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'1' ve b en trying to find out
bout my own c ground," aid
Fer on, who first experienced
Inipi t Sie ' home nd now
ionally attends the ceremony
taw t lodge n Blissfield,
Ohio.
"It' prayer form that I've
found to very compatible with
my Catholic faith. It' a fODD of
prayer. Anyone who' of good will
can go, " id Ferguson, who likens
the e perience to traditional
Catholic acraments of penance
and anointing.
"It's a way of coming into
contact wi th the faith of my
ancestor. It's a beautiful
experience of prayer. It' very
imple and down-to-earth," said
Ferguson, who has encountered
some Catholics who feel the Native
American practice isn't compatible
with Catholici m.
But on p It 0 th den ptu
e ctly wh t Si hun tin
tive eri n dan hi 1 •
pelt nd h nd fan m d of
fe thers dom all in Si ' den.
He revere the Amen n Indi n
greeting cards, letters and other
artifacts displayed on the hel f.
It wa 10 ye ago wh n Sie ,
part Chickasaw, embraced the
piritual phil o ophy of the
American Indian. ow, St ndin
Wolf - Sics' Indian identity -
helps a lot of other people on that
ame desperate earch find what
they are 100 ing for, and a lot of
them end their earch right in
Standing Wolf' bac yard.
Behind Standing Wolfs home is
the eat lodge, dome made of
blankets and willow boughs where
the Native American ceremony of
Inipi (purification) is conducted
among several people like Sies who.
are eeking a better relationship
with the Great Spirit.
"It reconnect people to
piritual path," aid Skinner,
part-Lakota Sioux who help drug
and alcohol abusers at Herric
Hospital in Tecum eh. "I take
several of my ellen withme very
time I go."
"They ee uch a value in it. It's
a real functional spirituality," said
Skinner. Skinner aid he feels
Inipi helps participants ee more
clearly how they fit into the world,
and the experience stays with them
when they exit the sweat lodge.
"A lot of rehabilitation i a
purification process," he said.
"You gain ground in a sacred way.
It's not a contest to see who can
stand the heat the longest"
HOWEVER, Pope John Paul n
has upbeld Native American
he Go p I Mu ic
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