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

On a recent morning, Nosie sat on a lawn chair watching young Stronghold men stoke a fire to heat the rocks that would be used later in a sweat lodge ceremony at Oak Flat.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 28, 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

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

From New York Times ● Nov. 28, 2021

Then they build a sweat lodge and go into it, and with them goes in an old man, a medicine-pipe man, who has been a good warrior.

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