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Post by lgarcia on Dec 11, 2013 12:04:07 GMT -5
Does anyone have more details on a Yankton or Yantonai headman named Pretty Voice Eagle? His Dakota name is properly translated as Good Voice Eagle. He was interviewed for the book by Dixon, "Vanishing Race", where he states he was born in 1841. A 1909 Wanamaker photo is located here: www.gutenberg.org/files/27616/27616-h/27616-h.html#fig72 He is possibly Yankton, but SIRIS has him listed as Yanktonai. As a young man he was in a Two Kettle-Miniconjou camp, and he was in Ft. Lincoln with Custer in 1876, both of which might be evidence of him being Yanktonai rather than Yankton. I have been unable to uncover any other information about this man, other than what's in "Vanishing Race", so anything will be helpful! (Note: this is not the same man as another Good Voice Eagle who was part of the agency police that arrested Sitting Bull.) Many thanks, Carlo If Wamblihowaste was alive in 1909 then there is probably a probate on file at the reservation Reality office or in Aberdeen (South Dakota) at the Area Office. Perhaps some one on the board knows his probate number or to which reservation he is enrolled at. Some reservations are guarded as to who they give out probate information to. The probates are public records, so locating the reservation and probate number is important when contacting Aberdeen. Be prepared to pay a large fee to access the probate as usually no one will look through it for the information. The probate can contain many, many pages at perhaps 25 cents a page copying fee, and postage.
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Post by lgarcia on Aug 19, 2013 14:12:07 GMT -5
As Kingsley pointed out the Arikara originally owned the Standing Rock (Inyanbosdata=Dakota; Inyanwoslata =Lakota) I am sure it is in "My Friend the Indian" by James McLaughlin where he says that the stone now on the pedestal is not the Holy Stone. The people would not allow the Holy Stone to be displayed where it could be desecrated. From my understanding the "real" stone was or is at a private museum at Shields, ND. Here at Spirit Lake we have a similar Holy Stone of a Hidatsa woman and her baby called by the White people "Devils Tooth". They just call it Inyanwakan (Holy Stone)because the old name has been lost. Toksta ake, Louie
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Post by lgarcia on Aug 14, 2013 11:58:37 GMT -5
Kingsley: Yes, I think two or more leaders are mentioned. J.R. Brown was making up a list of delegates to send to Washington in 1867 to sign a peace treaty to stop the 1862-1867 war. I will have to look in my files to see who the other bands were. These were only Sisitunwan and Wahpetunwan leaders. However I think it was Mazakutemani who said - "Not one good man was sent" to negotiate the 1867 treaty which established the Devils Lake and Lake Traverse Reservations. Toksta, Louie
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Post by lgarcia on Aug 9, 2013 14:22:37 GMT -5
Joseph R. Brown Papers, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul, MN Inkpa The Point, the principal Chief Wicanhpi Star 1st Head Soldier Tapa The Ball 2nd Soldier Kangiduta Scarlet Raven 3rd Soldier (murdered in Washington D.C. 1867, Buried in the Congressional Cemetery) Wasuicage Growing Hail 4th Soldier
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Post by lgarcia on Jul 24, 2013 14:41:23 GMT -5
Brian: Please don't give up hope on finding who is this Sitting Bull (Tatankaiyotake). You have to remember that there are many people with the same name. I knew (he has gone south)a Hidatsa man who had Sitting Bull as his Indian name. You mention Julius Standing Buffalo in your first post. I remember this name from reading Mark Diedrich's book on Standing Buffalo. Get the book. Louie
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Post by lgarcia on Jul 23, 2013 14:39:16 GMT -5
Brian: The Standing Buffalo you are asking about is a Sisitun Dakota from Standing Buffalo Reserve in Saskatchewan, Canada. Check out the Standing Buffalo book and also Famous Dakota Chiefs, Volume one. By Mark Diedrich, Rochester, MN markdiedrich@hotmail.com
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Post by lgarcia on Jun 11, 2013 15:33:30 GMT -5
Hreinn: yes, I am familar with these terms. I suggest you contact me off the board. louis.garcia@littlehoop.edu
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Post by lgarcia on Jun 10, 2013 11:16:33 GMT -5
hreinn: From your posts you are an expert in the Lakota language. I wish to discuss the word Wanagi and nagi (I can't seem to find "symbols" so I can use the correct letters). I am not a Dakota speaker but live here on the Spirit Lake Reservation (Ft. Totten, ND). The tribe has elected to use Rigg's spelling system. Here the term Nagi is a dead soul, hense the Wanagi becomes a ghost. Here also a live spirit or soul is sicun. The book "Lakota Beliefs" discusses the use of this term. This is why a White person is called Wasicun. I know of tribal members think the word for Whiteman is wasin-icu = Takes the fat. Have a great day, Louie
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Post by lgarcia on Jun 10, 2013 10:58:10 GMT -5
I realized I made a mistake with whirlwind (Wamniyomni) just as I posted it. My ride arrived and I didn't have time to correct it. I know of two men with the name Ptewakannajin. One was a Sisseton and the other a Yankton (there is a photo of this Chief). Now we have a third one - a Lakota. Louie
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Post by lgarcia on Jun 7, 2013 16:50:21 GMT -5
I am surprised nobody commented on these names. Zuya= war, war party; tehila= terrible, tough, difficult.
Ta = his or her;sunke= Horse; Witko= wild, crazy.
Cetan = hawk; Wa = snow?; miniyomni = whirlwind, dust devil.
Mato= grizzly bear; najin = stand.
Unkcehiha = magpie; Ska = white.
Mato = bear; niya = breathing, living; luta = scarlet.
Cetan = hawk; Iyotake = to sit.
Mato = bear; wanapeya = drive away, chase away, scare away.
Running Deer (Tahca = deer; Inyanka = to run)
Little Shield (wahacanka = shield; cikala = little)
Cetan= hawk; Luta = scarlet.
Wakinyan = Thunder; Ohanko = quick, fast.
Wiyaka = feather, ---?
Kangi = raven, Crow, Wambli = eagle.
Kisuna = braid; sni = no.
Wahacanka = shield, Ska = white.
Cetan = hawk, Wakantuya = high above.
Pte = bison cow; Wakan = holy, sacred; najin = to stand.
Wakinyan = thunder; witko = crazy.
Itkam = seed? Inyanke = to run.
Mato = bear; Hunka = honored one.
kagisu iyanke ?
Anyone want to fill in the missing names? Louie
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Post by lgarcia on Mar 26, 2013 11:07:53 GMT -5
A number of new books have been printed. I am doing this from memory so there might be slight variations in the exact wording. I highly recommend these books.
Black Dakota the life of Godfrey. By Walt Bachman Pond House Bloomington, MN.
The Whole Country----was one Robe. The Little Shell Band in Montana By Nickolas Vrooman Drumlummon Institute Helena, MT. This book is 8 1/2 X 11 x 1+ inches thick.
Dakota Prisoner of War Letters printed in Dakota with English translations. By Clifford Canku and Michael Simon Minnesota Historical Society Press
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WANETA
Feb 27, 2013 16:56:54 GMT -5
Post by lgarcia on Feb 27, 2013 16:56:54 GMT -5
Sara: Yes, everyone is related. I should have been more specific. A few years back you could look in the local telephone book and see the Waanatan name listed. Now almost everyone has a cell phone which at present doesn't have a directory. Toksta, Louie
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WANETA
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Post by lgarcia on Feb 27, 2013 12:15:01 GMT -5
Sara: The Waanatan family lives here at Spirit Lake. (North Dakota). His shirt and leggings were first brought to light perhaps 15 years ago when Michael Johnson of England published them in Whispering Wind Magazine. The Brooklyn Museum (New York) has another set. A pipe (Canumpa) that was given to Blue Cloud Abbey (Marvin, SD) for safe keeping was returned to Spirit Lake and is now in the care of a tribal member. The pipe bowl has Waanatan's name on it. It was used as one of the two pipes in the Sun Dance.
I hope this helps you and others in the search for "lost" items. There are so many items squirreled away in private and museum collections.
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Post by lgarcia on Feb 12, 2013 12:18:42 GMT -5
The thin book called: Chilson's History of Fort Sisseton By Norma Johnson Pierre: State Publishing and Printing 1996 Pages 91-96 has some information about Drifting Goose. His brother's name is also listed but badly misspelled.
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Post by lgarcia on Jan 31, 2013 12:07:26 GMT -5
Sara: The sticks worn in the hair are completely different than the Counting Sticks. The sticks in the hair are symbols of wounds. They represent ramrods from the old muzzle loading guns. Only the Ihanktunwanna seem to have carried on this custom past say 1860. I am anxious to see the paperwork on the "Winter Count" that you posted. Toksta (later), Louie
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