body ( sweat bath ) thats it there is nothing else about the sweat lodge its just to take a bath nothing else all that say anything else is full of it there liers

[TheBiggestmoose]

@runingblackbear u r ignorant the lodge is not a bath it is a plce of prayer and purification u just proved u no nothing u must be a whiteman

[davesanut]

sweat lodge is for the lakota only

[TheBiggestmoose]

@davesanut no sweat lodge is ther for every one im cree and we have sweated just as long as the lakota nakota dakota blackfoot cherokee crow ect. dont be ignorant with ur words tunkoshla is always listening to u be well and pray for all.

[coopers204]

be jealous I'M INDIAN......sounds like a whiteman stealing my culture

[TheBiggestmoose]

@coopers204 no ust juliose of r ways not r fault we r clouser to the creator.

[BlackbirdSpecOps]

Nothing like using plastic to suffocate people.  You people just don't get it. You're just like all the others who exploit traditions for your own gain. You should top this now.

[killswarr07]

OMG, these people need to practice their own spirituality and rite, instead of taking something from Native Americans!

[leahanna412003]

Yeah...nice, but I'm seeing PLASTIC, which in the real Native American tradition is NOT used.

[Brulluhman]

Nice idea.. people died today in Arizona, they must have loved it.

[clamcrabber]

you have lived a sheltered life my friend,

[Brulluhman]

When I want to sweat, I buy hot peppers.