Native Spirit: The Sun Dance Way (Treasures of the World's Religions)

A rare opportunity to get first hand information about this important Plains Indian Ceremony.Native People sharing their religion with other people, also non - Indians, so we can get an understanding of them. This Ceremony is a prayer and thanksgiving to the Creator in a true and impressing way of high spirituality. I appreciate what is shared in this film. We all can learn something from it. As a student of North American Cultures it was very interesting to me and I can recommend this film highly.

for anyone interested in the Native American People and their culture and beliefs, this book is a facinsting insigtht to one of their most reverred and important Ceremonies known as the Sun Dance. It is an individual's offering of themself through pain and piercings for the survival and betterment of the Tribe for another year and also their commitment to the Tribe. A good read for any initiate.

This movie captures the beauty of Thomas YellowTail & the sacredness of ritual, primarily the sweat lodge & Sundance. This man has saintly qualities. The film is an excellent resource for educational purposes in schools & beyond. Those featured in the film are the "real deal". It is rare to witness such an authentic representation of Native American ritual. Even rarer to find this in a well put together package for educational & informative purposes. YellowTail does offer native prayers & a very short understanding of basic words in his native tongue. Beautiful.

I purchased the video and book as a present for my husband. He loved both. He's watched the video multiple times and keeps going back to the book. Highly recomended.

If you like to compare religion, like Sufism, Gnosis, Vedanta, Buddhism, etc... you will be surprise how a tradition that has no books written belongs to the same center.A Masterpiece that deliver a bit of the American Indian wisdom from the old times to the new times. Thanks to the Tom Yellow Tail inspiration and the tremendous effort of the producers. But if I had something to say, I'd like to know if they kill animals to use in their rituals. The DVD just show them praying before cut a tree for the Sun Dance, but nothing about how the buffalo's head and eagle bones whistles comes into the Sun Dance. So, the DVD show just positive aspects of the American Indians. I miss the philosophical talks of the elders (the more esoteric aspects of them), normally present in the Black Elk books and the great chiefs talks. This DVD is more historical but equally important. The DVD delivered on time, good quality and nice price for this priceless product.