MISSION, S.D. Theitcr of a-lodge and. as the danc- annual thanksgiving dance oflc r pulled away from the pole, the Plains Indians, once banned strips of skin were ripped from by the government, as being a!his body. barbaric torture ritual, is scheduled to Ijegin at dawn Fri- Officially, the -mutilation as- pect of the dance does not oc- day on the Rosebud Indian Res- cur, but some Indians claim i ervation. I has returned as an important The Sun .Dance has historical-.! pan of the thanksgiving festi- 'i y been the .top ceremonial rilejval . of numerous Plains Indians i The Sioux Sun Dance begin- tribes, including the Sioux, Ara-|nin« .Friday will involve many ipaho, Arikara, Crow. 'Omaha,'of the persons who played key IPonca, Shoshone and Black-feet.!roles in the 71-day occupation | The'government banned it in of Wounded Knee on the nearby 11904. but the dance in its sym- Pine Ridge reservation earlier holism was permitted again in this j'ear. ; 1934. The mutilation aspect is| Dennis Banks and- Russel siiil prohibited. (Means, leaders in the takeover, Indian historians say the mu- helped coordinate the dance, tilalion consists of inserting Carter Camp, a Ponca from rawhide or leather thongs un- Oklahoma and one of the der the skin of the chest and Wounded Knee leaders, said he back muscles. ' would bring 10 carloads of dele- The thongs were tied to ropes gates from the American .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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