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SIOUX BURIAL PRACTICE
THE SIOUX INDIANS USED TO BURY THEIR DEAD WITH LARGE
QUANTITIES OF FOOD SO THAT THE PERSON WOULD HAVE
ENOUGH TO EAT ON THE WAY TO THE "HAPPY HUNTING GROUND."
IF ASKED WHY THE FOOD WAS NOT CONSUMED, THEY WOULD
MERELY ANSWER THAT THE SPIRIT OF THE BODY ATE THE
SPIRIT OF THE FOOD. THUS NEITHER THE BODY OR THE FOOD
DISAPPEARED.
Where learned: BOOK BY J. LEE HUMFREVILLE
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN