Breadcrumb Home Browse By Community Member Sid Whiting Back Sid Whiting Community: Sicangu Lakota The drum is the heartbeat of our people... of grandmother earth. Related knowledge Ceremony Wiping of Tears Plants, Ceremony Bear Root Health Benefit: Pain relief, Antiseptic, Respiratory illness relief, Antiviral Health Conditions: Cough, Congestion Ceremony, Identity, Plants Tobacco Ceremony, Plants Sage Health Benefit: Respiratory illness relief Health Conditions: Cough, Congestion Plants, Ceremony Sweetgrass Health Benefit: Respiratory illness relief, Stress reduction, Mindfulness/Contemplative Practices, Community Wellness Health Conditions: Anxiety, Depression, Respiratory illness Animals Buffalo Health Benefit: Diet/Nutrition Health Conditions: Cardiovascular Disease, Type 2 Diabetes Animals Eagle Health Benefit: Social connections, Spirituality, Community Wellness Sid's story Story Bear Root Sid describes the many healing uses for Osha ranging from toothaches to ceremony. Expand Story Four Sacred Medicines Sid decribes the four sacred medicines in the Lakota nation: Tobacco, cedar, sage, and sweetgrass. Expand Story Wiping of Tears ceremony Sid shares a story around grief and its relevance to mental health for the Lakota. Expand Story Colonial Disruptions to Health Sid shares a story using the hunting of the buffalo as a way to describe how colonization has disrupted some of our traditional health behaviors. Expand Related assets Artifact Rattle Sid shares an artifact. How is the rattle used in ceremony and dance? Expand Artifact Eagle feather Sid describes his cultural understanding of the significance of the Eagle. Expand
Plants, Ceremony Bear Root Health Benefit: Pain relief, Antiseptic, Respiratory illness relief, Antiviral Health Conditions: Cough, Congestion
Ceremony, Plants Sage Health Benefit: Respiratory illness relief Health Conditions: Cough, Congestion
Plants, Ceremony Sweetgrass Health Benefit: Respiratory illness relief, Stress reduction, Mindfulness/Contemplative Practices, Community Wellness Health Conditions: Anxiety, Depression, Respiratory illness
Animals Buffalo Health Benefit: Diet/Nutrition Health Conditions: Cardiovascular Disease, Type 2 Diabetes
Story Bear Root Sid describes the many healing uses for Osha ranging from toothaches to ceremony. Expand
Story Four Sacred Medicines Sid decribes the four sacred medicines in the Lakota nation: Tobacco, cedar, sage, and sweetgrass. Expand
Story Wiping of Tears ceremony Sid shares a story around grief and its relevance to mental health for the Lakota. Expand
Story Colonial Disruptions to Health Sid shares a story using the hunting of the buffalo as a way to describe how colonization has disrupted some of our traditional health behaviors. Expand
Artifact Eagle feather Sid describes his cultural understanding of the significance of the Eagle. Expand
