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The Sacred Pipe

The book that I read was The Sacred Pipe. It is an incredible account of the religious rights and culture of the Oglala Soiux. The God of the Soiux is Wakan Tanka and they believe that it is a three in one similar to what we would believe to be the God head. They believe that he is in all that is good and none that is evil. Not just things that are alive but also in feelings and emotions all and everything that is good is reffered to as Wakan. During the book you experience rituals and customs of the Soiux tribe that are definitely different than anything I have ever heard of.

The book was written fairly well with a different style to it except for a couple dead spots were the author had a hard time keeping my attention. It was creatively written and had a lot more foot notes than any book that I had ever read. One negative thing that I personally had a problem with about this book was throughout my school career I have heard so many stories and read so many books about native Americans and native American rituals that it was kind of getting a little old, but never the less I gave


A small problem with the book was it was tough to understand and tough to follow. It almost seemed like there was a lot of clutter and useless words that made the book tough to understand. Maybe if I was a more experienced reader I would have had an easier time reading this book. The book still kept my interest and I got it done quicker than other books that had been assigned in the past. Not only did I learn a lot about Native Americans but I learned how to read a new and different style of writing that I haven't encountered yet. I would not recommend this book to a person that is just starting to read but to a faithful reader it would prove to be a interesting novel.

One thing that I did not realize about Native Americans about before this book is all the different types of substances they found a way to smoke. These people would smoke everything and anything that they could fit in a pipe. They had all kinds of different names that they obviously gave to these drugs while they were using them, such as Hokshichankiya which was there name for marijuana. Most drugs however that were used in there reli

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