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Luther Standing Bear. Land of the Spotted Eagle
Land of the Spotted Eagle
Table of Contents
PREFACE
EXPLANATORY NOTE
INTRODUCTION
LAND OF THE SPOTTED EAGLE
CHAPTER I. CRADLE DAYS
CHAPTER II. BOYHOOD
CHAPTER III. HUNTER, SCOUT, WARRIOR
VIRTUES
SENSES
LANGUAGE
CHAPTER IV. HOME AND FAMILY
COURTSHIP
MARRIAGE
PARENTHOOD
CHAPTER V. CIVIL ARRANGEMENTS: BANDS, CHIEFS, LODGES
CHIEFS
BUFFALO LODGE
BRAVE LODGE
WHITE HORSE LODGE
FOX LODGE
KATELA, OR WOMAN’S LODGE
CHAPTER VI. SOCIAL CUSTOMS
MANNERS
MORALS
DRESS
CHAPTER VII. INDIAN WISDOM
NATURE
RELIGION
CEREMONY
CHAPTER VIII. LATER DAYS
CHAPTER IX. WHAT THE INDIAN MEANS TO AMERICA
THE SAVAGE
THE INDIAN SCHOOL OF THOUGHT
THE LIVING SPIRIT OF THE INDIAN—HIS ART
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Luther Standing Bear
Published by Good Press, 2021
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Certain ceremonies are considered very important in the life of a Lakota child and to these father attended. Of course, the morning of my birth, father had a man cry the news to the village and gave away a horse. But my first real ceremony took place a few days later. This was my naming ceremony. There are two other important ceremonies in the life of a Lakota child, and I, being the son of a chief, received them all.
The morning of my naming ceremony the singing of praise songs announced to the village that the ceremony was to take place. The singers stood by our tipi door and sang songs of praise for my father. When the people of the village had assembled, a praise singer called out, ‘Hear All! Hear all! The son of Standing Bear will be named. Hear all! Hear all! His name will be Plenty Kill.’ Mother came out of the tipi holding me in her arms. In the meantime father had selected an old man who was to receive the horse to be given away in honor of the event. Some one led the horse up and the end of the rope about its neck was placed in my tiny hands. He took the rope from my hands and extending his arms toward me said, ‘Ha-ye-e-e, Ha-ye-e-e,’ which meant both thanks and blessings for me. He led the horse away while the singers still sang songs of praise.
