Fort Yates, ND, USA

Created here

  • Ȟemáni Oínažiŋ Kiŋ (1908)
    Frank Goodcloud helps travelers coming from across the Plains for an annual conference plan their routes via train.

  • Song of the return of the young men (1911)
    A party of young men would be sent to select a good cottonwood tree for sun dance. Once they had made their decision, they would return to camp to make their report, at which time their friends would sing this song and hold a feast.

  • Dancing song (c) (1911)
    A sun dance song which is estimated to have originated in the second half of the nineteenth century.

  • Dancing song (d) (1911)
    A sun dance song which is estimated to have originated in the second half of the nineteenth century.

  • Song of the brave's dance (1911)
    Eháŋni, military societies would hold at least one "braves' dance" each in the days before sun dance. This song belongs to one of those dances. Red Bird learned it from his father, who learned it from his grandfather, so it was sung as far back as 1730.

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Mentions in the recordings

  • And she used to come to us; she lived in Fort Yates, North Dakota, and she used to come and visit us at our home in Little Eagle, South Dakota. And she used to come to us; she lived in Fort Yates, North Dakota, and she used to come and visit us at our home in Little Eagle, South Dakota.
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  • Áŋ lé Owákpamni Oyáŋke lél mayúhapi. I was born here in Fort Yates.
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  • Owákpamni Oyáŋke kiŋ lél mayúhapi; owákpamni is the agency, oyáŋke is the Fort Yates, mayúhapi says where I was born here, owáyazaŋ thí él. I was born in Fort Yates. Owákpamni is the agency; oyáŋke is the Fort Yates; mayúhapi says where I was born here, in the hospital.
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