It represents the spiritual and social organization of the village or community to which it belongs.
The bundle is possessed by an individual, but the power it contains binds the group together.
For groups such as the Arikara and the Pawnee, the bundle was a skin envelope with objects inside that could symbolize ideologies and rituals.
The powers represented and contained in the bundle assured the survival of the village and therefore the universe.
It controlled all production and social relations, so that if the bundle was lost or destroyed, the people of the village would die.