It started in the old ;buffalo days; and carried over to the reservation period; changing over time; It was felt that this is the right time for this presentation as the end;of;the;handame;season approaches with the annual Junior and Senior tournaments
Sundance was different from today's Shoshoni-Crow; Sioux-Crow Sun Dance; it was not necessarily an annual event; held only when an aggrieved person who had lost a relative in battle asked that a Sundance be held for purposes of revenge on the enemy