Hoksila Wakiksuye

Ho, Mila Kuye pi, ake wowapi un wowaglakin ktelo.

Isantanka oyate ki ake Tunka sila to' keca wan glahniga pi.
Hasapa wicasa wan teca ca Itancan kahniga pi.
Oyati ki he con pi yunkan waste hce selececa.
Etanhan, wowakiksuye manuan pi.

Ma hoksilaon han, waniyetu ki wikcemna na ake numpa imacetu.

Otonwahe wan Tahca WaKpa Otonwahe eyapi ca el imacage.

Tohanka, htayetu eciyatanhan, otonwe ocanku ekta nawajinhe hanl, ognahela, mi kiyela oko hingle.

Etkiya iwatunwe yunkan, wasicu ki wikcemna yamni na ins topa ecetu ptaya iciyapi na, hasapa wicahcala wan otonwe ocanku el uwacin laca hektakiua nanpe yapi.

He waicunpiki wiksuya canyansna, iyomaksice sa.

Toki, hasapa wicahcala ki he, maza canku ogna nahama omani.

Siksica waikiyapi na takuku unkinipi na maza canku oiya ecetkiya kigleyapi.

Yunkan, lehanl, tunkasila yapi ki hasapa ca glahnigapi.

He, woiyukan heca yelo.

Editor's note***The following is the English translation for last week's Lakol Wicoiye column.

Ancient Indian Knowledge

The Lone Ranger and Tonto went camping in the desert.

After they got their tent all set up, both men fell sound asleep.

Some hours later, Tonto wakes the Lone Ranger and says,

"Kemosabe, look towards sky; what you see?"

The Lone Ranger replies, "I see millions of stars."

"What that tell you?" asked Tonto

The Lone Ranger ponders for a minute then says,

Time wise, it appears to be approximately a quarter past three in the morning.

Theologically, the Lord is all powerful, and we are small and insignificant. Meteorologically, it seems we will have a beautiful day tomorrow.

"What does that tell you, Tonto?"

"You dumber than buffalo s---. Someone stole tent."

Irving G. Black Calf, Sicagu Lakota, attended Northern Arizona University in education and is fluent in the Lakota language. He is the editorial cartoonist for Lakota Country Times.