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Native Americans do not cut their hair in mourning. That was a historic feature of certain tribes that is no longer practised today.
Among the Plains tribes and certain other groups, the hair was considered to be a container for part of a person's spirit - which is the reason for some tribes such as the Crows and Mandans cultivating the hair to very long lengths or decorating the scalplock with paint, beads and feathers.
Taking an enemy scalp made certain that his spirit would wander aimlessly without ever reaching the afterlife and cutting off much of the hair showed that a mourner's spirit was reduced and desolated by the loss of a loved one. Naturally the hair would grow long again in time, restoring the person's spirit and signifying that they had got over their loss. Among the Crows, a widow of a warrior who had been killed by an enemy (such as Pikuni Blackfoot) could be consoled by presenting her with the scalp of a Pikuni warrior (even if it were not the particular enemy who killed her husband).
Many native American groups had no such beliefs and scalpings had no such significance. Every tribe was different.
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The Sioux were not one tribe but a group of many different related tribes, each with its own customs and traditions.The Lakotas allowed their hair to grow and usually wore it in long braids hanging down to waist level; some also wore a long braid at the rear, sometimes decorated with feathers, beads and shell. The braids were sometimes wrapped in trade cloth or animal skin.Some warriors chose to wear their hair unbraided and loose; a few may have shaved part of the head.All facial hair, including eyebrows, was removed by most native Americans, including men and women of the Sioux tribes.When in mourning for a dead family member both men and women might cut their hair very short with a knife.The Links below take you to images of Lakota warriors:
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