sundance
nounEtymology From sun + dance.
1
Any of various Native American religious rituals with songs, dances, praying, etc.
- Of course before this there will be lesser fights with Indian foes and whites, and much village life, moving, sundances and other ceremonials to record and a great hunt on the Yellowstone […]1992, Mari Sandoz, Helen Winter Stauffer, Letters of Mari Sandoz, page 340:
- Mary and her husband, Jack Hyatt (Cherokee/African-American), have participated in sundances for a number of years.2001, Susan Lobo, Kurt Peters, American Indians and the Urban Experience, page 256:
2
Gaillardia pulchella, a flowering plant of the Southern United States, from Arizona to Florida, and northern Mexico.