Standing Rock

Íŋyaŋ Bosdáta éd taŋyáŋ yahí!

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  • An update from Charles Halsey (1882)
    Charles Halsey gives an update about rations at Standing Rock, a buffalo hunt that's about to take place, and making the most of a dry winter to haul wood.

  • McLaughlin Orders the Arrest of Sitting Bull (1890)
    A letter by James McLaughlin, and translated into Lakota by one of his secretaries, ordering the Indian Police to arrest Sitting Bull the following day.

  • Standing Rock's 1908 Delegation to Washington (1908)
    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.

  • Song about the thunder bird nation (1911)
    A man was hunting deer when he fell into a dream, where he came upon thunder birds pursuing a wolf. He joined them, and was told to make a charge. For this he received their protection, as well as the name Charging Thunder. This is his song.

  • Yáu Šni (A Love Song) (1911)
    A song from the wiówešte genre (a love song where the male singer recalls the words of a woman). “If you are truthful, come…”

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Mentions in the recordings

  • kʼa waníyetu kiŋ dé Íŋyaŋ Bosdáta oyáte kiŋ dína wóakhiniče yukhé. and this year there has been a great dispute among the Standing Rock people.
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  • Íŋyaŋ Bosdáta oyáte kiŋ makhóčhe odótapi kiŋ úŋ khošká záptaŋ Tȟuŋkášina-ta yápi kta kʼa úŋ sáŋpha wóakhiniče kʼa iápi óta kta načhéča. Five young men from Standing Rock are going to Washington in regard to these land leasing affairs, and there will probably be much debating and dispute in regard to it.
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  • Íŋyaŋ Bosdáta etáŋhaŋ wičhášta waŋží déčhen oyáka Dec. 17, 1881. A man from Standing Rock shared this on December 17, 1881.
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  • Íŋyaŋ Bosdáta kiŋ iȟéyata makȟá iyútȟapi 50 pté óta kéyapi, é toháŋn wakpámnipi taŋyáŋ yuštáŋpi kiŋháŋ tóna okíhipi kiŋ hená wanáse áye kta kéyapi dó. There are a lot of buffalo fifty miles out from Standing Rock, so once distributions have been finished, they say those who are able will be going on a buffalo hunt.
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  • And her and her husband came to Standing Rock and they taught. And her and her husband came to Standing Rock and they taught.
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  • Owówičhakʼu kiŋ hé etáŋhaŋ čhaštȟúŋpi čha Íŋyaŋ Woslál Háŋ ečíyapi. and the government disbursing station took its name from the image, and became Standing Rock.
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  • Íŋyaŋ Woslál Hé thimáhe úŋpi kaškáp iyéčhel uŋkʼúŋp. We live as though imprisoned on Standing Rock.
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