- Ritual
- Wicasa Ihuni
- Region and community
- 米国・Pine Ridge／ラコタ社会
- Age at the cultural rite
- Variable or not confirmed in the source
- Transition conditions
- Community initiation / Trial or training / New social responsibilities
- Legal age of majority
- United States18–21 years, by stateUnited States · 47 states and Washington, D.C., use 18. Alabama and Nebraska use 19, and Mississippi uses 21. Mississippi permits certain property contracts from 18. · Law and supporting sources 1 · Law and supporting sources 2
About the rite
In the Lakota ceremony of Wicasa Ihuni, boys learn the responsibilities of adult men. Knife Chief Buffalo Nation describes four days of preparation and a buffalo hunt on the fifth day. The boys learn hunting skills alongside their obligations to family and community.
Village Earth reported that two young men took part in the ceremony at Pine Ridge in June 2012.
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