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NEW FOR 2003/2004
LAKOTA CLASSICS
MYTHOLOGY OF THE OGLALA by Martha W. Beckwith One of the most influential publications of its time, This brilliant work encompasses innumberable facets of Oglala culture including the Ben Kindle Winter Count (1759-1925 with illustrations); the story of the creation of the Oglala; 23 well known stories including Iron Hawk, the girl who married stars, the man who went after the buffalo horn, and others; eight Inktomi stories; plus narratives on war and peace and lamentations for the old days. 6x9, 103 pp. LB 2003 $24.95
ETHICAL CONCEPTIONS OF THE OGLALA by Helen Blish An unusual study of eight Oglala akitcita societies and dance associations from the perspective of ehtics and esthetics. Included are the Tokala, Kangi Yuha, Ihoka, Cante T'inza,SotkaYuha,Wiciska, Miwatani and Omaha. Far ahead of its time in understanding Lakota belief. 6x9, 68 pp. LB 2003 $18.95
LAKOTA MONOGRAPHS
NEW FOR 2003/2004
#4 YUWIPI: LAKOTA SONGS OF HEALING by William K. Powers Interpretation of 26 Yuwipi songs collected by the author in 1965-66 at Pine Ridge. Each song appears in Lakota with English translation and in the order they appear in the ritual. 6x9, 32 pp. LB 2003 $19.95
NEW FOR 2006
BILINGUAL READER
LAKOTA BOOKS is pleased to announce the ninth and final volume in the bilingual Lakota-English series:
BRAVE AGAINST THE ENEMY: TOKA WAN ITKOKIP OHITIKE KIN HE by Ann Clark, Photos by Helen Post. 215 pages, 24 illustrations in black and white. $29.95
BOOKS ON MUSIC AND DANCE
NATIVE AMERICAN HEALING by Howard P. Bad Hand. Plus a CD featuring songs in the book. A personal account by a Lakota singer and scholar about the use of song and ceremony in healing. 265 pp. with translations. $32.50
NEW FOR 2005/2006
MUSIC
SKAN SKAN: LAKOTA SACRED SONGS by Dwight Provencial, Sr.; Harold White Horse; Joe Yellow Robe; Johnson Running; and Cy Sanchez. wicaglata: Elva Thompson. (CD) From Rosebud, South Dakota. Twelve songs with translations including Ghost Song, Bear songs and Four Direction Song. $19.95.
PILAMAYAYE by the White Horse Singers, Dwight Provencial, Sr. lead singer (CD) Fifteen songs with translations including two Vision Quest songs, six Heyoka songs and three Sun Dance Songs. $19.95.
WOPILA: LAKOTA CEREMONIAL SONGS by the White Horse Singers, Dwight Provencial, Sr., lead singer. (CD) Twelve songs translated into English and German including Yuwipi, Sun Dance and Vision Quest Songs. $19.95.
AND...OLD-TIME TRADITIONAL LAKOTA SINGING AT ITS BEST
Born in 1925 at Pine Ridge, WILLIAM HORNCLOUD is perhaps the most well know and respected traditional Lakota singer of the 20th century. We are proud to offer the following :
WILLIAM HORNCLOUD SINGS: TRADITIONAL LAKOTA SONGS. (CD) Sixteen old time songs featuring Honor Song by Charles Red Cloud, 2 Omaha Dance Songs, 4 War Songs, 3 Love Songs, 2 Rabbit Dance Songs, Marching Song, Chief's Honoring Song, Sioux National Anthem and Victory Song, and Round Dance Song. $19.95.
WILLIAM HORNCLOUD SINGS: RABBIT DANCE SONGS OF THE LAKOTA. (CD) Recorded in 1971, these 13 Rabbit Dance Songs represent the best of traditional Lakota music. Begun in the second decade of the 20th century, these songs were accompanied by the only man/woman partner dance ever recorded for the Lakota. $19.95.
Both CD's are sung in Lakota with English translations only with liner notes by William K. Powers
SONS OF THE OGLALAS. 16 Old Traditional Sioux Songs by Matthew and Nellie Two Bulls, Matthew Two Bulls, Jr., and Everette Lone Hill. (CD) War Dance Songs, Sioux National Anthem, Veteran Honoring songs, and Rabbit Dance Songs. $19.95.
SONS OF THE OGLALAS. 12 Old Traditional Sioux Songs by Matthew and Nellie Two Bulls, Enoch and Zach Two Bulls, and Fred Stands. (CD) Flag, Veteran's, Vets Killed in Action, Sneak Up, Show Song, Song for Retired Dancers, Intertribal War Dance, Round Dance Songs. $19.95.
SONGS OF THE OGLALA NATION. (CD) Featuring Porcupine Singers, Manderson Singers, Pass Creek Singers, Kiyuksayapi Singers and Eagle Mountain Singers. Ten songs including Intertribal, Straight song, Contest Song and Woman's Fancy Song. $19.95.
PORCUPINE SINGERS: TRADITIONAL LAKOTA SONGS. by Severt Young Bear, Sr., Henry Green Crow, David Clairmont, James Clairmont, Frances Menard, Ronnie Theisz, Calvin Jumping Bull, and Philip Wright. (CD) Ten traditional songs including National Anthem and Vet's Song, Little Big Horn Battle song, Sneak-Up Dance, Jealous Woman, Bark of the Dog, Song of the Fallen Warrior, and Birthday Song. $19.95.
HO HWO JU LAKOTA SINGERS: TRADITIONAL SONGS OF THE SIOUX. (CD) Nine Traditional Songs including Veteran's Songs, Grass Dance Songs, Honor Song, and Rabbit Dance Songs. $19.95.
CRAZY HORSE SINGERS: 1876 by Tasunke Witko Oka. (CD) Twelve Traditional Songs by Moses Runs Against, Richard Elk Boy, Sam Long Black Cat, S. Witt, Terry Spoonhunter, Bruce Badmilk, Emmanuel Blackbear, Matthew Two Bulls. Includes Crazy Horse Drum Song, Bush's Tune, Prairie Winds, Rocky Ford Badlands, Highway #18, Hit em High, Civil Defence, 1876, Sons of the Oglalas, and Rattlesnake. $19.95
PORCUPINE SINGERS. RABBIT DANCE SONGS, PART 1 by Severt Young Bear, Calvin Jumping Bullll, Ronnie Theisz, Melvin Young Bear, Tom Thunder Hawk. (CA) Eight songs including From Katie to Grandma Kate, The New Deal Will Break YOur Heart, Crazy Young Man Song, Crush On You Song, Crying Day and Night Song. $16.95.
PORCUPINE SINGERS. RABBIT DANCE SONGS, PART 2. (CA) Eight songs including Blalck Hills Speciall, Homewrecker Song, Take Me Home Song, Name Calling Song, and Song of the Mistreated Woman. $16.95.
RED CLOUD SINGERS. SIOUX WAR DANCE (CA) by Oliver Red Cloud (current Chief of the Oglala), John Tonto Black Bear, Marty Red Cloud, Tydell Eagle Hawk, Guy Red Cloud, Sam No Moccasin. Nine traditional War Dance Songs. $16.95.
SOUNDS OF THE BADLANDS SINGERS. (CA) by Roy A. Azure, III, Matthew Big Fork, Russell Denny, Gary Drum, Ben Gray Hawk, Gerald R. Lambert, Adrian and Leland Spotted Bird. Ten Grass Dance Songs. $16.95.
THE BADLANDS SINGERS: KAHOMNI SONGS. (CA) by Bradley Buffalo Calf, Lyle E. and Russell Denny, Gary Drum, Ben Gray Hawk, Earl Jones, Jr., Bill Runsabove, George Squirrel Coat, Mike G. Talks Different, Donald P. White Bear. Ten Kahomni (Round Dance) songs. $16.95.
THE SIOUX TRAVELERS: TWELVE WAR DANCE SONGS. (CA) Mixed War Dance and Fast War Dance Songs. $16.95.
FRANK FOOLS CROW, HOLY MAN. (CA) Traditional songs and Prayers from Chief Frank Fools Crow, famous holy man of the Lakota. Payers, songs, and life experiences. $16.95.
MUSIC NEW FOR 2003/2004
FRIEND, DO IT THIS WAY An interpretation of the Pipe Filling Song by Joseph Flying Bye The second CD by the late Joseph Flying Bye. In speech and song, the words echo: Keep the young ones safe from the selfishness of the modern world. Pipe filling and honor songs with interpretation. CD $18.95
LAKOTA SACRED SONGS OF NATIVE AMERICAN HEALING Howard Bad Hand and Tom Teegarden Fifteen sacred songs with Lakota and English translations." The words to these songs are powerful...and are particularly appropriate to contemporary times." CD $19.95
WAHACANKA: LAKOTA PIPE AND CEREMONIAL SONGS Joseph shields, Jr. Sixteen rarely recorded songs that accompany the Pipe Ceremony including Pipe, Calling of the Spirit, Healing, Eagle, Prayer, Going Away, and Emptying the Pipe songs. "Sung in honor of the Great Spirit." CD $19.95
SUN DANCE SONGS James Ironshell Twelve songs and a dedication. Sun dance, Pipe filling, Spirit calling, Fasting, Four directions, and Exit songs." It is representative of the sacrifice that the individual makes for the good of the tribe and all of mankind." CD $19.95
WORLD'S BEST VETERAN'S SONGS Twelve different drum groups sing Veteran and Victory songs of World Wars I and II, and Korea. Features Whitefish Bay, Black Lodge, Red Scaffold, Stoney Eagle, and Thunder Mountain Singers among others. CD $19.95
WAKANHOYEYAPI (SENDING A SACRED VOICE)
Volume 6. Sung by Dwight Provancial, Sr., Harold Thompson, Johnson Running, Cy Sanchez, James Shot with Two Arrows, Viola Provancial, and Elva Thompson 13 Prayer songs and 1 Pipe song. CD $10.95
Volume 7. Sung by Dwight Provancial, Sr., Harold White Horse, Joe Yellow Robe, Cy Sanchez, Viola Provancial and Elva Thompson. 11 Prayer songs, and 2 Pipe songs. CD $19.95
Volume 8. Sung by Dwight Provancial, Sr., Harold White Horse, Joe Yellow Robe, Johnson Running, Cy Sanchez, Viola Provancial, and Elva Thompson. Entrance song, 8 Prayer songs, 1 Pipe song and 1 Sending Sacred Voices Drum song. CD $19.95
WOCEKIYE OLOWAN Narrated and Sung by David Swallow (CD). Sixteen Prayer songs featuring Explanation in Lakota and English of the first eight. $19.95
SUN DANCE: LAKOTA SONGS by David Swallow, Jr. and Nyla Hellper (CD). Sixteen Sun dance songs plus narration on contemporary meaning of the ceremony. $19.95
SUNDANCE SEASON by Loneman (CD). Fifteen songs of the Sun dance including Walking Upon Mother Earth, Creators song, Mother's song, Four Winds. $19.95
ANPO WICAHPI: LAKOTA SUN DANCE AND CEREMONIAL SONGS by Dwight Provencial Sr. Eight Prayer songs and two Pipe songs. $19.95
WAKAN OLOWAN: SACRED SONGS by Rencel Last Horse and Austin Last Horse (CD). Fourteen spiritual songs including Calling song, Doctoring song, Stone song, and Four Direction Flag song. $19.95
forthcoming in 2006
MONOGRAPH # 5 DREAM CATCHERS by Marla N. Powers
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