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Learn the Songs of Victory (Song 149)
Sung by Khannie Tobacco
Song No. 149 • Catalog No. 686
Densmore recording sung by Iníla Úŋ Wiŋ (Silent Woman)

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“They call these songs Ič’ílowaŋ. Ič’ílowaŋ means a death song,” says Kevin Locke. “All these things were suppressed. When they would have funerals all around the reservation, the priest would come out and give the last rites before the coffin would be there. He'd do his benediction, whatever he does, and then he'd take off. When they're lowering the grave, that's when they sing these songs.”

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Matȟó Uŋžíŋča
Hé heyíŋ naháŋ iyáye he he
E Kȟaŋǧí Wičháša ya owále kte ló o,
Heyíŋ naháŋ iyáye ye a he
Hé tȟaŋké lowáŋpi kiŋ uŋspéič’ičhiya yo.

Bobtail Bear said this
And went away, never to return —
The Crow Indians

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from Lakota Songs, released August 31, 2022

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At Standing Rock in 1911, Frances Densmore met with dozens of tribal elders and recorded traditional songs on wax cylinder. Densmore documented this work in her book Teton Sioux Music which became a touchstone for learning about Lakota/Dakota culture. The Densmore Repatriation Project reintroduces the songs with new recordings made by contemporary Native singers. ... more

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