White Dog Sacrifice Kapya Kaoma the Niagara Movement

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White Dog Sacrifice Kapya Kaoma the Niagara MovementIn a search for Iroquoian ritual uses for the marine shell beads now called wampum the authors identified the White Dog Sacrifice (WDS) as a possible candidate. The WDS involved ceremonial sacrifice and subsequent cremation of one, or sometimes two white dogs to carry away the sins of native believers. Outsiders have recorded their observations of various details of these rituals. Since these records of the WDS often mention the use of wampum, and