Frank Goodcloud adds his opinion to the dispute raging at Standing Rock about land leasing. He encourages the five young men traveling to Washington advocate for their people with honesty, invoking the strength of the Japanese against the Russians.

This essay reflects on how the Dakota language adapts foreign words like “banana,” and offers a detailed exploration of the banana plant—its origins, cultivation, and the many practical uses of every part of it.

Roan Bear advocates for the Lakota's right to the Black Hills, as did the other delegates of a council at Wounded Knee. He invites readers to the next one in Cherry Creek.

A winter activity that children take part in is snow sledding on bone-and-animal-hide sleds. Mostly boys play this game, but sometimes girls play as well. After a certain age, people will shame you if you try to go sledding.

This song came to Šiyáka during his his haŋbléčheya, when he was guided to a village by a man in the form of a crow. In the chief's tent he met another man in the form of an owl, who taught Šiyáka to look up and befriend the winged ones for protection.

In summer boys would play a game where one was a hunter and all others were geese. The geese could swim and dive and go ashore while the hunter tried to catch them. When boys were caught they were asked how many children they had and then were dunked.