Category Archives: Sundance ceremony

Hui, Inipi & drum practice

October 25, 2024 admin

9th November 2024 – 1pm

Dear Sundance family, its time to discuss plans for our forthcoming dance; vision quest dates, location and lots of other fun things.

Meeting commences at 1pm, followed by drum practice, sweat lodge & shared kai.

We expect to finish by late afternoon/early evening.
Y’all are welcome to stay & inipi the following day too.

Please bring a plate for shared kai.

Where: 232 Blue Spur road, Hokitika, West Coast , South Island,

For more information please contact :

contact: Lakota: 0274308864 / finchdixonl@gmail.com

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SUNDANCE 2025

May 31, 2024 admin

Greetings Sundance family,

SunDance 2025 dates are : February 9th – 17th.

Dancer purification: February 9th-12th. Tree Day 12th – Dance 13th – 16th February 2025

Communal tidy up: Monday 17th February 2025.

All Welcome.

Vision Quest, Hui, Drum practice & working bee dates to follow.

Where: 232 Blue Spur road, Hokitika, West Coast , South Island,

note: Pet lovers: please make arrangements, as dance site is not suitable for pets.

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SunDance 2024

September 10, 2023 admin

Greetings Sundance family,

Sun Dance 2024 dates fall again on our late intercessors Pat Hendrickson’s birth & passing.

When: Dancer purification March 10th-13th. Tree Day 13th – Sun Dance 14th – 17th March 2024

dates below & contacts re: Vision Quest, Hui, Drum practice & Working bee

All Wecome.

Where: 232 Blue Spur road, Hokitika, West Coast , South Island,

note: Pet lovers: please make arrangements, as dance site is not suitable for pets.

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Sundance in Aotearoa

March 3, 2023 admin

In Aotearoa / New Zealand, the journey of the Sundance ceremony began with a visit from Patrick Hendrickson (aka Chief White Cloud or Patrick Aynewausch in the summer of 1999/2000.. Although people from Aotearoa had attended the Sundance held in Hornby Island in 1999 , this was the first opportunity for a wider group of people to meet Patrick Hendrickson and participate in Inipi purification lodges.

During this first visit, Patrick Hendrickson spent time traveling Aotearoa and speaking with Tangata Whenua and others about his journey and vision. The first Sundance was run by Patrick Hendrickson in the summer of 2001/2002

View the clip below to learn more about the purpose & meaning that brought this ceremony to Aotearoa.. (image Patrick Aynewausch )