Wakan Tanka is also called Tobtob (“four times four”) symbolic of the fact that all sacred things come in fours. A central part of each sacred rite is to smoke the sacred pipe. Today the pipe is kept at Green Grass on the Cheyenne River Reservation in northern South Dakota. Another belief is for them to carry around objects such as eagle feathers and eagle bone whistles. In relation to the myth from the black hills the Lakota began their purpose, living in harmony with all their relations. The purpose of life is to maintain harmony with one another and with all living beings and to restore harmony when its lost. Lakota’s values include praying, respect, caring, compassion, honesty, truth, generosity, humility, and wisdom. They also have a sacred
