sweat lodge

British  

noun

1. (among native North American peoples) a structure in which water is poured onto hot stones to make the occupants sweat for religious or medicinal purposes

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sweat lodge

During our interview, he chokes up remembering Shorty Stone, one of his closest friends, who as a member of the Paiute tribe introduced Searles to the healing and clarity he found in the sweat lodge.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2023

Tribes also use the river’s water and rocks for rituals such as sweat lodge purification ceremonies, held in low, dome-shaped structures where river rocks are heated along with herbal medicine.

From Washington Times ● Aug. 16, 2022

Then the medicine man took her to a sweat lodge on the reservation.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 21, 2021

He woke up to chop wood in his family’s backyard for their sweat lodge.

From New York Times ● Nov. 28, 2021

The sweat lodge is built in the shape of a rough hemisphere, three or four feet high and six or eight in diameter.

From Blackfoot Lodge Tales The Story of a Prairie People by George Bird Grinnell

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