@TommeekkaLeshay Thank you so much! I'm so glad you liked it. When I was singing it, I was imagining singing an infant into a peaceful night's sleep. God Bless you, too. And thank you again.
Wow, Joanne M, U hv such a beautiful, beauitiful voice! So soothing to the heart n soul whether you a child or an adult. I wish I could download a recording of it onto my MP3 Player and hit repeat until I fall asleep. Maybe someday you can add a flute to it n record it. Robert Tree Cody's lullaby is wonderful too but this song calls for a woman's voice. Gosh, your voice is so beautiful. What a wonderful gift. Use it well!
@walkingalone64 Thank you so very much from the bottom of my heart. What a lovely thing for me to hear tonight. I'm so glad that you enjoyed my voice and that it soothed you. I will one day add a flute to this, and sing it with better understanding of the Lakota language. I love to sing more than anything else in the world. It is pure joy for me. So, I'm always happy when others enjoy my voice. Thank you, again. And blessings to you...
I just love this song it keeps the memories of my great grandmothers story of her mother alive long after most have forgotten it i was so young when i heard them... That was back in 1980 she passed in 1984 at 96yrs old... Thank You
@chicanostylez4life Thank you so much. How lovely to have heard these lullabyes growing up. I'm glad that this song sparked your memories. How wonderful that she lived so long! What memories she must have had!
@crazypowwowdancer Thank you. The melody is so very soothing. I'm so grateful to the Lakota people for this beautiful chant. It makes me happy every time I sing it. :-)
@TheKays13 Kay, what stories you must have. What a very loving gift of service it was for you to be a nurse on the reservation. And in the '50's. Happy Holidays to you... :-)
Music is the key to the soul. It's one thing anyone anywhere can relate to. One day I will learn the ways of my ancestors....but for now I am blind to my history. Those that are our greatest inspirations live on after death. I am still young I have much to learn about who I am and where I come from as a Native American.
@CTMarie11 I feel that music is the key to the soul, too. This song moved me so much long before I knew what the words were. Music is powerful. It moves our emotions and touches us on a deep level. A universal language. You are fortunate to be a Native American. There is so much to learn from the old ways, which are the ways that are most connected to Mother Earth. The sacred ways, I hope Great Spirit will find the way to lead you to people who can teach you the ways of your ancestors.
@CTMarie11 The words are sung to a young boy. "Good hearted boy, go back to sleep, the night is good." And I take it's meaning to be a lullaby for all of us. To remember that we are being watched over and taken care of. To feel safe and secure, in our innocence. :-)
@LadyLoraineNorthman Thank you! I'm so glad you found it soothing. This lullaby touches my soul, too. That's why I felt compelled to sing it. It is talking to a young boy... telling him that everything is all right, the night is good... go back to sleep. In these hard times, it is an especially moving lullaby... to remind us of love and of hope and of safety.
It's very Interested in this my family was part of the Lakota Sioux who stayed in Canada. I wish I knew A little more about us, My grandmother doesn't speak much about her life growing up. Some how this song hits my heart and makes me feel comforted even though I have never been around it. :D
@MsCreepydolly Thank you. I'm so glad that you feel comforted by this song and that it touches your heart. It touches my heart, too. You have a wonderful heritage. I hope your Grandmother will be able to share stories of her life with you.
my 6yr old daughter says this song makes her sleepy, so in my book it works. gonna add this song to the list of the ones i usually sing when i prepare my kids for bed. thanks it will a beautiful addition.
@klaudiaspiewa I'm sorry to say that I do not know how to play this on guitar or piano, but I hope that someone else wil be able to help you. Good luck!
@venttCo Thank you, Peter. And how are you? As you can see, life has been too busy for me to redo this lullaby with the correct enunciation! But, at least, know that I do sing it at home and with friends with the right enunciation. Take care... Joanna
I am actually learning Lakhota. Very beautiful, relaxing sounding...it sounds very vocal. I love it very much...if you are interested, there is a forum that can teach you the language :33
Mi piacerebbe tanto sapere le parole di questa canzone ma non importa, fa sognare comunque. Spero solo che questa magnifica civiltà dalla saggezza antica non muoia mai. Ce n'è rimasta così poca purtroppo...
@lierin82 The translation of the chant is: "Good-hearted boy... the night is good... go back to sleep." I think of it as a chant for us all... from our Mother and Father... from Great Spirit. To return to the innocence of a child... to return our hearts to that sacred space of purity... and in that space, to feel protected and guided by the Creator... that the world is a safe world... and we can feel secure... and rest, peacefully.
I fell in love with this song the first time I heard it. I also love the flute that is played with it sometimes. Your rendition is beautiful and hypnotic. I notice the words pronounced a bit differently in every rendition. Is it because of the vocables? Or because the words are not pronounced correctly? I've sung this in ceremony and want to make sure I'm singing it correctly.
@lafemmefatalle Thank you for your compliments... they are appreciated! I do apologize for my pronunciation of the Lakota words here. When I recorded this over a year ago... I had listened to several renditions on YouTube... and thought I had interpreted the song correctly. Others wrote to let me know what parts were incorrect. I have included the correct Lakota words here... if you'll scroll down... you'll find them. It's so important to honor the song by singing it correctly. (cont')
@JoannaRunningHorse I had hoped to find the time to re-record it, with the correct pronunciation... but time has escaped me in this. I believe that Robert Tree Cody has the best enunciation of this lullaby. You can check out his rendtion on YouTube. Again, thank you and I'm so glad you liked my video!
@JoannaRunningHorse ... i found the words scrolling thru this time. :-) this song is a great journeying song, too. Maybe I'll be brave enough to record my own version so I can get some feedback from Native speakers.
I think that your version of this song is the best I've heard. Usually sung by men with musical accompaniment as I'm sure it wasn't sung in real life. An acapella female voice singing to a child & very beautifully at that.
I don't know how anyone could fall asleep to this--it's too beautiful to miss! :-) Thank you *so* much for sharing. (I lived in S. Dakota for a while. I have been to the mass burial at the site of the Wounded Knee Massacre and gave a report on it in college. We also spent some time w/ locals in Pine Ridge and Rosebud. I hope you continue making these videos. You do your heritage well.)
@shutterbugged71 Thank you so much! I'm so glad you liked it. And though I love to sing Lakota and other Native American songs, my heritage is Greek, not Lakota. But thank you for your compliment in thinking that I do the Lakota heritage well. I'm honored. I still need to re-record this, though, with a better pronunciation of the beautiful words! Once again, thank you...
@MsRavenT Good question. I'm sure that there must be. I will have to research it. As I've said in other posts... I, personally, like to think of this lullaby as a lullaby for the child within all of us. Gender-less. A way to soothe our inner soul... to put our arms around ourselves as well as our children, and nurture and calm the vulnerable child. It's a song to soothe our "good hearts"... to assure us that the night is good... all is well... go to sleep... protected and safe.
docs tell mothers to let child cry to sleep- "to learn dicipline"- teachers teach competing vs friends/siblings-and religions teach must be born evil they think hurtful actions come from natural born evil which we have to fight w diciplin & money for priests- schools have destroyed all loving mothering and compassion -some native mothers taught 2 b as ruthless as their teachers-or priests & docs- whose greed and censor native mothering wisdom-thanks to mothers /and adults to fill w peace
@lmollot Thanks to the mothers and the good teachers and the caring souls in life who help to fill our hearts with peace. In a world that has become harsh and insensitive... it is good to return when we can... to hope... and happiness... and peace. I hope that when I sing this song... and the beautiful mothers and fathers and children flash across the screen... that people will feel that sense of hopefulness.
@JoannaRunningHorse for hope see iroquois women by spittal-& utube umoja village kenya & mosuo women china- in hope that women will return to the grandmothers clan longhouses & womens farm collectives
@soccerboarderdog I only know this song as "Lakota Lullaby". I found it on YouTube and loved it and so I recorded my version of it, which is this video. It is just my personal recording, so not available on itunes. Thank you for wanting to use it for History Day. I will see if I can email it to you...
Such a beautiful song. I play this song to my son so he can fall asleep. Works every time. May i please have the lyrics so i can sing it to him. BTW he is half Lakota and Ute and love for him to know more of his heritage. My grandmother used to sing this song to all my brothers and boy cousins. Thank you so much :) brings back good memories.
@wingz4him Thank you. Do you mean that you play your son this rendition of the lullaby by me? If so, I am very honored. What a beautiful heritage you and your son have... rich... and how beautiful that your grandmother used to sing this song to all the young males of the family! I will think about that... the reality of that... when I sing this song in the future. I am so moved by this song... and now, it will move me even more. I'm glad it has brought back to you good memories.
@silverstreem Thank you. Yes, a rich culture. The chant has been translated in this way to me:
chante waste hokshila (good heart/hearted boy)
(n) ahke istemah (go back to sleep)
hanhepi kin waste (the night is good)
It touches me on two levels. First, as a beautiful lullaby for our precious children. And secondly, as a wish that we may all return to the dream time, in the womb of the mother... to relinquish our fears and our pain -- to be born anew... loved as child once again.
@JoannaRunningHorse Oh thank you for translating! And especially thank you for your interpretation. I wouldn't have thought of it that way- but now I can listen to it with a new kind of undrestanding. *happy hum*
@JoannaRunningHorse u have a beautiful voice love the song...I remember hearing this as a young kid I knew the words and I had been away from home for many years
@badwound Thank you! How wonderful that you remembered hearing this and that the memory was so strong that you could remember the words. Lovely. And how wonderful that you did hear this as a child. Songs can take us back to such nurturing places.
@TasheenaStarr Thank you. I am not Lakota, but respect and honor them as well. And, yes, this Lakota Lullaby is so loving and healing in its melodies and in the sounds of the chant. It always soothes and calms me to sing it.
@abenakigirl1961 We sing a welcoming song in our drum circles, and sometimes in Lodge. I think it is Abenaki. Would love some verification and to make sure we sing it correctly. Not sure of the spelling, either, but I spell it with phoenetics. It starts out, Alabachee guay, aquee oh nay ay,
Hello Everyone, thank you for all the comments. For some reason I have been unable to reply to some of them due to a YouTube error. In these cases, I have replied personally to your inboxes. I have been singing this chant many times a day and am working on getting it right. Will post a new video/recording as soon as my schedule slows down! Thank you!
I would love to know the correct translation as well. It's a beautiful song and would love to hear this sung correctly. It's so hard to learn Lakota and to translate since this was not a "written language". Joanna your voice is beautiful.
Thank you, waterdance7! venttco translated the chant in this way: chante waste hokshila (good heart/hearted boy) ahke istemah (go back to sleep) hanhepi kin waste (the night is good) hanhepi kin waste yelo (the night is good I say) or formally (the night is good-I have spoken)
@JoannaRunningHorse You're probably getting tired of being overloaded with comments on how to pronounce the words to this song corretly. Just to let you know, waterdance7 has it right. Renbuzhi is wrong. The word for again or once more is ake or ahke, not nake.
@vasil12361 Thank you, vasil12361. I'm grateful for all the comments. It's important to honor a song by singing it correctly. I am assuming that rather than waterdance7, you mean venttco -- the translation of his that I posted to waterdance7? I will be so happy if and when I can sing this beautiful, lulling lullaby with all the right inflections. Wish me luck!
@vasil12361 Although, I am still confused about the "ch" for chante. Most everyone says it is pronounced "ch", not "k". And your opinion was that it was "ch" as well. I am going to sing it with the "ch" sound. I hope it is right. Thanks again.
ch in lakota is not pronounced as ch in english. CHarter: CHeese: CHunky--nope. It is pornounced as a hard K,,ie. Car--Crash. Collide chante waste is pronounced Kan teh wash teh.
etc, Anyway pronounciation is difficult.
The words are not
joyful boy.
Chante waste hoksila means Good heart boy /good hearted boy.
Anyway, if you want the full trans. I'd be glad to help.
Yes, venttCo, thank you, I would love to hear your full translation. Lakota is so beautiful, but, yes, so very hard to pronounce. I love to sing the lovely sounds of the Lakota language -- they are so soulful, so deep and powerful. And I would really like to sing them correctly. It is confusing. Also, I am working on getting the more gutteral sound and also the more nasal sounds.
I am used to the Greek language and the Spanish language. I sing a little in French, as well, so I'm hoping that the nasal inflections that I've learned from that language might help me a little with parts of the Lakota language.
So, yes, thank you for responding. And if you would share your pronunciaiton and enunciation with me, it would be much appreciated!
@venttCocikala=CHeek'ala, akicita= ahkeeCHeeta, sica=sheCHah, seriously you're from eb? Cause I grew up in a Lakota speaking household and never ever have I heard chante pronounced Kanteh. BTW, Chante wasteya nape ochiyuspapi na Lakotiya EtanhonSlolyaWin ehapi kte. Oh and I graduated from C-EB, I'm an enrolled member of CRST, I've lived there all my life, HAD to take Lakota classes just to graduate.
@venttCo cikala=CHeek'ala, akicita= ahkeeCHeeta, sica=sheCHah, seriously you're from eb? Cause I grew up in a Lakota speaking household and never ever have I heard chante pronounced Kanteh. BTW, Chante wasteya nape ochiyuspapi na Lakotiya EtanhonSlolyaWin ehapi kte. Oh and I graduated from C-EB, I'm an enrolled member of CRST, I've lived there all my life, HAD to take Lakota classes just to graduate.
@mirandamanda83 yep. was born and raised on cheyenne river/ family is mostly from red scaffold, some from iron lightning. Went to school in wanbli paha before i left the rez.. Sorry if my spelling doesnt make sense to you. I was using the K spellilng as opposed to the c spelling to indicate a phonetic distinction that it is a harder K or harsh C sound than a soft s sound suggested by the spelling ch
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@mirandamanda83 You beat me to the punch! I am from Wanbli, PR and have NEVER heard chante pronounced kantay either. Either we're not understanding what this guy is trying to say or he's Hohe! LOL! Iyushkinyan wachinyankelo.
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@venttCo I hate to sound like a know it all but I must correct you. The confusion is due to early attempts by missionaries to put Lakotiya into a written language. Thus the "ch" sound is represented to this day in most texts as just the letter "c". The Lakotiya word for heart is pronounced chantay with the "a" nasalized, there really is no "n" sound in the word. By the way, Lakota is the name of the people, Lakotiya is the name of our language.
@vasil12361 Of course it is historically a spoken lang. without a written tradition hence typically in texts there are multiple spellings for the same word. Goes without saying.
@Jonnarunninghorse
Your qiute welcome dear! Use the beautiful voice God gave you honey!
TommeekkaLeshay 2 weeks ago
@TommeekkaLeshay Thank you, again. I will. I love to sing. It feeds and expresses my soul. And I'm always glad when others like my singing. :-)
JoannaRunningHorse 2 weeks ago
You have a beautiful voice,
When I hear this I can almost imagine a lakota woman holding her baby singing it to sleep. You did such a wonderful job singing this!
God bless you honey!
TommeekkaLeshay 3 weeks ago
@TommeekkaLeshay Thank you so much! I'm so glad you liked it. When I was singing it, I was imagining singing an infant into a peaceful night's sleep. God Bless you, too. And thank you again.
JoannaRunningHorse 2 weeks ago
Wow, Joanne M, U hv such a beautiful, beauitiful voice! So soothing to the heart n soul whether you a child or an adult. I wish I could download a recording of it onto my MP3 Player and hit repeat until I fall asleep. Maybe someday you can add a flute to it n record it. Robert Tree Cody's lullaby is wonderful too but this song calls for a woman's voice. Gosh, your voice is so beautiful. What a wonderful gift. Use it well!
walkingalone64 1 month ago
@walkingalone64 Thank you so very much from the bottom of my heart. What a lovely thing for me to hear tonight. I'm so glad that you enjoyed my voice and that it soothed you. I will one day add a flute to this, and sing it with better understanding of the Lakota language. I love to sing more than anything else in the world. It is pure joy for me. So, I'm always happy when others enjoy my voice. Thank you, again. And blessings to you...
JoannaRunningHorse 4 weeks ago
I just love this song it keeps the memories of my great grandmothers story of her mother alive long after most have forgotten it i was so young when i heard them... That was back in 1980 she passed in 1984 at 96yrs old... Thank You
chicanostylez4life 1 month ago
@chicanostylez4life Thank you so much. How lovely to have heard these lullabyes growing up. I'm glad that this song sparked your memories. How wonderful that she lived so long! What memories she must have had!
JoannaRunningHorse 1 month ago
@JoannaRunningHorse yes i am too its so beautiful when i heard i could jsut see my self singing it to my youngins one day
crazypowwowdancer 1 month ago
@crazypowwowdancer That's how it made me feel. I even sing it to my cats to soothe them. :-)
JoannaRunningHorse 1 month ago
this is beautiful i wanna leanr this to sing to my youngins later in life
crazypowwowdancer 1 month ago
@crazypowwowdancer Thank you. The melody is so very soothing. I'm so grateful to the Lakota people for this beautiful chant. It makes me happy every time I sing it. :-)
JoannaRunningHorse 1 month ago
thank you , i could right a book on my exsp. maybe someday i will.kay
TheKays13 2 months ago
@TheKays13 I think that is a great idea. Merry Christmas to you!
JoannaRunningHorse 2 months ago
i learned alot of the navajo culture in the 50s was a nurse out on the res for 3 yrs kay
TheKays13 2 months ago
@TheKays13 Kay, what stories you must have. What a very loving gift of service it was for you to be a nurse on the reservation. And in the '50's. Happy Holidays to you... :-)
JoannaRunningHorse 2 months ago
Music is the key to the soul. It's one thing anyone anywhere can relate to. One day I will learn the ways of my ancestors....but for now I am blind to my history. Those that are our greatest inspirations live on after death. I am still young I have much to learn about who I am and where I come from as a Native American.
CTMarie11 4 months ago
@CTMarie11 I feel that music is the key to the soul, too. This song moved me so much long before I knew what the words were. Music is powerful. It moves our emotions and touches us on a deep level. A universal language. You are fortunate to be a Native American. There is so much to learn from the old ways, which are the ways that are most connected to Mother Earth. The sacred ways, I hope Great Spirit will find the way to lead you to people who can teach you the ways of your ancestors.
JoannaRunningHorse 4 months ago
@JoannaRunningHorse i still dont kno what the words are but i really like this song (: thank you
CTMarie11 4 months ago
@CTMarie11 The words are sung to a young boy. "Good hearted boy, go back to sleep, the night is good." And I take it's meaning to be a lullaby for all of us. To remember that we are being watched over and taken care of. To feel safe and secure, in our innocence. :-)
JoannaRunningHorse 3 months ago
this song is so incredible, even thou I can;t understand it, I find it so soothing, it touches my soul, it;s so beautiful
LadyLoraineNorthman 4 months ago
@LadyLoraineNorthman Thank you! I'm so glad you found it soothing. This lullaby touches my soul, too. That's why I felt compelled to sing it. It is talking to a young boy... telling him that everything is all right, the night is good... go back to sleep. In these hard times, it is an especially moving lullaby... to remind us of love and of hope and of safety.
JoannaRunningHorse 4 months ago
It's very Interested in this my family was part of the Lakota Sioux who stayed in Canada. I wish I knew A little more about us, My grandmother doesn't speak much about her life growing up. Some how this song hits my heart and makes me feel comforted even though I have never been around it. :D
MsCreepydolly 4 months ago 2
@MsCreepydolly Thank you. I'm so glad that you feel comforted by this song and that it touches your heart. It touches my heart, too. You have a wonderful heritage. I hope your Grandmother will be able to share stories of her life with you.
JoannaRunningHorse 4 months ago
@KeYaHnAlOvEsRaY How sweet! Tell her hi from me.
JoannaRunningHorse 4 months ago
can't get enough of this song... my 6yr old daughter now sings along with me.
serinbo 4 months ago
@serinbo I love that! Thank you...
JoannaRunningHorse 4 months ago
@KeYaHnAlOvEsRaY That makes me so happy to hear. Thank you!
JoannaRunningHorse 5 months ago
Love this .. Its very Calming..
Wildchild8556 5 months ago
@Wildchild8556 Thank you. I'm glad you liked it.
JoannaRunningHorse 5 months ago
Very beautiful song! Thank you for that! :)
abbazabba40 5 months ago
@abbazabba40 Thank you so much. And you're welcome.
JoannaRunningHorse 5 months ago
Thank for upload.
mrd8dog 5 months ago
@mrd8dog You're welcome...
JoannaRunningHorse 5 months ago
my 6yr old daughter says this song makes her sleepy, so in my book it works. gonna add this song to the list of the ones i usually sing when i prepare my kids for bed. thanks it will a beautiful addition.
serinbo 6 months ago
@serinbo That's so sweet. I'm so glad. Thank you! :-)
JoannaRunningHorse 6 months ago
i love it!!! i listen to it very often
TheLittlefalcon1 6 months ago
@TheLittlefalcon1 Thank you so much! I'm glad you listen to it often. :-)
JoannaRunningHorse 6 months ago
Close your eyes. Listen . Relax. This magic isn't just for kids.
venttCo 7 months ago
@venttCo Thank you... :-)
JoannaRunningHorse 7 months ago
@venttCo you are very welcome.
venttCo 7 months ago
does anybody know how to play this melody on the guitar, piano...? i need to know.
klaudiaspiewa 7 months ago
@klaudiaspiewa I'm sorry to say that I do not know how to play this on guitar or piano, but I hope that someone else wil be able to help you. Good luck!
JoannaRunningHorse 7 months ago
very nice indeed
venttCo 7 months ago
@venttCo Thank you, Peter. And how are you? As you can see, life has been too busy for me to redo this lullaby with the correct enunciation! But, at least, know that I do sing it at home and with friends with the right enunciation. Take care... Joanna
JoannaRunningHorse 7 months ago
@JoannaRunningHorse I am well my friend. glad you are still doing well too. :)
venttCo 7 months ago
@venttCo :-)
JoannaRunningHorse 7 months ago
i love this song.... :) i listen to it all the time
sandidontae 8 months ago
@sandidontae Thank you so much! :-)
JoannaRunningHorse 8 months ago
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Alaskasbear 9 months ago
@Alaskasbear ... a lullaby for you... :-)
JoannaRunningHorse 9 months ago
I am actually learning Lakhota. Very beautiful, relaxing sounding...it sounds very vocal. I love it very much...if you are interested, there is a forum that can teach you the language :33
Faved!
MagitekStudio 10 months ago
@MagitekStudio Thank you so much. I'm glad you liked it. Would you let me know what the forum is that teaches Lakota? Thank you...
JoannaRunningHorse 9 months ago
@JoannaRunningHorse
Sure! I can't post the link here, but it is called "Lakhota". I'll send a link, since it will just get broken here xD
MagitekStudio 9 months ago
@MagitekStudio Thank you...
JoannaRunningHorse 9 months ago
beautiful.I was brought here by a Sioux friend and il ove this music so much.blessings to you all.
minipo48 10 months ago
@minipo48 Thank you... and blessings to you, too!
JoannaRunningHorse 10 months ago
Grazie mille!!!!!! Stupenda davvero!
lierin82 10 months ago
@lierin82 Grazie!
JoannaRunningHorse 10 months ago
Mi piacerebbe tanto sapere le parole di questa canzone ma non importa, fa sognare comunque. Spero solo che questa magnifica civiltà dalla saggezza antica non muoia mai. Ce n'è rimasta così poca purtroppo...
lierin82 10 months ago
@lierin82 The translation of the chant is: "Good-hearted boy... the night is good... go back to sleep." I think of it as a chant for us all... from our Mother and Father... from Great Spirit. To return to the innocence of a child... to return our hearts to that sacred space of purity... and in that space, to feel protected and guided by the Creator... that the world is a safe world... and we can feel secure... and rest, peacefully.
JoannaRunningHorse 10 months ago
I fell in love with this song the first time I heard it. I also love the flute that is played with it sometimes. Your rendition is beautiful and hypnotic. I notice the words pronounced a bit differently in every rendition. Is it because of the vocables? Or because the words are not pronounced correctly? I've sung this in ceremony and want to make sure I'm singing it correctly.
Thank you SO much for sharing. :-)
lafemmefatalle 10 months ago
@lafemmefatalle Thank you for your compliments... they are appreciated! I do apologize for my pronunciation of the Lakota words here. When I recorded this over a year ago... I had listened to several renditions on YouTube... and thought I had interpreted the song correctly. Others wrote to let me know what parts were incorrect. I have included the correct Lakota words here... if you'll scroll down... you'll find them. It's so important to honor the song by singing it correctly. (cont')
JoannaRunningHorse 10 months ago
@JoannaRunningHorse I had hoped to find the time to re-record it, with the correct pronunciation... but time has escaped me in this. I believe that Robert Tree Cody has the best enunciation of this lullaby. You can check out his rendtion on YouTube. Again, thank you and I'm so glad you liked my video!
JoannaRunningHorse 10 months ago
@JoannaRunningHorse ... i found the words scrolling thru this time. :-) this song is a great journeying song, too. Maybe I'll be brave enough to record my own version so I can get some feedback from Native speakers.
thank you SO much.
lafemmefatalle 10 months ago
@lafemmefatalle You're welcome. I look forward to hearing you sing it. Let go of your fears and sing from the heart. That's what it's all about. :-)
JoannaRunningHorse 10 months ago
I think that your version of this song is the best I've heard. Usually sung by men with musical accompaniment as I'm sure it wasn't sung in real life. An acapella female voice singing to a child & very beautifully at that.
mmedefarge 11 months ago
@mmedefarge Thank you so much! I'm so glad you liked it...
JoannaRunningHorse 11 months ago
I don't know how anyone could fall asleep to this--it's too beautiful to miss! :-) Thank you *so* much for sharing.
shutterbugged71 11 months ago
@shutterbugged71 Thank you!
JoannaRunningHorse 11 months ago
I don't know how anyone could fall asleep to this--it's too beautiful to miss! :-) Thank you *so* much for sharing. (I lived in S. Dakota for a while. I have been to the mass burial at the site of the Wounded Knee Massacre and gave a report on it in college. We also spent some time w/ locals in Pine Ridge and Rosebud. I hope you continue making these videos. You do your heritage well.)
shutterbugged71 11 months ago
@shutterbugged71 Thank you so much! I'm so glad you liked it. And though I love to sing Lakota and other Native American songs, my heritage is Greek, not Lakota. But thank you for your compliment in thinking that I do the Lakota heritage well. I'm honored. I still need to re-record this, though, with a better pronunciation of the beautiful words! Once again, thank you...
JoannaRunningHorse 11 months ago
It appears that the translation says this is sung to boy... does that mean there is another Lullaby for a girl baby?
MsRavenT 1 year ago
@MsRavenT Good question. I'm sure that there must be. I will have to research it. As I've said in other posts... I, personally, like to think of this lullaby as a lullaby for the child within all of us. Gender-less. A way to soothe our inner soul... to put our arms around ourselves as well as our children, and nurture and calm the vulnerable child. It's a song to soothe our "good hearts"... to assure us that the night is good... all is well... go to sleep... protected and safe.
JoannaRunningHorse 11 months ago
docs tell mothers to let child cry to sleep- "to learn dicipline"- teachers teach competing vs friends/siblings-and religions teach must be born evil they think hurtful actions come from natural born evil which we have to fight w diciplin & money for priests- schools have destroyed all loving mothering and compassion -some native mothers taught 2 b as ruthless as their teachers-or priests & docs- whose greed and censor native mothering wisdom-thanks to mothers /and adults to fill w peace
lmollot 1 year ago
@lmollot Thanks to the mothers and the good teachers and the caring souls in life who help to fill our hearts with peace. In a world that has become harsh and insensitive... it is good to return when we can... to hope... and happiness... and peace. I hope that when I sing this song... and the beautiful mothers and fathers and children flash across the screen... that people will feel that sense of hopefulness.
JoannaRunningHorse 11 months ago
@JoannaRunningHorse for hope see iroquois women by spittal-& utube umoja village kenya & mosuo women china- in hope that women will return to the grandmothers clan longhouses & womens farm collectives
lmollot 11 months ago
@lmollot Yes!
JoannaRunningHorse 10 months ago
@soccerboarderdog I only know this song as "Lakota Lullaby". I found it on YouTube and loved it and so I recorded my version of it, which is this video. It is just my personal recording, so not available on itunes. Thank you for wanting to use it for History Day. I will see if I can email it to you...
JoannaRunningHorse 1 year ago
0 dislikes :) this is probably the only 1 year old youtube video that's had that.
HitStickProductions 1 year ago
@HitStickProductions Thank you!
JoannaRunningHorse 1 year ago
Such a beautiful song. I play this song to my son so he can fall asleep. Works every time. May i please have the lyrics so i can sing it to him. BTW he is half Lakota and Ute and love for him to know more of his heritage. My grandmother used to sing this song to all my brothers and boy cousins. Thank you so much :) brings back good memories.
wingz4him 1 year ago
@wingz4him Thank you. Do you mean that you play your son this rendition of the lullaby by me? If so, I am very honored. What a beautiful heritage you and your son have... rich... and how beautiful that your grandmother used to sing this song to all the young males of the family! I will think about that... the reality of that... when I sing this song in the future. I am so moved by this song... and now, it will move me even more. I'm glad it has brought back to you good memories.
JoannaRunningHorse 1 year ago
The chant has been translated in this way to me:
chante waste hokshila (good heart/hearted boy)
(n) ahke istemah (go back to sleep)
hanhepi kin waste (the night is good)
JoannaRunningHorse 1 year ago
Merry christmas and a happy new year 2011.
Lautengitarre 1 year ago
@Lautengitarre And a belated Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you, too!
JoannaRunningHorse 1 year ago
well done!
tabietaful 1 year ago
@tabietaful Thank you!
JoannaRunningHorse 1 year ago
@JoannaRunningHorse Now try a Greek song! :)
tabietaful 1 year ago
@tabietaful I will! In fact, I have two that I am working on right now... :-)
JoannaRunningHorse 1 year ago
Meadowlark93, that is absoultely stunning! I loved it. You have a beautiful voice and wonderful pronunciation! Thank you
JoannaRunningHorse 1 year ago
Though I am white, my grandmother - comes to me in dreams - she sings these songs
UCIWAYEKI LOWAN
rccowart 1 year ago
@rccowart How lovely and comforting that she does that!
JoannaRunningHorse 1 year ago
@JoannaRunningHorse Thank you for this beautiful song -I have heard it many times - I will listen to it often. Your voice is a blessing -PILAMAYE
rccowart 1 year ago
@rccowart Thank you so much! I'm so glad you like my voice...
JoannaRunningHorse 1 year ago
This is so very beautiful. I'm sad that this culture is so obscure because it is very rich. Do you know what the words to this chant are in English?
silverstreem 1 year ago
@silverstreem Thank you. Yes, a rich culture. The chant has been translated in this way to me:
chante waste hokshila (good heart/hearted boy)
(n) ahke istemah (go back to sleep)
hanhepi kin waste (the night is good)
It touches me on two levels. First, as a beautiful lullaby for our precious children. And secondly, as a wish that we may all return to the dream time, in the womb of the mother... to relinquish our fears and our pain -- to be born anew... loved as child once again.
JoannaRunningHorse 1 year ago
@JoannaRunningHorse hiya joanna. Just stopped by to see how you are.
venttCo 1 year ago
@venttCo Busy, busy, busy... thank you for thinking of me... hope you're doing well...
JoannaRunningHorse 1 year ago
@JoannaRunningHorse Oh thank you for translating! And especially thank you for your interpretation. I wouldn't have thought of it that way- but now I can listen to it with a new kind of undrestanding. *happy hum*
silverstreem 1 year ago
@silverstreem You're welcome... :-)
JoannaRunningHorse 1 year ago
thank you and your welcome
sonicbaby4000 1 year ago 2
im half lakota sioux, and my name is lakota, i like this
sonicbaby4000 1 year ago
@sonicbaby4000 Hello Lakota... beautiful name... wonderful ancestry. And I'm very glad that you like the chant...
JoannaRunningHorse 1 year ago
Thanks for sharing. The person singing is truly Blessed.
WebbGrinder 1 year ago
@WebbGrinder You're welcome. And, thank you! I am the one singing it...
JoannaRunningHorse 1 year ago
@JoannaRunningHorse u have a beautiful voice love the song...I remember hearing this as a young kid I knew the words and I had been away from home for many years
badwound 1 year ago
@badwound Thank you! How wonderful that you remembered hearing this and that the memory was so strong that you could remember the words. Lovely. And how wonderful that you did hear this as a child. Songs can take us back to such nurturing places.
JoannaRunningHorse 1 year ago
Wow....is all i gotta say...i luv and respect all lakota people
TasheenaStarr 1 year ago
@TasheenaStarr Thank you. I am not Lakota, but respect and honor them as well. And, yes, this Lakota Lullaby is so loving and healing in its melodies and in the sounds of the chant. It always soothes and calms me to sing it.
JoannaRunningHorse 1 year ago
best version I've heard
2boddah 1 year ago
@2boddah Thank you so much! I'm honored...
JoannaRunningHorse 1 year ago
i wish i knew which tribe my ancestors belonged to :/
JUSTINmmm 1 year ago
@JUSTINmmm I will send out prayers that the path will open for you to find out which tribe you are from.
JoannaRunningHorse 1 year ago
Absolutely beautiful Joanna - Thank you!
rtoscanojr 1 year ago
@rtoscanojr Thank you! I'm so glad you liked it!
JoannaRunningHorse 1 year ago
Wiki y wanka y tatanka.
Lautengitarre 1 year ago
@Lautengitarre Thank you for all your posts!
JoannaRunningHorse 1 year ago
Sun and rain morning together.
Lautengitarre 1 year ago
Hello together.
Lautengitarre 1 year ago
Beautyful sunday together.
Lautengitarre 1 year ago
I am an Abenaki grandmother with two beautiful grand baby girls Aya 3 and Elly newborn! I will sing this for them soon! Beautiful!
abenakigirl1961 1 year ago
@abenakigirl1961 How beautiful! I'm glad you like it!
JoannaRunningHorse 1 year ago
@abenakigirl1961 We sing a welcoming song in our drum circles, and sometimes in Lodge. I think it is Abenaki. Would love some verification and to make sure we sing it correctly. Not sure of the spelling, either, but I spell it with phoenetics. It starts out, Alabachee guay, aquee oh nay ay,
lafemmefatalle 10 months ago
Lullaby greeting together.
Lautengitarre 1 year ago
Good morning together.
Lautengitarre 1 year ago
Awesome Imma Gonna Show This To My Kohkoms And Muchums And Not Forget My Capon Freda Irene Ahenakew
sportygirl3210 1 year ago
@sportygirl3210 thank you...
JoannaRunningHorse 1 year ago
Wanka y Wiki is the first old translate communication together with white and red in birdsdance.
Lautengitarre 1 year ago
@Lautengitarre thank you...
JoannaRunningHorse 1 year ago
Good night wow.
Lautengitarre 1 year ago
Wanka y Wiki.
Lautengitarre 1 year ago
@Lautengitarre I do not know what this means. ??? I hope you will translate.
JoannaRunningHorse 1 year ago
Hello. Very intering pictures and sounds. It is a nature music for our ears.
Lautengitarre 1 year ago
@Lautengitarre Thank you!
JoannaRunningHorse 1 year ago
@JoannaRunningHorse i am greek to but i am also native american.
Kenzie58 1 year ago
@Kenzie58 What a wonderful heritage you have in being both Greek and Native American!
JoannaRunningHorse 1 year ago
@JoannaRunningHorse thank you very much :) i love it very much
Kenzie58 1 year ago
@Kenzie58 You're welcome -- and thank you very much!
JoannaRunningHorse 1 year ago
Morning Lakota indians.
Lautengitarre 1 year ago
my gramma used to sing this to meeeeeee
:DDDDD
i feel happy now,im always singing it..lol
v^__^PEaCE
ImYoManzSancha 1 year ago
@ImYoManzSancha Thank you!
JoannaRunningHorse 1 year ago
my gramma used to sing this to meeeeeee
:DDDDD
i feel happy now,im always singing it..lol
v^__^PEaCE
ImYoManzSancha 1 year ago
@ImYoManzSancha Thank you!
JoannaRunningHorse 1 year ago
one primelspirit more again for the indian childrens.
Lautengitarre 1 year ago
Earth wind sun & do, greeting to the indian childrens, Voglio ltd. too. Greeting to Papa.
Lautengitarre 1 year ago
Wonderful, simply beautiful. Ed Runninghorse AKA Billy Jack
BigfootELUWILUSSIT 1 year ago
@BigfootELUWILUSSIT -- Thank you!
JoannaRunningHorse 1 year ago
Good morning indian Beatrice
Lautengitarre 1 year ago
@Lautengitarre -- Thank you!
JoannaRunningHorse 1 year ago
Hello Everyone, thank you for all the comments. For some reason I have been unable to reply to some of them due to a YouTube error. In these cases, I have replied personally to your inboxes. I have been singing this chant many times a day and am working on getting it right. Will post a new video/recording as soon as my schedule slows down! Thank you!
JoannaRunningHorse 1 year ago
I would love to know the correct translation as well. It's a beautiful song and would love to hear this sung correctly. It's so hard to learn Lakota and to translate since this was not a "written language". Joanna your voice is beautiful.
waterdance7 1 year ago
JoannaRunningHorse 1 year ago
@JoannaRunningHorse You're probably getting tired of being overloaded with comments on how to pronounce the words to this song corretly. Just to let you know, waterdance7 has it right. Renbuzhi is wrong. The word for again or once more is ake or ahke, not nake.
vasil12361 1 year ago
@vasil12361 Thank you, vasil12361. I'm grateful for all the comments. It's important to honor a song by singing it correctly. I am assuming that rather than waterdance7, you mean venttco -- the translation of his that I posted to waterdance7? I will be so happy if and when I can sing this beautiful, lulling lullaby with all the right inflections. Wish me luck!
JoannaRunningHorse 1 year ago
@vasil12361 Although, I am still confused about the "ch" for chante. Most everyone says it is pronounced "ch", not "k". And your opinion was that it was "ch" as well. I am going to sing it with the "ch" sound. I hope it is right. Thanks again.
JoannaRunningHorse 1 year ago
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mirandamanda83 1 year ago
questa canzone è bellissima non conosco le parole ma è veramente bella se vuoi puoi anche interpretare le sue parole grazie
francospanu 1 year ago 2
ch in lakota is not pronounced as ch in english. CHarter: CHeese: CHunky--nope. It is pornounced as a hard K,,ie. Car--Crash. Collide chante waste is pronounced Kan teh wash teh.
etc, Anyway pronounciation is difficult.
The words are not
joyful boy.
Chante waste hoksila means Good heart boy /good hearted boy.
Anyway, if you want the full trans. I'd be glad to help.
venttCo 2 years ago
Yes, venttCo, thank you, I would love to hear your full translation. Lakota is so beautiful, but, yes, so very hard to pronounce. I love to sing the lovely sounds of the Lakota language -- they are so soulful, so deep and powerful. And I would really like to sing them correctly. It is confusing. Also, I am working on getting the more gutteral sound and also the more nasal sounds.
JoannaRunningHorse 1 year ago
I am used to the Greek language and the Spanish language. I sing a little in French, as well, so I'm hoping that the nasal inflections that I've learned from that language might help me a little with parts of the Lakota language.
So, yes, thank you for responding. And if you would share your pronunciaiton and enunciation with me, it would be much appreciated!
JoannaRunningHorse 1 year ago
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mirandamanda83 1 year ago
@venttCocikala=CHeek'ala, akicita= ahkeeCHeeta, sica=sheCHah, seriously you're from eb? Cause I grew up in a Lakota speaking household and never ever have I heard chante pronounced Kanteh. BTW, Chante wasteya nape ochiyuspapi na Lakotiya EtanhonSlolyaWin ehapi kte. Oh and I graduated from C-EB, I'm an enrolled member of CRST, I've lived there all my life, HAD to take Lakota classes just to graduate.
mirandamanda83 1 year ago
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mirandamanda83 1 year ago
@venttCo cikala=CHeek'ala, akicita= ahkeeCHeeta, sica=sheCHah, seriously you're from eb? Cause I grew up in a Lakota speaking household and never ever have I heard chante pronounced Kanteh. BTW, Chante wasteya nape ochiyuspapi na Lakotiya EtanhonSlolyaWin ehapi kte. Oh and I graduated from C-EB, I'm an enrolled member of CRST, I've lived there all my life, HAD to take Lakota classes just to graduate.
mirandamanda83 1 year ago
@mirandamanda83 yep. was born and raised on cheyenne river/ family is mostly from red scaffold, some from iron lightning. Went to school in wanbli paha before i left the rez.. Sorry if my spelling doesnt make sense to you. I was using the K spellilng as opposed to the c spelling to indicate a phonetic distinction that it is a harder K or harsh C sound than a soft s sound suggested by the spelling ch
venttCo 1 year ago
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@mirandamanda83 You beat me to the punch! I am from Wanbli, PR and have NEVER heard chante pronounced kantay either. Either we're not understanding what this guy is trying to say or he's Hohe! LOL! Iyushkinyan wachinyankelo.
vasil12361 1 year ago
@vasil12361 LOl, you girls are too funny, hasapa.
venttCo 1 year ago
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@venttCo I hate to sound like a know it all but I must correct you. The confusion is due to early attempts by missionaries to put Lakotiya into a written language. Thus the "ch" sound is represented to this day in most texts as just the letter "c". The Lakotiya word for heart is pronounced chantay with the "a" nasalized, there really is no "n" sound in the word. By the way, Lakota is the name of the people, Lakotiya is the name of our language.
vasil12361 1 year ago
@vasil12361 Of course it is historically a spoken lang. without a written tradition hence typically in texts there are multiple spellings for the same word. Goes without saying.
venttCo 1 year ago