CONTENTS.

INTRODUCTION	55
THE SUN DANCE	60
CHOOSING THE MENTOR	63
INVITATION	65
PREPARATION OF THE CANDIDATE	66
INSTRUCTION OF A SHAMAN	72
SECRET INSTRUCTIONS FOR A SHAMAN	78
REGALIA OF THE CANDIDATE	92
SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE CEREMONY	92
DUTIES OF THE PEOPLE	93
THE JOURNEY OF THE BANDS TO THE SUN DANCE SITE	94
THE FIRST DAY'S CEREMONY	96
THE SECOND DAY	96
THE THIRD DAY	97
THE FOURTH DAY	98
THE SECOND FOUR DAY PERIOD	100
SACRED LODGE ERECTED	102
SCOUTING FOR THE TREE	102
BUILDING THE SUN LODGE	103
THE BUFFALO FEAST	104
GREETING THE SUN	105
CAPTURE OF THE TREE	105
THE PROCESSION OF SEX	108
RAISING THE SUN POLE	109
GREETING THE SUN ON THE FOURTH, OR MID-YEAR DAY	111
PREPARATION OF THE CANDIDATES	112
INSTALLATION OF THE DANCERS	113
THE BUFFALO DANCE	114
PIERCING CHILDREN'S EARS	115
THE SUN-GAZE DANCE	116
THE SCALP-STAFF DANCE	119
COMPLETION OF THE CEREMONY	120
THE HUNKA CEREMONY	122
EQUIPMENT FOR THE CEREMONY	124
ORDER OF CEREMONY	126
THE CEREMONY	127
THE SYMBOLIC CAPTURE	128
INCENSE AND THE PIPE	129
THE MEAT OFFERING	130
PRONOUNCING THEM HUNKA	131
WAVING THE WANDS	133
RITE OF THE BUFFALO SKULL	136
RITE OF THE EAR OF CORN	137
PAINTING AND EXCHANGING CLOTHING	137
THE SECRET CEREMONY	138
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THE BUFFALO CEREMONY	141
TRANSLATIONS OF TEXTS	152
WAKAN	152
WAKAN TANKA	153
CONCEPTION OF ENERGY	154
THE CONCEPT NI	156
INVOCATION BY A SHAMAN	156
SICUN	158
SICUN	158
AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL NOTE BY SWORD	159
THE NUMBER FOUR	159
THE CIRCLE	160
THE FOUR GREAT VIRTUES	160
THE CAUSES OF DISEASES	161
NARRATIVES	164
WHEN THE PEOPLE LAUGHED AT HANWI	164
WHEN THE WIZARD CAME	167
THE OLD WOMAN	168
WHEN WOHPE CAME TO THE WORLD	169
HOW THE NORTH WIND LOST HIS BIRTHRIGHT	171
HOW THE WEST WIND BECAME THE COMPANION OF THE WINGED GOD	172
WOOING WOHPE	173
THE WARS OF THE WINDS	176
THE FEAST BY TATE	179
HOW THE LAKOTA CAME UPON THE WORLD	181
THE BUFFALO WOMAN	183
THE DEATH OF IYA	190
IKTOMI AND THE YOUNG MAN	192
THE STONE BOY	193
THE WIZARD AND HIS WIFE	203
HOW THE LARK WON THE RACE	210
THE SUN DANCE TAUGHT TO THE LAKOTA	212
HOW BIG-FOOT GOT HIS NAME	215
LEGENDS OF THE ORIGIN OF THE BUFFALO CEREMONY	217
THE BEGINNING OF FOOT RACING	219

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