Transcript Lakota Cosmos (PowerPoint)

LAKOTA COSMIC EIKASIA
BASED ON THE WORK OF
RONALD GOODMAN’S
LAKOTA STAR KNOWLEDGE
“MITAKUYE OYASIN!”
“We are all related!”
“All my relations!”
WHOW ARE THESE PEOPLE?
• SINCE 1640, COMMONLY KNOWN AS “SIOUX”
• THE FRENCH ASKED THE NEARBY
WINNEBAGOS WHO RESPONDED:
Nadowe-is-iw-ug, “The smaller enemy”
(as opposed to the Iroquois who were the
“bigger” enemy)
• The French heard Naduesiu, which became
“Sioux” in English
Oceti Sakowin
“THE SEVEN FIREPLACES”
Seven “tribes” of
linguistic and cultural
cousins
Oceti Shakowin
POLITICAL NAME
LANGUAGE DIALECT
GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION
TETON (1)
“Prairie Dwellers”
1) LAKOTA
(Oglala, Sicangu,
Hunkpapa, Mnikowoju.
Sihasapa, Oohenunpa,
Itazipco)
WESTERN
YANKTON (2)
NAKOTA
2)Yankton
3)Yanktonais
MIDDLE
SANTEE (4)
DAKOTA
4)Mdewakanton
5) Wahpeton
6) Sisseton
7) Wapekute
EASTERN
Oceti Shakowin
• Occupied the upper Mississippi River
area for over 2000 years.
• The Teton (Lakota) moved West to the
prairie land of the Dakotas, Nebraska,
Wyoming
• Carefully observed the star constellations
in relation to the seasons and the
geography
Oceti Shakowin
WHEN THEY ACQUIRED THE
HORSE, THEY BECAME VERY
PROFICIENT HORSEMEN,
WARRIORS AND BUFFALO
HUNTERS
APPROACHING NATIVE ICONS
FOUR MAIN INTERACTIVE FACTORS:
THE PEOPLE
THE LAND
THE POWERS
THE CEREMONIES
THE EXPERIENCE OF
DIRECTIONALITY
• OUR SENSE OF DIRECTION COMES FROM
OUR EXPERIENCE OF BODIEDNESS:
• LOCATION IN THE COSMOS
• WE HAVE FOUR SIDES (4)
• WE ARE SITUATED IN THE MIDDLE (1)
• BETWEEN UP AND DOWN (2)
THUS THERE ARE SEVEN DIRECTIONS (7)
DIRECTIONAL STRUCTURE OF COSMOS
EARTH SURFACE VALUE STRUCTURE
LAKOTA MONTHS/SEASONS
DIRECTIONS LINK TO HIGHER VALUES
A TIPI IS A MICRO-COSMOS
AN ICON OF LAKOTA COSMOS
A LAKOTA HIDE MAP OF BLACK HILLS
CORRESPONDING STAR PATTERNS
CHART LINKING STARS TO LAND
ANNUAL MIGRATION BASED ON STARS