tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1247006163860528093.post5606294261173330425..comments2024-03-26T14:14:46.989-05:00Comments on Ojibwe Confessions: Indigenous View Point: Keeping the Sweatlodge healthyOjibwe Confessionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10434882024674242926noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1247006163860528093.post-86683370452138152782017-09-04T18:23:22.776-05:002017-09-04T18:23:22.776-05:00I also run a lodge and have attended many. NEVER ...I also run a lodge and have attended many. NEVER have the men or women beed naked. This is total disrespect.<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05293887314591016473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1247006163860528093.post-51308616968034163862013-10-15T23:18:55.970-05:002013-10-15T23:18:55.970-05:00I have never been to a Sweat or Ceremony where you...I have never been to a Sweat or Ceremony where you get naked? I have been to a few ceremonies and it is always about prayer, kindness and for the health of others/communities. I have also been to a few Sweats where it was too hot. I burnt. Ojibwe Confessionshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10434882024674242926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1247006163860528093.post-83457688168481013512013-10-14T13:58:39.164-05:002013-10-14T13:58:39.164-05:00I am an Ojibwe woman. I have attended, assisted an...I am an Ojibwe woman. I have attended, assisted and poured at many Sweat Lodge Ceremonies. I have never been to a Sweat Lodge Ceremony, where either the men or the women were not properly and respectfully clothed. The men wear, at least shorts and some times, long pants and the women wear a top that at a minimum covers their shoulders and a skirt that is at least ankle length. The focus of the Ceremony are the prayers and the healing. Obviously, sweating is an important and cleansing element, but it is not about how much heat one can endure. If the Lodge is so hot and the participants so uncomfortable that they can not focus on the prayers, then who ever is pouring, has missed the point entirely. In that situation, I suspect that the pourer does not realize that the safety and wellbeing of each and every attendee is their soul responsibility. Endenowe Maggin, KiiwedinaashikAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1247006163860528093.post-79055922296843240122012-05-15T20:38:56.722-05:002012-05-15T20:38:56.722-05:00Thank you for your commentary... it was quite help...Thank you for your commentary... it was quite helpful as I'm working to connect with my Native American heritage (Mi'kmaq). Can't let the ceremony be watered down!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1247006163860528093.post-65560934175177870142011-11-01T16:33:48.531-05:002011-11-01T16:33:48.531-05:00and we don't really say buck naked, it might b...and we don't really say buck naked, it might be an american thing, we say "bar arse". :0Ojibwe Confessionshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10434882024674242926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1247006163860528093.post-55213006617758938562011-08-30T13:49:58.373-05:002011-08-30T13:49:58.373-05:00Buck Naked!!! I haven't been to a naked lodge,...Buck Naked!!! I haven't been to a naked lodge, but I don't know how it is done elsewhere.Ojibwe Confessionshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10434882024674242926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1247006163860528093.post-55779874057603897442011-06-15T11:06:01.663-05:002011-06-15T11:06:01.663-05:00DO you really go into the sweat lodge naked?DO you really go into the sweat lodge naked?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com