Sweat lodges used by Native American tribes were meant for spiritual renewal and purification, the same purpose that is en vogue in modern-day spiritual circles. But American tribes used sweat lodges also to ask for guidance and success in their hunting trip.
Hunters of the Susquehannock tribes at the American east coast dreamt up the prey animal that they would find next day. The prey animal, in turn, could experience its fate in advance, surrender to it and calmly await the hunters’ arrival.
For the hunters it was not about an alienated, random killing of animals. For them it was a careful selection of one animal, and go for it in a respectful, even divine way. They felt it was a divine experience for the animal as well.
Personal communication, Dancing Thunder, Susquehannock Chief
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