To be truthful with ourselves and others, represented by the Sabe.
What is honesty?
100
The amount of rounds done for most sweat lodges.
What is 4?
100
This medicine is offered when approaching an elder.
What is tobacco?
100
This specific object is placed in the centre of the lodge and wrapped in cloth.
What is a poplar tree?
100
An object that medicines are burned in for purification before circle, meetings or ceremonies.
What is a smudge bowl?
200
This is basic law that influences all of our relationships with animals, people and land, represented by the Buffalo, and Aretha Franklin.
What is respect?
200
We enter the lodge in this direction.
What is the east?
200
Female Elders wear these in ceremony
What is a skirt?
200
Dancers blow these items, which make a loud, high pitched, sound.
What is an eagle whistle?
200
An object that is used to capture nightmares from a sleeping child.
What is a dreamcatcher?
300
To have the mental and moral strength to overcome fears that prevent us from living our true spirit as human beings. Represented by the Bear.
What is courage?
300
The rocks that are heated and splashed with water in the lodge are called this.
What are Grandfathers or grandmothers?
300
This term is used to refer to the collection of sacred items an elder or traditional person might carry.
What is a bundle?
300
This medicine is used to make crowns that are worn by each dancer.
Who is Sage?
300
The feather from this bird is considered to hold healing properties because it has the highest flight.
What is an eagle?
400
The understanding of the unique gifts of each person, and using these gifts to build and maintain a peaceful and healthy community is this. Represented by the Beaver.
What is Wisdom?
400
The medicine that is sprinkled on the rocks when they are brought in, for cleansing and purification.
What is cedar?
400
Stories, protocols and lessons on ways of being are referred to as this.
What are teachings?
400
The time that a sundancer commits to sundancing for.
What is 4 years?
400
This item was said to have come from the White Buffalo Calf Woman, and is used to smoke medicines in ceremony.
What is a pipe?
500
Represented by the Eagle this teaching says that we cannot give this to others, if we cannot do it to ourselves.
What is Love?
500
This person watches over the fire and brings in the rock for each new round.
What is a firekeeper, skabe, oskabewesh?
500
A gift of money, or items that is offered to an Elder in exchange for ceremony, healing and teachings.
What is an honorarium?
500
Most sundancers are clothed in this colour.
What is red?
500
This item is held in the hand, shaken, and used in ceremonies to call in the ancestors.