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The Sacred Circle

Accession number: 
1980.0090

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Production Years: 
1980

Languages:

  • English
Film Properties: 
  • 16mm
  • Colour
  • Sound
Length (feet): 
1042 (16mm)
Length (minutes): 
30

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Holding Institutions: 

York University, Toronto, Ontario: 16mm.
"Describes the spiritual world view of the Plains Indians and the function of the sacred pipe, sweetgrass and vision quest."

Library and Archives Canada: 16mm, VHS.

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University of Waterloo Audiovisual Services Catalog.
"The circle is an important concept in Plains Indians' religious tradition. Here, it is shown that a sense of cycles underlies the attitudes regarding the creation of the earth and the role of mankind in creation, and that this is the spiritual basis for religious practices."