What is the Sun Dance Religion? The Center Pole Symbolism of the Sun Dance Lodge Tribal Participation in the Sun Dance The Eagle and the Buffalo The Sunrise Ceremony Dancing to the Center Pole The Suffering of the Sun Dancer Having a vision during the Sun Dance Blessing of the Water The Will of the Medicine Fathers

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Symbolism of the Sun Dance Lodge "Indians do not need a church to capture the presence of God, because He is all around us in Nature. We carry out all of our sacred ceremonies in Nature, without the aid of any permanent building. When the Dance is over, we leave the lodge standing, and over the years it naturally returns to the earth. In the same way everything returns to the earth in its own time." - Thomas Yellowtail, Crow Sun Dance Chief and Medicine Man