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Evening rites in the Sun Dance lodge - - - - - - 121 



Rehearsal and informal smoking -- - - - - 121 



The dedication of the lodge - - - - - - - 122 



Preparation ---------- 124 



The dancers assemble - - - - - - - - 124 



Filling the sacred pipe - - - - - - - 125 



Thurification - - - - -•- - - - 126 



First songs --------- 126 



Second songs --------- 126 



The rawhide parfiesh - - - - - - - - 127 



Third songs - - - - - - - - - 127 



Hand and arm drill - - - - - - - - 127 



Fourth songs - - - - - - - - - 127 



Fifth songs --------- 128 



Sixth songs ---------129 



Seventh and eighth songs - - - - - - 129 



The Chief Priest and the Lodge-maker's wife - - - - - 130 



The beginning of the dance - - - - - - - 131 



The Fifth Day ----- 132 



The erection of the altar - - - - - - - - 132 



The excavation - - - - - - - - - 133 



Preparation of the altar sticks ------ 134 



Securing the sods --------- j^j 



The semi-circle and altar foliage ----- 140 



The dry sand painting - - - - - - - - 142 



The rainbow sticks -------- i^^ 



The men sticks - - - - - - - - - 145 



Filling the sacred pipe ------- 147 



The dancers are painted, first paint ------ 147 



The feast and sacrifice of food - . - - - . j^g 



Piercing the children's ears - - - - - - - 150 



Final preparation of the dancers - - - - - - 151 



Thurifying the rawhide - - - - - - - - 152 



The first dance - - - - - - - - - 152 



The second paint - - - - - - - - - 154 



The Sixth Day 156 



The sunrise dance - - - - - - - - - - 157 



The third paint - - - - - - - - - 157 



The fourth paint - - - - - - - - - - 160 



The fifth paint - - - - - - - - - 161 



The Chief Priest dances with the Lodge-maker - - - - 161 



The final dance ---------- 162 



Breaking the fast --------- 163 



Smoking the sacred pipe -------- 164 



The sweat bath - --------- 165 



The fate of the Sun Dance lodge ------ 166 



