Standing Rock

Íŋyaŋ Bosdáta éd taŋyáŋ yahí!

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  • 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.

  • Song in honor of John Grass (1912)
    An honor song sung for Chief John Grass at a 1912 summer gathering at Standing Rock, using a grass-dance melody.

  • A doubleface steals a child (1927)
    A child is sent out into the dark for being naughty, and disappears. He is later found in the hands of a hairy monster who has abused him severely. The people kill the monster, and believe it was the mythical Double-Face.

  • Standing Rock legend (1927)
    A girl refuses to marry the man who is giving many horses for her, and runs away. She turns into a rock which now stands as a monument in Fort Yates.

  • Iktomi conquers Iya, the eater (1927)
    Iktomi and Iya meet and try to overpower each other with magic until Iktomi tricks Iya into visiting a camp where, with the aid of the warriors, Iya is killed. From his body emerge the countless tribes he has eaten, and they repopulate the earth.

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