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tribe first became known outside the tribe in 1832. This complex ceremony about the creation of the earth was glimpsed, and then aspects of it depicted for a non-Native public, by painter
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Topless men and women pulling a car using ropes attached to flesh hooks inserted in their backs. The participants are not suspended from top in this case. Scene from
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ceremony. In respect to the Mandan people, the "O-Kee-Pa" name is no longer used to reference this position.
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