Anatomy of a Sundance One Man’s Perspective By: Chief Luis Tijerina Wiwang Waċipi The Lakota Sundance Ceremony is a ceremony of self-sacrifice and a road to a better understanding of oneself. On this journey, author Chief Luis Tijerina (AKA: Watching Wolf) became not only an adult in the physical sense, but matured as a spiritual being. Experience through his intimate memoir of the fifteen years that he danced how he came to understand himself in a spiritual way that took him away from a drug and alcohol addiction that had plagued him for many years of his young life. In walking this Red Road, Tijerina not only found the inner strength to let the drugs and alcohol go overnight, but became a leader of his community and became a Chief in the Trans-Pecos Region of Texas. His story is one of courage and strength, and may just help you on your journey to finding your own inner strength as well.