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Declaration of War Against Exploiters of Lakota Spirituality

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This declaration is the Lakota, Dakota and Nakota nations' own primary statement, adopted unanimously on 10 June 1993 by an international gathering of their own representatives, and this record holds it as a custodian source for exactly that reason: it is the holders' own statement of what they permit and forbid regarding their own ceremonies, not an outside observer's account. It names specific practices it objects to, imitation sweat lodge ceremonies, vision quests and puberty ceremonies sold for money by self proclaimed teachers with no standing within the tradition. Use it to establish the Lakota, Dakota and Nakota nations' own documented position on the commercial exploitation of their ceremonies; it is not a general ethnographic source on the ceremonies' own content, which needs a different kind of source given their restricted status.

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Assessment
Reliability Tier
1
The Lakota Summit V's own 1993 declaration, passed unanimously by an international gathering of Lakota, Dakota and Nakota nations naming imitation sweat lodge ceremonies and other rites sold for money by self-proclaimed teachers, carried as a custodian source.
Notes
Passed unanimously on 10 June 1993 by an international gathering of Lakota, Dakota and Nakota nations. Names imitation sweat lodge ceremonies, vision quests and puberty ceremonies sold for money by self-proclaimed teachers.
Custodian
Custodian Source
Yes
Custodian Body
Lakota Summit V
Custodian Basis
A declaration adopted by an assembly of Lakota, Dakota and Nakota nations concerning the misuse of their own ceremonies. Authoritative as the holders own statement of what they permit and forbid.
Citation
Author
Lakota Summit V
Publication Year
1993
Source Type
Primary document
Claims Backed By This Source (104 claims)

This source backs 104 claims across the atlas. As facts: 72 well-attested. As cited relationships: 11 holds. Plus 21 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

Disposition By Topic

  • Deities, 40 claims: 28 well-attested, 6 holds, 6 general references.
  • Practices, 14 claims: 6 well-attested, 4 holds, 4 general references.
  • Sources, 9 claims: 9 well-attested.
  • Subcategories, 8 claims: 4 well-attested, 4 general references.
  • Wars & Conflicts, 8 claims: 6 well-attested, 1 holds, 1 general references.
  • Sacred Objects & Ritual Items, 7 claims: 5 well-attested, 2 general references.
  • Articles, 6 claims: 6 well-attested.
  • Figures, 4 claims: 3 well-attested, 1 general references.
  • Culture Groups, 3 claims: 2 well-attested, 1 general references.
  • Cultures, 3 claims: 2 well-attested, 1 general references.
  • Rituals, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.
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