Sidney Byrd’s Naming

Sydney Byrd

Lean ABOUT
(deep listening, transformation)

  1. What’s a “Christian” name?
  2. What’s the process for receiving a Lakota name?
  3. What’s the significance of the feather in the naming ceremony?
  4. What is the Rabbit Dance and why do people not do it anymore?
  5. Do all naming ceremonies include the one being named getting their own song?

Lean FROM
(deep listening, transformation)

  1. What do you know about your name or about how you were named?
  2. What important ceremonies have you been a part of?
  3. Do you dance? What dances do you enjoy? What dances are important to you? Why?
  4. Is there a song that you would call “your song?” If so, what experience is it associated with that makes it “your song?”