#Tȟašúŋke Witkó

[victusinveritas]

[twicedailyquotes]

I was not hostile to the white man. Sometimes my young men would attack the Indians who were their enemies and took their ponies. They did it in return. We had buffalo for food, and their hides for clothing and our tepees. We preferred hunting to a life of idleness on the reservations, where we were driven against our will. At times we did not get enough to eat, and we were not allowed to leave the reservation to hunt. We preferred our own way of living. We were no expense to the government then. All we wanted was peace and to be left alone. Soldiers were sent out in the winter, who destroyed our villages. [He referred to the winter before when his village was destroyed by Colonel Reynolds, Third Cavalry.] Then "Long Hair" [Custer] came in the same way. They say we massacred him, but he would have done the same to us had we not defended ourselves and fought to the last. Our first impulse was to escape with our squaws and papooses, but we were so hemmed in that we had to fight. After that I went up on Tongue River with a few of my people and lived in peace. But the government would not let me alone. Finally, I came back to Red Cloud agency. Yet I was not allowed to remain quiet. I was tired of fighting. I went to Spotted Tail agency and asked that chief and his agent to let me live there in peace. I came here with the agent [Lee] to talk with the big white chief, but was not given a chance. They tried to confine me, I tried to escape, and a soldier ran his bayonet into me. I have spoken.

Crazy Horse (Tȟašúŋke Witkó)

[insanzee]

Gereken tepkiyi veremediğin her olayda biraz daha değersizleşir ve öz saygını kaybedersin.

Bazı kavgalar çıkmalı,

Bazı kalpler kırılmalı,

Bazı insanlar kaybedilmeli.

Bu hayatın kendisini yenileme şeklidir.

Çılgın At (Tȟašúŋke Witkó)

[dolunay66]

Gereken tepkiyi veremediğin her olayda biraz daha değersizleşir ve öz saygını kaybedersin.

Bazı kavgalar çıkmalı,

Bazı kalpler kırılmalı,

Bazı insanlar kaybedilmeli.

Bu hayatın kendisini yenileme şeklidir.

Çılgın At (Tȟašúŋke Witkó)

[sade1-adam]

Gereken tepkiyi veremediğin her olayda biraz daha değersizleşir ve öz saygını kaybedersin.

Bazı kavgalar çıkmalı,

Bazı kalpler kırılmalı,

Bazı insanlar kaybedilmeli.

Bu hayatın kendisini yenileme şeklidir.

Çılgın At (Tȟašúŋke Witkó)

[enderexplorer1212]

Ok, minor rant time, not predicated on anything, just a sentiment that I want to get out.

I'm tired of people treating the Natives as being these poor innocent people who couldn't do anything against the big and powerful settlers how pitiful 🥺🥺. Like, Jesus Christ, it's annoying how often this idea gets brought up even in otherwise progressive spaces.

First off, we did do shit. Did Goyaałé or Tecumseh or Tȟašúŋke Witkó fight for nothing? Second off, it's dehumanizing. We are not historical figures, we still exist. We are people, not some "noble savages." The Indians did some fucked up shit sometimes, but so have all peoples. We are human, which is why the genocide and actions committed against us were so awful. The impact of genocide isn't as prominent if we aren't seen as real people.

This is a bit of a rant, and not exactly coherent or anything, but it's just something I wanted to get out so people recognize it.

[acrossthecoronaverse]

after hiking around Six Grandfathers, we went over to view the Crazy Horse monument

Crazy Horse (Tȟašúŋke Witkó) was a skilful Lakota warrior of the Oglala who fought in numerous battles against colonization and white American encroachment on Lakota land in the 19th century. While there aren’t any photographs of Crazy Horse, those who knew him, including his sister, were able to describe his appearance to a mormon missionary who made a sketch of him. This sketch and other art was used to create the Crazy Horse sculpture in the side of the mountain. The unfinished statue is meant to depict the warrior on horseback with his index finger extended. This represents a saying of Crazy Horse, ‘my lands are where my dead lie buried’ in acknowledgment of the many Native Americans who lost their lives and their lands to colonization.

Not long after the sculpting at Six Grandfathers / Mount Rushmore had started, Henry Standing Bear commissioned a sculptor named Korczak Ziolkowski to create the carving of Crazy Horse, saying "my fellow chiefs and I would like the white man to know that the red man has great heroes, too". While this project was meant to honor Crazy Horse and Native Americans, the descendants of Crazy Horse have pointed out that Henry Standing Bear should have sought their consensus before dynamiting the sacred mountain.

We weren’t able to get close to the mountain (it was close to closing time and we would have had to ride a bus, which wouldn’t have been COVID-friendly) but briefly took a look around the visitor’s center, saw some beautiful indigenous artwork and learned more about the Lakota/Sioux people. 

[zyciestolicy]

Felieton Tȟašúŋke Witkó „Mentalność asymetryczna”

Felieton Tȟašúŋke Witkó „Mentalność asymetryczna”

Od kliku dni zadaję sobie pytanie, ilu Niemców kojarzy dziś postać Hansa-Georga Massena, byłego szefa Federalnego Urzędu Ochrony Konstytucji (BfV)? Znając realia i zasady rządzące „konglomeratem rzeźbiarzy umysłów”, jedynie dla zmylenia przeciwnika nazywanego mediami, to pamięta go bardzo niewielu. Skąd wiem? Ano stąd, że po latach obserwowania sceny politycznej zdaję sobie sprawę, iż uporczywe…

[entheognosis]

Crazy Horse (Lakota: Tȟašúŋke Witkó, IPA: [tχaˈʃʊ̃kɛ witˈkɔ], lit. ''His-Horse-Is-Crazy''; c. 1840 – September 5, 1877) of the Oglala Lakota tribe. His participation in several famous battles of the Black Hills War on the northern Great Plains, among them the Fetterman Fight in 1866, in which he acted as a decoy, and the Battle of the Little Bighorn in 1876, in which he led a war party to victory, earned him great respect from both his enemies and his own people. His likeness is now carved into a Black Hills mountain at The Crazy Horse Memorial. The famous leader resisted having his photograph taken, often responding to picture requests with “would you imprison my shadow too?” The memorial sculptor created his likeness based on descriptions from those who knew him. The grand visage, cut into granite, intends to honor the Native American values that Crazy Horse fought for and defended. Here are the must-see locations that the Lakota Sioux named Paha Sapa, or the “Hills of Black.”

Native Forever

[dailyhistoryposts]

“One does not sell the land people walk on.”  

–Tȟašúŋke Witkó | Crazy Horse (1840-1877)

[ayearinfaith]

𝗔 𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗶𝗻 𝗙𝗮𝗶𝘁𝗵, 𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝟮𝟰: 𝗔𝗻𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘀 Supernatural animals are found performing any number of roles and functions all over the world, and would be far too broad a category for an entry in this series. This entry is specifically about supernatural animals in their capacity as guides and extensions of the human spirit. I have used “animal spirits” in an attempt to find a relatively neutral but explanatory term. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗶𝘁 𝗘𝗹𝗲𝗽𝗵𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗼𝗼𝗺 If you have been a part of internet culture since the 2010’s then you have probably encountered the controversy surrounding the term “spirit animal”. This seemingly generic and innocuous phrase became viral in the late 2000’s and spawned a subsequent outcry from certain indigenous American voices and their allies. These sources make the claim that “spirit animal” carries a harmful cultural burden to indigenous Americans (for reasons I will get into momentarily), an act of appropriation and even racism. Defenders of the term claim that it is too generic and not actually linked to any real indigenous traditions, and therefore free cultural game. The truth of this is surprisingly difficult to ascertain. I was unable to find hard evidence of the origin of the term, some claim it was first coined by anthropologists who were observing relevant indigenous traditions. Regardless, it was likely popularized by the New Age movement, which is a notorious source for widespread misconceptions about indigenous cultures. In this case the spirit animal was closely related to “vision quests”, implying that the inspiration likely came from vague concepts of Siouan faiths, which do include traditions of trance and interpretation (the famous Oglala war leader Tȟašúŋke Witkó aka Crazy Horse gets his name from this). Westerners fused this their own concepts of animal spirits, particularly the Familiars of England and France, and the spirit animal as we know it was born. Like much of New Age concepts, the result was a widespread idea of a mostly imaginary traditions that was nevertheless taken as canon and universal feature of indigenous peoples. In this way the term has earned a negative association for indigenous Americans regardless of which community they belong to. 𝗔𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝗻𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘀 A Familiar is a supernatural animal helper in the folk traditions of England and France. They are normally the servants of witches or other magic practitioners. How these cunning folk came by the use of the familiar is unclear, but they are often depicted as loyal and aligned to the nature of the practitioner. Familiars are noteworthy among animal spirits for their mundanity, normally looking and acting no different from a regular animal unless instructed by their master. Oft cited in “spirit animal” debates is the North Germanic Fylgja. The Fylgja is less of a specific entity and more a motif, an animal deeply associated with a person. It can also be used to describe the nature of a transformation, as some heroes and wizards are able to transform into their Fylgja. Similar to the Familiar, Japanese witches often use Kitsune, or spirit foxes, as servants. This relationship is more complex than the Familiar, as Kitsune are powerful spirits in their own right, and sometimes the witch is not simply the master, but a fox herself. Hindu depictions of gods often include the Vahana, normally translated as “vehicle”. This is because more often than not the animal is depicted carrying the mounted deity on its back, though they are not just mounts. The Vahana is an emblem and portent of their god, woven deeply into their symbolism. Ganesha’s Vahana is a rat, sometimes large enough to ride and sometimes just a rat. His brother Kartikeya has a peacock and Indra has the multi-headed white Elephant Airavata. Tonalism is a concept found in many Mesoamerican traditions such as the Aztec or Maya, similar in some respects to the Western Zodiac. The name is derived from the Aztec calendar, the Tōnalpōhualli, which like other Mesoamerican calendrical system named days primarily by animals (as well as other common nouns). The association with the animal of your birthday can sometimes be vague, like the personalities associated to the signs of the Zodiac, and can also be quite literal. Some stories hold that people are bound to a specific animal of their sign, and the Tonal is significant in lore of Mesoamerican shapeshifters like the Nagual. In some forms of Siberian Shamanism, the Shaman may make use of spirit helpers, normally taking the form of winged animals, to help in their spiritual journeys. The Shamans costume often contains a number of pelts or other animal parts which are the locus of the helper spirit. These should not be confused with the New Age spirit or power animal. The term “Totem” is often associated with animal spirits but is more a matter of identity. Totem is sometimes applied to any culture with a tradition of associating an animal with a clan, family, or other moiety, especially those in the habit of raising monuments such as the “totem pole”. Strictly speaking, the word totem comes from the Ashinaabe word for clan, which the Ashinaabe did typically name after and portray in art with animals. The totem pole is from an unrelated tradition from the cultures of the Pacific Northwest and the poles themselves can serve many functions. Image Credit: Creatures #15, Mark Lewis Wagner (http://www.marklewiswagner.com/)

[aspiringwarriorlibrarian]

It kinda bothers me that names in history are taken at face value when they shouldn’t be. You see all these ancient Greek names like “Hippocrates” and old English names like “Eoforwine” when they literally translate to  “Horse Power” and “Boar Friend” in the contemporary language of the time. Sure there’s a vast tradition of naming your kids in dead or foreign languages cause hey, you’re a peasant, you’ve only got so many names to choose from, but someone had to start it by just calling their kids “Courage” or “Little Wolf”, and that kinda changes things.

I can never tell if this name is meant to just be a name, or if it should be a translation, and what makes it worse is that there’s very little consistency on how and when this rule is applied. Why is Horse Power “Hippocrates” while Tȟašúŋke Witkó is “Crazy Horse”? 

[tigermike]

Crazy Horse (Lakota: Tȟašúŋke Witkó, IPA: [tχaˈʃʊ̃kɛ witˈkɔ], lit. ''His-Horse-Is-Crazy''; c. 1840 – September 5, 1877) was a Lakota war leader of the Oglala band in the 19th century. He took up arms against the United States federal government to fight against encroachment by white American settlers on Native American territory and to preserve the traditional way of life of the Lakota people. His participation in several famous battles of the Black Hills War on the northern Great Plains, among them the Fetterman Fight in 1866, in which he acted as a decoy, and the Battle of the Little Bighorn in 1876, in which he led a war party to victory, earned him great respect from both his enemies and his own people.

Source art: by Barry BLAKE

[goalhofer]

Famous 1877 deaths.

Alexander Bain (British inventor), 66

Cornelius Vanderbilt (American entrepreneur), 82

Rev. John Stevens Cabot Abbott (American Congregational preacher), 71

Rear Adm. Charles Wilkes (American admiral & explorer)(pictured), 78

Cdre. John R. Goldsborough (American commodore), 67

Rev. Brigham Young (American LDS Church president & governor of Utah Territory), 76

Chief Crazy Horse aka Chief Tȟašúŋke Witkó (Lakota Native American chief)(pictured), 37

William Talbot; Jr. (British photographer), 77

Archbishop James Roosevelt Bayley (American Catholic archbishop), 63

Gen. Nathan Forrest (American conferderate general & KKK founder)(pictured), 56

[death-clive]

He was a leader of the Ogala Lakota tribe of native Americans. He took part in a number of notable battles against the American government, including the Fetterman massacre in 1866 and the Battle of the Little Bighorn in 1876, where Gen. George Armstrong Custer and his army were killed. He died of a bayonet wound while in the custody of the U.S. Army at Camp Robinson in Nebraska. (His name, Tȟašúŋke Witkó, literally translated as "His Horse Is Crazy.")

[armoniadelalmaconangeles]

Podemos comenzar de nuevo a conectar con la naturaleza... ¡somos parte de ella!

Podemos comenzar de nuevo a conectar con la naturaleza… ¡somos parte de ella!

“Saludo la luz dentro de tus ojos dondeel Universo entero habita.Porque cuando tú estás en ese centro dentro de tiy yo sea ese lugar dentro de míseremos uno.” – TȞAŠÚŊKE WITKÓ, (CABALLO LOCO) Cuando Caballo Loco dijo: “Saludo a la luz dentro de tus ojos donde habita el Universo entero”, estaba describiendo el momento en que dos seres espiritualmente conectados se reconocen, como si se…