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Okipa

Native American religious ceremony

The Okipa (Mandan pronunciation: [o'kipa]), sometimes rendered as Okeepa or O-kee-pa, was the most important religious ceremony among the Mandan people

Okipa

Suspension (body modification)

Body modification

Shiva or Dharmathakur, also features body suspension. In North America, the Okipa ceremony - which includes piercing and suspension - has been a major part

Suspension (body modification)

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Mandan

Native American tribe of the Great Plains

The last Okipa ceremony was performed in 1889, but the ceremony was resurrected in a somewhat different form in 1983. The version of the Okipa as practiced

Mandan

Hazing

Abusive, dangerous initiation rituals

The Okipa ceremony of the Mandan people as witnessed by George Catlin, c. 1832

Hazing

A Man Called Horse (film)

1970 Western film by Elliot Silverstein

disc.[citation needed] Dances with Wolves List of American films of 1970 Okipa – The Mandan ritual the movie is based on Callan, Michael Feeney (1990)

A Man Called Horse (film)

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Rite of passage

Ritual reflecting change of social status

Shinbyu in Theravada Buddhism Vision quest in some Native American cultures Okipa in traditional Mandan culture Wiccaning in Wicca Temple Endowment in the

Rite of passage

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Homosexual behavior in animals

between bulls has been noted to occur among American bison. The Mandan nation Okipa festival concludes with a ceremonial enactment of this behavior, to "ensure

Homosexual behavior in animals

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Initiation

Rite-of-passage ceremony

The Okipa ceremony was a test for young Mandan men to prove themselves as warriors. The ceremony as witnessed by George Catlin, circa 1832

Initiation

Earth lodge

Semi-subterranean building

earth lodges were reserved for ceremonial activities such as the Mandan Okipa, a four-day ceremony of renewal. Villages consisted of at least a dozen

Earth lodge

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Native American religions

Systems of faith and worship of the Native Americans

peoples of the Americas Native American civil rights § Religious rights Okipa – The most important religious ceremony of the Mandan people Brown & Cousins

Native American religions

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Mato-tope

Native American; Chief of the Mandan tribe

Mandans. Twice he sponsored the most fundamental ceremony of his tribe, the Okipa. Belonging to the elite of Mitutanka, he lived in an earth lodge across

Mato-tope

Like-a-Fishhook Village

Former settlement in North Dakota, United States

ceremonial lodge next to the plaza and used both during ceremonies like the Okipa. The medicine lodge was usually detectable by its size and flat façade,

Like-a-Fishhook Village

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Encounters at the Heart of the World

2014 book by Elizabeth A. Fenn

continue to survive as a people. Fenn discusses the revival of the traditional Okipa ceremony as one mark of modern resilience. Encounters at the Heart of the

Encounters at the Heart of the World

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