Born out of a meticulous, well-researched historical and current traditional land-use study led by Cega? K?i?na Nakoda Oyate (Carry the Kettle Nakoda First Nation), Owoknage is the first book to tell the definitive, comprehensive story of the Nakoda people (formerly known as the Assiniboine), in their own words. From pre-contact to current-day life, from thriving on the Great Plains to forced removal from their traditional, sacred lands in the Cypress Hills via a Canadian "Trail of Tears" starvation march to where they now currently reside south of Sintaluta, Saskatchewan, this is their story of resilience and resurgence.
Ce?a K'i?na Nakoda Oyade (Carry The Kettle Nakoda First Nation) is located south of Sintaluta, Saskatchewan, though the Nation's traditional home territory is the western end of the Cypress Hills. Also known as the Assiniboine, The Chiefs of the Nakoda Nation-Cuwiknaga Je Eyaku (Man Who Takes The Coat), Teepee Hoksa (Long Lodge), and Wica Hostake (Lean Man)-signed adhesion to Treaty 4 at Fort Walsh on September 25, 1877.
CONTENTS List of Figures Publisher's Note Letter from Carry The Kettle First Nation Chief Elsie Jack Letter from Carry The Kettle First Nation Councillor Kurt Adams Assiniboine Tribe of Indians Elder and TraditionalLand User Interviewees, September 1929 Cypress Hills Group Interviewees, November 5, 2015 Carry The Kettle First Nation Elder andCurrent User Interviewees, July 2015 Preface and Acknowledgements Introduction PART 1: Ne Wanagasa Owoknaga /The History of the Nakoda People Chapter 1: Nakodabi Zeha? Maka Wiyuta /Early Land Use of the Nakoda People Chapter 2: Wasi?ubi Togada Nakoda Wiyagabi /Assiniboine at Contact Chapter 3: Nakodabi 1799-1855 ?agusam Mako?e Missouri i?iyab /Upper Missouri Country and the Assiniboine, 1799-1855 Chapter 4: Wiyo?peyadagiya Knaski?ya?bi /The Wild West Chapter 5: Oyade Wowabiyuta?ibi hi?kda Mako?e Woksubi /Treaty 4 and Reserve Farming Chapter 6: Wazi ?e Mako?e Zedaha? Nakodabi Ba?eyamiyeya hi?kda ne Canadian's Ista Mne?a Hiyubi I?iyabi /The Assiniboine Removal from Cypress Hills and the"Canadian" Trail of Tears, 1883 Chapter 7: Nakoda Mako?e En Piyabi Dagu Wi?oni nagu T'abiOwoknaga / Life and Death on the New Reserve Chapter 8: Mako?e ne Wi?akibi / Loss of Lands PART 2:Nakon Wi?o?a Iyame I nagu Wosbebi /Spirituality and Traditional Hunting and Gathering Chapter 9: Nakon Wi?o?a?ga, wi?oi'abi, waka? makawida, Owapiya/ Spirituality, Language, Sacred Sites, and Burial Grounds Chapter 10: Wanuyabi Woksubi / Harvesting Big Game Chapter 11 : Iyataga nagu Hokuwa, Zik'da?na, Wanuyabi ?usinaWoksubi / Harvesting Smaller Game and Birds, Fishing, andTrapping Chapter 12: Pezuda Wospibi, Wibazoka, Woksubi / GatheringMedicines, Herbs, Berries, and Wild Vegetables Chapter 13: Wi?o?a?ga I?u?bi: Wasi?u Owa?ga Tibi, Maka EnWoksubi nagu Woyuda / Farms, Gardens, Traditional Diet, and OtherTraditional Activities Chapter 14: Nakon Wosuye, Mako?e at'a I?hakta nagu Iknusta /Indigenous Rights and Environmental Concerns Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index
"Ne makoce ne Nakota teha u?bi no Woyabi ne ta'owowicaknagabi ca okna en Togada giya nena knuzabikta no Woyabi ne eha?tiya ca Nina pinamaya! / These are the stories of the Nakota people, they have retained them for generations. The future Nakota people will retain them. This book provides a truthful Nakota perspective." Michael Turcotte , Fort Peck Hudeana Nakoda (Red Bottom Nakoda) "A beautiful expression of the history, migration, and pre- and post-reserve era of the Nakoda tribe! A must read!" Chief Ira McArthur , Pheasant Rump Nakota First Nation
