my son is getting sucked into the woo.

[Warpy]

9. The Choctaws are an ancient culture

and they've had a lot of experience with earnest youth thinking they can convert to being Injuns. I'd tend to trust them on this one.

Funny, I remember being a little kid and watching Westerns. Either the women were saloon floozies or they were uptight hymn singers and they all had to be poured into corsets and wear high buttoned shoes no matter how hot the weather was. I can clearly remember looking at this shit and telling my mother I'd have gone to live with the Indians. Buckskin let the pink bits breathe, at the very least.

Fortunately good sense prevailed and since I came of age during the 60s, the tribal people were spared my being a groupie.

My best guess is that your son won't be swinging from a pole with thorns through his chest. He'll be relegated to one of the lesser parts of the ceremony, just enough to discourage him from pursuing it farther. It will give him dharma bum bragging rights for the rest of his life, but he'll be on to something new.