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sweat lodge
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sweat lodge
n
(among native North American peoples) a structure in which water is poured onto hot stones to make the occupants sweat for religious or medicinal purposes


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At next year's gathering, in response to the needs of the people, Courchene announced sweatlodge ceremonies will be offered.
The name, Tokala Ta Pejuta, derived during a special sweatlodge ceremony, translates from the Sioux language to mean "police protecting society.
Throughout history physicians have extolled the medicinal value of the sweat bath in its various forms such as the Finnish sauna, Russian banai, Islamic hammam, or the American Indian sweatlodge.
 
 
 
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