The people of the tribe have many gods that they call the Above Ones. None is more important and reverenced in such a way as the Sun Chief. " I now pray to you to grant us abundance in summer and health in winter" (Welch 112). He is prayed to for all sorts of things including long life, plentiful harvest, water, and good animals. The god of the sun is their god above gods. The Sun Chief is what Zeus was to the ancient Greeks. They pray to other gods, but they are lower gods or messengers t

The ceremony is meaningful to White Mans' Dog as it is to every other member of the tribe. He was especially looking for healing for Yellow Kidney because he felt somewhat responsible for his misfortunes. White Mans Dog had a dream when his animal spirit, the wolverine, came to him by a river and told him to take a white stone out of the river. The wolverine said that his he held it and sung a song (Welch 118) he would have the power of the wolverine. "You sing that loudly and boldly any you will never want for power" (Welch 118). The stone would give him power as he prepared to take action on the Napikwans. What White Man's Dog didn't know was that the cleansing had also been given to Kills-close-to-the-lake. "White Mans Dog didn't know how or why, but Wolverine had cleansed both him and Kills-close-to-the-lake. He had

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