User:Jtrigue/Sacred bundle
 | This is the sandbox page where you will draft your initial Wikipedia contribution.
If you're starting a new article, you can develop it here until it's ready to go live. If you're working on improvements to an existing article, copy only one section at a time of the article to this sandbox to work on, and be sure to use an edit summary linking to the article you copied from. Do not copy over the entire article. You can find additional instructions here. Remember to save your work regularly using the "Publish page" button. (It just means 'save'; it will still be in the sandbox.) You can add bold formatting to your additions to differentiate them from existing content. |
Sacred Bundles and Medicine Bags
[edit]Historical Significance
[edit]Many indigenous tribes commemorate and represent their culture through assembled pieces of artifacts which are significant in ceremonial rituals and daily life. These items are believed to protect and give spiritual guidance to any person that carries them as many believe that the vessels contain some sort of supernatural power. Often these items have been gifted by elder individuals in tribes and each bundle is unique.
Components
[edit]Individuals that come from different Native American tribes would often possess several meaningful items that varied in size. The contents inside these pouches varied by person and held different significance for each individual.
Small Pouches
[edit]Bags smaller in size are made of animal skin or woven with thread. These are carried around the neck close to the individual's heart or in pockets.
Large Pouches
[edit]Bandoliers are larger beaded carry ons often made by women and gifted to men who were warriors to carry over their shoulders. Larger sacred bundles have no greater significance, it only represents that the individual that carries it finds numerous items significant to themselves.
Items
[edit]Numerous items can be carried in each bundle that posses different spiritual value. Smaller and larger bundles contain plants, objects derived from animals, minerals, and personal items. These are generalized objects that exist within the bundle as elders refrain from photographing or exposing the contents of them as each one is personally made.
Vegetation
[edit]Plants such as tabacco, leaves, and flowers.
Animals
[edit]Pelts, fur, and bones
Minerals
[edit]stone, flint, sand
Personal Items
[edit]currency, picture, favorite item, or inherited item
Modern Practice
[edit]Many people outside of Native American tribes have created their own adaption of forming sacred bundles. It has been encouraged that if an individual seeks guidance, health, or love they can tailor their own medicine bag to best grant them their wishes.