Post by Deleted on Mar 21, 2017 13:56:06 GMT -5
As a child I was taught the Supernatural Powers (Táku Wakȟáŋ) were powerful and do strange things […] This was taught me by the wise men (Wičháša Ksápa) and the shamans (Wičháša Wakȟáŋ). […] They taught me that Tákuškaŋškaŋ (the supernatural patron of moving things) was Wakȟáŋ Tȟáŋka; that Íŋyaŋ (the supernatural patron of immovable things) was Wakȟáŋ Tȟáŋka; that Wakíŋyaŋ was Wakȟáŋ Tȟáŋka; that Tȟatȟáŋka was Wakȟáŋ Tȟáŋka; that Anúŋg Ité was wakȟáŋ for evil; that Heyókȟa was wakȟáŋ for evil; that Iktómi was wakȟáŋ for evil. These things were taught before the Sun Dance. The Lakȟóta believed them and they lived so as to win favor of the Supernatural Powers (Táku Wakȟáŋ). The shamans could heal the sick with the help of the Good Mysteries (Wakȟáŋ Wašté) and by driving away the Evil Mysteries (Wakȟáŋ Šíča). […] When the Lakȟóta believed these things they lived happy and they died satisfied. What more than this can that which the white man offers us give?
-- Red Cloud (Maȟpíya Lúta)(1822-1909)
-- Red Cloud (Maȟpíya Lúta)(1822-1909)