Posts Tagged ‘First Nations People’
Glucose Testing May Have Infected Indians at Powwow
From: http://www.kob.com/article/stories/S1558243.shtml?cat=500
Posted at: 05/13/2010 11:59 AM | Updated at: 05/14/2010 7:30 AM
By: Kayla Anderson, Eyewitness News 4, and Reed Upton, KOB.com
UNM is worried dozens of people may have been exposed to deadly diseases. Medical school leaders acknowledge students used the same needle on dozens of patients during a free healthcare event last month.
Oya Iansa Aya Lo Da
“As fall ends and it is the morning of the winter solstice, Oya prepares us for
the inevitable death that lies before us and within us.”
Deanna Oloyade Lowman ”
read entire article on Oya and the solstice at http://spiderwhosings.dragonheadmusic.com
The Lodge is Constructed from the Inside Out…
“The Lodge is constructed from the inside out”. Spider Who Sings. Learn more on the structure of the plains style lodge at http://songsforthelodge.dragonheadmusic.com/lodge-structure/
The Structure of a Lodge
notice frame, rock pit in center, altar in background and firepit. from: http://journal.earthwitness.jpg
The lodge is constructed from the inside out. The rock pit, which holds the rocks and the circumference of the lodge, is marked in the earth by using two sticks tied together by a string. One stick is placed in the ground to mark the center of what will become the rock pit. The string is stretched out and the second stick is then used to scratch out the cirumference of the lodge in the earth. The Fire Pit, where the rocks are heated, is also marked. Both areas are consecrated with tobacco and prayers. Once this is done both pits are then dug out and the soil which is removed is used to create an earth altar either between the fire pit and the rock pit or in an area slightly north of where the door will be. Once the pits are consecrated and cleared, the spacing of the poles is marked and the poles placed in the ground.
