Poïa

Born scarred and ridiculed; journeyed to the Sun (his grandfather Naatosi), had his scar removed, and brought the Okán Sun Dance back to the Blackfoot. Among the most important origin-of-ritual figures in Plains tradition.

Parentage

• Ipi'sowaahs
• So-at-sa-ki

Powers

• sun dance instruction
• celestial passage
• Institute the Sun Dance
• Ascend to the Sun's lodge

Epithets

• Scarface

Sources

• Grinnell, Blackfoot Lodge Tales (1892)
• Wissler & Duvall (1908)
• Grinnell