Divine Intervention with the Sioux Nickname?

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If you don't have a spiritual inclination, don't waste your time reading this.

Since this is Easter weekend, it's time to reflect not just on the seen, but the unseen.

Hasn't it seemed strange that the Sioux name has been pronounced dead numerous times over the past 12 years, only to be resurrected at the last minute by an ally not previously perceived to be there?

The Sioux nickname has many avowed enemies that want it destroyed - removed from the vernacular. But the more it is persecuted, the stronger it seems to become.

Isn't something going on beyond our perception?

From Native American Pipe Ceremony:

The pipe ceremony invokes a relationship with the energies of the universe, and ultimately the Creator, and the bond made between earthly and spiritual realms is not to be broken

Covenants between men and between men and God have long been part of many civilizations, including the West. Covenants - if the participants were there prayerfully and with pure hearts - are unbreakable even upon death. The covenant lives on.

Indian Calumet:

In some respects, the use of the pipe is the Indian counterpart to the Christian concept of Holy Communion, wherein one takes the bread or wafer into one's mouth, and the eating thereof is said to be partaking of the "body of Christ." Similarly, the Indian takes the smoke into his body as a spiritual aid. The wafting, rising smoke of the pipe is also akin to the use of incense smoke, particularly the incense used in various ritualistic ceremonies.

In many theological respects, there is nothing that excludes the use of an Indian Peace Pipe even in Christian traditions:

The pipe smoke is also akin to incense smoke in Catholicism. For example, in Catholic processions there is usually someone preceding who swings the censer of burning incense. According to Father Dave of St. Elizabeth Church in Altadena, California, there are two reasons for this: One is to perfume the air with a special fragrance, helping to create the special atmosphere within the church. The second reason is because "incense produces smoke lighter than air, and thus the smoke rises. These symbolize our prayers rising to heaven. This is to make invisible things (our prayers) visible (the smoke). This can be compared to two people making peace; they share the pipe as a visible sign to all others of that peace."

Is it possible that the special covenant between Standing Rock and President Starcher in 1969 provided the spiritual protection the Sioux name needed to survive numerous assaults?