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medicine bundle

Native American culture

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Indigenous peoples of the Great Plains
Belief systems
Sacred bundles, also called medicine bundles, figured prominently in rituals throughout the area. In some cases, the bundle was a personal one, the contents of which had been suggested by a guardian spirit; in others, it was a tribal property with a long, or even mythological, history. Bundles were…
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Sacred bundles, also called medicine bundles, figured prominently in rituals throughout the area. In some cases, the bundle was a personal one, the contents of which had been suggested by a guardian spirit; in others, it was a tribal property with a long, or even mythological, history. Bundles were…
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