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To: madison10
You're thinking of the Mandan O-Kee-Pa rites, recorded by painter George Catlin in the 1830s.

At least they had religious and practical reasons to undergo this rite (they believed it "made the buffalo come".)

39 posted on 06/29/2014 2:25:40 PM PDT by AnAmericanMother (Ecce Crucem Domini, fugite partes adversae. Vicit Leo de Tribu Iuda, Radix David, Alleluia!)
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To: AnAmericanMother

At least they had religious and practical reasons to undergo this rite (they believed it “made the buffalo come”.)


If this is what it took to get the Buffalo to show up then the Buffalo were a bunch of jerks!


61 posted on 06/29/2014 4:58:26 PM PDT by Rides_A_Red_Horse (Why do you need a fire extinguisher when you can call the fire department?)
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To: AnAmericanMother

That’s the photo. I think it was in one of my dad’s American Heritage books. (read those things cover to cover for fun)


63 posted on 06/30/2014 5:13:09 PM PDT by madison10
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