1. Šiyáka
  2. Šiyáka

Šiyáka

Date departed: 
Mar 1913
Other Names: 
Teal Duck (English)
Waŋblí Wanápȟeya (Lakota)

Voice of

  • Song of the buffalo hunt (a) (1911)
    This song would be sung as a buffalo search party left camp. People on horseback would escort the party in the direction of the buffalo. They would move with a dancing step, and no drum or rattle would be carried.
  • Song of the buffalo hunt (b) (1911)
    The song sung when a buffalo search party returned to camp. As they came into sight, they'd use sign language and blankets to indicate their findings to those keeping watch from camp. Then on arrival they'd give a detailed report.
  • Song of the Crow and Owl (1911)
    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.