eagle.mit.edu!cinnamon (Sharon Cinnamon) writes:
>Original Sender: eagle.mit.edu!cinnamon (Sharon Cinnamon)
>I have a semi-urgent request: I need to know which colors are associated
>with the directions, according to the Lakota. I promise that this is not
>related to appropriating religion, or plastic medicine people in any way--a
>friend of mine just needs the information for a paper IMMEDIATELY--she's
>looked in several books and gotten conflicting answers.
This may be one of the conflicting books, but "Souix Indian Religion"
by Raymond J. DeMallie and Douglas R. Parks says black for the west,
red for the north, yellow for the east, white for the south, green for
the earth, and blue for the sky.
Hope this helps,
Dave
--| Dave Warner | e-mail: dmw@csn.org | | 151 Sky Trail Road | USWest: 443-9589 | | Boulder, CO 80302 | |