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From: Tabitha Holmes <>
Subject: Re: [Melungeon] Inquiry/ sweats and such
Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2001 09:45:12 -0800 (PST)
In-Reply-To: <007901c08c2c$623d2d40$02da6cc6@mufn.mufn.org>


Well, said Joe!!! This stuff is very important :) -Tabitha



--- Joe Showalter <> wrote:
> Tabitha and Clint already answered this question very well, I'm not
> going to
> try to improve on it. I would only like to emphasize respect, as
> Tabitha
> and Clint pointed out, show respect for everyone especially elders.
> If you
> get invited to Sweat Lodge be sure and thank the person who invited
> you (and
> lay down tobacco) it's a great honor. The tribes here are Odawa and
> Ojibwa
> and I am neither so I am very grateful for an invitation. I always
> tie up
> tobacco in yellow, red, black and white cotton cloth to show my
> gratitude
> and respect for person that invited me as well as the four
> directions. If
> you have never participated in a ceremony, but have read all about
> it, don't
> pretend to know what's going on. Be like a child and learn; watch
> and
> listen. Of course when the door of the Sweat Lodge closes you won't
> have
> the ability to see anything let alone watch it, but there will be a
> lot to
> listen to. One last thing; if you have an appointment or you made
> arrangements for right after the Sweat, don't even bother going. It
> ain't
> like church, starts at 9:30 over at 11:00 and dinner at 12:30.
> Things
> happen as they should, and everything happens for a reason.
>
> Until just about six months ago, white folks weren't allowed to go to
> Sweats
> here. Now they can go if they are in the family, like a husband or
> wife. I
> like the change of rules because my two best friends are married to
> each
> other and Ben is not Indian and Silvia is. She is Mexican Indian and
> I was
> going to tell you what tribe but now I can't remember. Let me tell
> you,
> it's not the legs that are the first to go. Anyway Ben was set to go
> to his
> first Sweat and was pretty excited but the night before, Silvia
> started her
> period early. But that was ok, because Ben could still go with me.
> I
> started out that morning, I have to travel 50 miles to Ben and
> Silvia's
> house and then another 30 miles to the Sweat Lodge, and I blew a
> radiator
> hose less than a mile from home. Ben didn't get to go. Things
> happen as
> they should, and everything happens for a reason. We don't always
> know why.
>
> Peace --Joe
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Roger <>
> To: <>
> Date: Wednesday, January 31, 2001 11:26 PM
> Subject: [Melungeon] Inquiry
>
>
> >For you knowledgeable American Indian types on the list. Could you
> please
> tell me in today's world what are: Pow Wow's, Sweat Lodges, how are
> you
> named an Indian name, and how, by who? Can outsiders attend any of
> their
> functions without being shunned? Do
> >you have to have a sponsor?
> >
> >Roger
> >
> >
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=====
Until...
Tabitha Holmes

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