Before there were photos: George Catlin painting of the Mandan coming-of age ritual...1838 "The final part of the ceremony, shown here, was called the last race. The men were ushered out of the medicine lodge (“pale and ghastly from abstinence”), and in one last test of their strength and courage, ran (or were dragged by the wrists) around the “Big Canoe,” shown here in the center of the circle." (courtesy the Smithsonian)
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