The two stories, “The Medicine Bag” and The Apache Girl, presented two different rites of passages. Even though they are two different rituals, they have some similarities. In “The Medicine Bag”, Grandpa traveled a long way to see Martin just to pass on the medicine bag tradition before he dies. During the Lakota rite of passage, the oldest male in the family will receive the medicine bag. In The Apache Girl, Dachina went through a long ritual to become a strong woman, and get her woman name, which was Morning Star Feather. During the Lakota rite of passage, the oldest male in the family will receive the medicine bag. First, the person who currently has he medicine bag will travel to the person they are passing it to. After arriving, he must give the bag to the oldest male child in he family. Lastly, the child must remove two things from the bag and replace them. After the bag is the child’s, he must never open it until its time to pass it on again. During the Apache rite of passage, thirteen-year-old girls will participate in the ritual that will transform them into strong women. Their family members will create medicine for them, and make sure they get enough sleep and enough to eat before the ritual. The ritual begins with the rising of the morning star. Before joining the girls, Dachina …show more content…
Some similarities were, their ages, and the fact that they needed to keep a tradition going. They also had families that were involved with helping and supporting them throughout their rite of passage. Some differences were, the amount of steps, their expectations, the genders, and the amount of work that was put into each ritual. It was very interesting to learn about different rites of passages. In my opinion, the Apache ritual was harder to accomplish than the medicine bag ritual. The Lakota and Apache rites of passages are very different, but surprisingly have