The Sun Dance and the Gustafsen Lake Standoff: Healing Through Resistance and the Danger of Dismissing Religion

• Main Author: Nicholas D. Shrubsole
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: University of Western Ontario 2011
• Subjects: indigenous; Sun Dance; religion; spiritualities; resistance; sacred sites; politics; sovereignty; Canada; United States; Gustafsen Lake; American Indian Movement; scipo; relig; Indian; British Columbia; First Nations
• Online Access: https://doaj.org/article/c37b321a15b6463abaa9d81d6f1f3c69

The revitalization and renewal of traditional indigenous spiritual practices have produced new forms of indigenous religiosity rooted in experience, contact and combination. This paper examines the contemporary Sun Dance, a traditional healing ritual that seeks to address pain and sickness in indige...