Sundance - What does it mean?
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Any of various Native American religious rituals with song, dance, praying, etc.
* 1992 , Mari Sandoz, Helen Winter Stauffer, Letters of Mari Sandoz (page 340)
* 2001 , Susan Lobo, Kurt Peters, American Indians and the Urban Experience (page 256)
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* sun danceNoun
(en noun)- Of course before this there will be lesser fights with Indian foes and whites, and much village life, moving, sundances and other ceremonials to record and a great hunt on the Yellowstone
- Mary and her husband, Jack Hyatt (Cherokee/African-American), have participated in sundances for a number of years.
