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Definition of Sun dance
1. Noun. A ceremonial dance performed by Amerindians at the summer solstice.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sun Dance
Literary usage of Sun dance
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Bookman (1915)
"... The Eyes of the World Kent Knowles, "Quahaug" Big Tremaine The Patrol of the
sun dance Trail The Eyes of the World The Patrol of the sun dance Trail The ..."
2. Echoes from the Rocky Mountains: Reminiscences and Thrilling Incidents of by John Wesley Clampitt (1888)
"THE sun dance is a religious ceremony, the fulfilment of a vow made to some
mysterious force in nature. It is an offering by a savage heart as the ..."
3. The American Antiquarian and Oriental Journal by Stephen Denison Peet (1903)
"sun dance OF THE PONGA INDIANS. There is no more important event in the annals
of the American Indians than the sun dance of the Ponca tribe. ..."
4. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"SUN-DANCE, a ceremony performed, with local variations, by most of the prairie
... Among the principal objects in the festival of the sun- dance is the ..."
5. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"The Sun-Dance is a ceremony in use among all the Plains Indians, ... The Sun
Dance of the Plains Indians had its origin in days of famine now long past. ..."
6. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"SUN-DANCE, a ceremony performed, with local variations, by most of the prairie
... Among the principal objects in the festival of the sun- dance is the ..."
7. Twenty Years Among Our Hostile Indians: Describing the Characteristics by James Lee Humfreville (1903)
"THE sun dance was not peculiar to any one nation of Indians, but was held by many
... One, for instance, would make a vow that he would dance the sun dance, ..."
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