This story was linked to The Rocky Mountain News' website this morning. It tells of the ceremonies for a U.S. Marine killed in Iraq in 2006.
The wake for Corporal Brett Lundstrom was on on the Pine Ridge reservation in South Dakota, and it combined a mixture Oglala Sioux traditions. The newspaper story is powerfully written, and it shows a lot about the Oglala people. It was featured as one of the Rocky Mountain News' best. After 150 years of publication, the Rocky is going out of business. It prints its last issue today.
3 comments:
1. Old traditions are usually revived or kept around for a feeling of comfort. Those traditions have been around for a long time, and doing anything different than those things is probably a scary thing for some, so it's a kind of comfort zone.
2. Some old traditions that are still around for me and my family are hiding the Easter baskets and eggs for the younger kids and always going to my Uncle's house and eating the same food on Christmas day.
1. Old traditions are kept around because people were brought up by them. Those traditions have been around for a long time, and doing anything different than those things is probably a scary thing for some. It is comforting, and at the same time, its how people live.
2. Some old traditions of mine include various activities with the family on holidays. Such as, eating with relatives on these days, card games and etc.
Why would The Iroquios people want to keep their traditions alive today? It is becasue they strongly believe in them and that is why during the ceramony they combinded his culture and the way of the military.
What traditions do i have in my culture? well in my family every year for the 4th of July we have a huge Brusnighan family reunion. We play bochie drink as much alchole as possable and just enjoy each others company. The younger kids find other things to do if they get board with what the older people are doing. There is a great deal of food and fun.
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