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Post by lgarcia on Jan 30, 2013 14:07:21 GMT -5
As you can see from the text above each of the delegates gave a "stick" (Caniyawa) showing their allegiance to the selected leader. These sticks probably were about 1/2 inch in diameter and 8 inches long. if they were painted black, they were a warrior, if red then they had no war honors. These sticks were later used as counting sticks (hence the name) in the mens games. Louie
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Post by lgarcia on Jan 29, 2013 12:58:27 GMT -5
The Dakota were involved in the Revolutionary and War of 1812. The Waanatan family lives here at Spirit Lake as does part of the Tizaptanna Sisitunwan. Louie
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Post by lgarcia on Jan 17, 2013 12:12:29 GMT -5
Books by Mark Diedrich: Little Crow and the Dakota War ISBN: 0-9616901-8-6
Famous Dakota Chiefs ISBN: 1-892415-01-1
Little Fish: Head Chief of the Dakota on the FT. Totten Reservation ISBN: 1892415-06-2
Ignatious Court: dakota Congressman of the Ft. Totten Reservation. ISBN: 1-892415-05-4
Little Paul: Christian Leader of the Dakota Peace Party. ISBN: 1-892415-04-6
Old Betsey: the Life and Times of a Famous Dakoa Woman and her Family. ISBN: 0-961690-9-4
Sitting Bull: The Collected Speeches. ISBN: 1-892415-00-3
The Chiefs Wapahasha: Three Generations of Dakota leadership 1740-1876. ISBN: 1-892415-C3-8
Ojibway Chiefs: Portraits of Anishinaabe Leadership. ISBN: 0-9616901-8-6
Chiefs Hole-in-the-Day of the Mississippi Chippewa. ISBN: 0-96901-0-0
Ho-Chunk Chiefs: Winnebago Leadership in a Era of Crisis. ISBN: 1-892415-02-X
Winnebago Oratory: Great Moments in the Recorded Speech of the Hochungra 1742-1887. ISBN: 0-9616901-6-X
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Post by lgarcia on Jan 9, 2013 16:22:02 GMT -5
Ladonna; I'ts Danny's sister to whom I gave your list to. Tell Danny Louie Garcia is the one giving you grief ha-ha. Toksta ake, Louie
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Post by lgarcia on Jan 9, 2013 10:05:42 GMT -5
Ladonna: There are many spelling mistakes in the names. George Little Ghost (Wanagicikadan) is supposed to be a nephew not a son. Mark Diedrich says he is listed as Little Spirit which is an alternate translation (Wa =noun marker, nagi = dead spirit, Cikadan = little) he received this name during the Louis Riel rebellion when he jumped into a trench and yelled at the soldiers that he was a Little Ghost, they they could not kill him. Whether this is the true origin of the name remains to be discovered. He is an allotee here at Spirit Lake. Miss Seeboy (Hoksinawayakapi, not Seaboy) works here at the college. I gave her your list. I guess it is up to her to respond. Toksta ake, Louie
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Post by lgarcia on Jan 8, 2013 9:07:32 GMT -5
Grahamew: James McLaughlin was the third Indian Agent at Spirit Lake. He moved on from there to Standing Rock. George Fairbault was the Head Farmer at Spirit Lake and moved with McLaughlin. I hate to speak ill of the dead but McLaughlin was not squeaky clean as far as hiring relatives and doing all he could to 'Advance" the Indian. He was no friend of the Indian ( he wrote the book "My friend the Indian". Toksta ake Louie
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Post by lgarcia on Jan 7, 2013 10:45:07 GMT -5
I hate to seem like a know-it-all but the photos of Little Crow and Caska - Those are the photos of Wakinyantawa.
Caska or Wakinyantawa was not hung at Mankato. WakinyanTawa (His own Thunder) was Little Crow's Akicita Itancan (Head Soldier) He had a falling out with Little Crow. He later joined Gen. Sibley as a scout and died when he drank some whiskey out of a glass that formerly contained poison. He is buried north of Driscol, North Dakota at the Caska Historic Site along Interstate Highway 94.
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Post by lgarcia on Nov 26, 2012 11:12:03 GMT -5
Kakarns: i just want to point out that you have Wambdi Wakuwa mis-named - it shoud be Chasing Eagle.
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Post by lgarcia on Nov 2, 2012 15:25:22 GMT -5
The whiteman on sitting on the left is Frank Palmer an ex-soldier stationed at Ft. Totten. He later became a store owner.
The Indian Police standing far left Tyakmani ? spelled incorrectly. Canpaksan = tree Stump, Sanica = One Sided or John Smith. Waanatan II a Sisitun, son of Waanatan I (Charger) the famous Yanktonai chief killed in 1840.
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Post by lgarcia on Aug 30, 2012 15:22:40 GMT -5
Ladonna: I didn't think you were correcting me. I may have chose the wrong words, I should have said now I understand better. Kingsley: As far as I know (what do I know?) the Dakota didn't use the term Naca. I once looked this naca term up in a Cheyenne dictionary that I bought at Dull Knife College- there it was = chief or leader, that was years ago, so I am fuzzy on the details. You have described to me the early interaction between the Dakota and Cheyenne probably going back into pre-history. So the naca term may have been dropped from the Dakota language recently (meaning 100 years) especially since the Cheyenne went west and the Dakota remained close to their Minnesota homeland. Louie
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Post by lgarcia on Aug 29, 2012 14:50:14 GMT -5
Thank you for the information or should I say setting me straight. The word Naca is a loan word, I think it is Cheyenne or Arapaho for chief / leader. I know that much of what is attributed to Lakota / Dakota was taken from the Cheyenne way back in the 1600's or before.
I had better stick with the Dakota whose government was much simpler - 10 wicastayatanpi (honored men) an announcer / speaker for them (Eyanpaha), four policemen (Akicitapi) (two wayutanpi) virgin boy waiters who served the food and prepared the smoking pipes (badges of office), basically go-fer's for the chiefs. This is all I know and I am sticking to it ha-ha, Louie
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Post by lgarcia on Aug 27, 2012 16:03:39 GMT -5
Wakicunza is the name of the man who wears the shirt. Wa = noun marker Kicunza = to decide = A decider. Ogle = a coat, shirt (covering for the body). I don't know the name of the actual shirt. Two are painted Red and Blue, the other two are yellow and green. Louie
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Post by lgarcia on Aug 2, 2012 16:43:28 GMT -5
In the Dakota dialect spoken here at Spiril Lake (Ft. Totten / Devils Lake) Sungmanitu (Wild Dog) is a coyote. Sungtokca (Special Dog) is a wolf.
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Post by lgarcia on Jun 15, 2012 15:38:40 GMT -5
Wild Hog Jr. is wearing a fine Grass Dance outfit. I can see a tobacco bag hanging on his left side but I can't seem to identify the dark image on his right. He must hold office as of one of the Whistle men who control the singers performance. The whistle is prominent in the photo. LouieG
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Post by lgarcia on Apr 18, 2012 14:39:30 GMT -5
Emily: I have not been in touch with the former Dorothy Durand. She has remarried, I would guess she is about 75 years old. She lives in Fairibault, MN.
Now as far as Dakota place names are concerned, Paul Durand has saved 100's of names that would have been lost. So much has been written about the Lakota as of late but little about the Dakota. However the 150th anniversary of the Minnesota Uprising is this year and there is some new information coming forward. Louie
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