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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The Sunrise Ceremony “The dancers are up before the sun rises. They wake each other up, and the announcer will call, "Get up, all you dancers; the sun will soon rise and we've got to have the ceremony, dancing to the rising sun." We want to dance to the blessing of the rising sun, for the day and for all time. Now the singers start the sunrise song.” - Thomas Yellowtail