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Adoption Ceremonies
critter - a white non-ndn person:
Hi. Thanks for responding. I wasn't speaking about BQ or the things that ndn's are eligible for from the USA. When Earth replied that they would have no rights, I took it to mean within the community. No voting rights in community matters, no rights in ceremonies, etc. And that would leave a person feeling rather bad about their self, imo, it would be hurtful. Not being eligible for things from USA because of BQ shouldn't be hurtful to anyone. :) Sorry for the confusion.
tecpaocelotl:
Does anyone think that since Johnny Depp was adopted by that family that white people are going to think it's as easy as the articles are written as? LOL.
Defend the Sacred:
Yes. Thankfully this article quotes Native Appropriations blogger Adrienne Keene (Cherokee), and clarifies that he was adopted by one Native person, not the whole tribe (as some are reporting. I didn't think they got all the Comanches, everywhere, to adopt this jerk. (And sorry, yes, he's a very talented actor and I used to think he was pretty cool. but he's being a major jerk about all of this.)):
Why Can Johnny Depp Play Tonto, but Ashton Kutcher and Sacha Baron Cohen Get Slammed?
I'll also post the article in the Johnny Depp Thread.
earthw7:
I just redid the Adoption ceremony for people so they can understand a little better,
Ohunkagapi-Making of Relatives
Hunka- Hunkalowanpi....The Making of Relatives Ritual
The Hunka Ceremony is one of the Seven Sacred Rites of the Lakota/Dakota/Nakota people given to them by the White Buffalo Calf Pipe Woman.
The Making of Relatives or what is called the Hunka adoption ceremonies of the Lakota/Dakota/Nakota is an adoption ceremony to adopt an individual into a family. This can happen if you lose a family member then you can adopt another member into your family. When you are close to an Individual for a long time and you want honor the relationship you can adopt them as a member of your family.
This relationship is sacred it is an adoption though god. The Hunka relatives have the rights to care for their new family as they care for you. To care for your new mother, father, brother, sister and make sure they are warm and safe.
Hunkalowanpi or Hunka Ritual, This ceremony is very old all the Teton, Isanti, Yankton and Yanktonais have it but the Isanti claim it. The Hunka is a ceremony to make a person a relative he or she understood to have taken ceremonial parents or relative which are to be as dear as their natural parents. This ceremony is for life and it is a voluntary position where one takes the obligation toward his new relatives. Once you accept Hunka you cannot say later I don’t want to be your relative, I no longer wish to be relative to you, your own self respect constrains you to keep the relationship and you must respect your Hunka relatives for the rest of your life. A person can have more than one Hunka ceremony. A hunka would obligate him or herself to perpetual kindness, generosity and well doing toward those who are Hunka. The Hunka is so sacred and binding that nobody made fun of it. When a Hunka ceremony was proposed the families would careful think it over for a long time, they would look at the other family to see if they want to ceremonial belong to them it was not a ceremony to take lightly.
There are two kind of Hunka ceremonies Cahake awicakozapi-the wave brush like stick over the people, or Wiyaka ToTo U awicalwapi- They sang over them using Blue Feathers. A tipi was erected facing the sun rise or a buffalo hide placed on the ground, a buffalo skull is place in the center, the individual who are doing the Hunka shall take a seat their new Hunka family shall place new garment or blanket on their new Hunka family. The new relatives will give food and water to their new relative. The Hunka family will paint the faces of their new relatives this is called Waka-owicawapi-Holy Painting. The paint of the face is a blue line across the center of the forehead and blue line across the center of hairline a feather shall be tied to crown of the hair. Two brushes like branch are waved over their heads in the four directions and above and below. Each of the Hunka makes a pledge to their new Hunka relative, to give food, give water, clothing and warmth all there days. They have mercy, generosity and to be there for them and do good things for their relatives. They would have a great feed and giveaway to honor their new relatives. With this the ritual ends, and gifts are exchanged between the families of the Hunka.
What they are NOT!
The Oyate-(Nation) or tribal nation cannot make relatives with one person because there is no ceremony for this process. A Hunka is a ceremony for individuals. There has never been a person who has been adopted into the Lakota or Dakota or Nakota Nation. This has not happen in the past or today. In order for a person to be adopted into the nation all the Nations would have to be agreed to one individual. That agreement must be agreed on by all of the three Lakota-Dakota-Nakota nations; bands which include the 14 reservations in the Northern Plains and nine Canadian Reserves. There have been some tribes that have made individuals honorary members but those members do not have the right to vote, be enrolled, or eligible for services as a tribal member.
Traditional Hunka relatives do NOT have the right to do any of the following due to adoption ceremony.
• The Individual has No Rights to do traditional ceremonies,
• The Individual has NO Rights to our oral stories
• The Individual has NO Rights to traditional medicine,
• The Individual has No Rights to inherit medicine men names, without family approval
• The Individual has No Right to take the names of the Hunka Family, without family approval
• The Individual has No Right to speak for any tribal nations
• The Individual has No Right to speak for Tribal governments,
• The Individual has No Rights to speak for the adopted families without family approval.
• The Individual has no right to vote in a tribal election
• The Individual has no right to be enrolled in a tribe
• The Individual has no rights to be eligible for services as a tribal member
• If a person claims to be adopted by a Hunka ceremony of the Lakota or Dakota or Nakota Nation it is not true: they can only be adopted by a family.
• If a person claim to be taught medicine by a Lakota or Dakota or Nakota person by rights of Hunka then they should have the permission from all the members of that family.
earthw7:
please feel free to use this
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