Lakota Culture 114: How Our Sacred Hoop is Broken

Creator has given us laws, values and principles to live by. When these are violated, our Sacred Hoop will become broken. Lakota elder Larry Salway explains that Harmony, Balance, Beauty and Peace are replaced with feelings of inferiority and shame. View this video with additional information at www.lifeinitiativesinc.org LarrySalway grew up on the Rosebud Reservation in southwestern South Dakota. He rose out of the poverty of his childhood and became a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and later, a professor at the Oglala Lakota College campuses in Kyle and Rapid City, SD. He served for five years as Tribal Judge in Pine Ridge, SD. Mr. Salway has also served as pastor of churches in Arizona and South Dakota. Larry is Co-President of Life Initiatives. This video is part of a series Life Initiatives produced for mentor development.