1. LAKOTA COSMIC EIKASIA BASED ON THE WORK OF RONALD GOODMAN’S LAKOTA STAR KNOWLEDGE

2. “MITAKUYE OYASIN!” “We are all related!” “All my relations!”

3. WHOW ARE THESE PEOPLE? SINCE 1640, COMMONLY KNOWN AS “SIOUX” THE FRENCH ASKED THE NEARBY WINNEBAGOS WHO RESPONDED: Nadowe-is-iw-ug, “The smaller enemy” (as opposed to the Iroquois who were the “bigger” enemy) The French heard Naduesiu, which became “Sioux” in English

4. Oceti Sakowin “THE SEVEN FIREPLACES” Seven “tribes” of linguistic and cultural cousins

5. Oceti Shakowin POLITICAL NAMELANGUAGE DIALECTGEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION TETON (1) “Prairie Dwellers” 1) LAKOTA (Oglala, Sicangu, Hunkpapa, Mnikowoju. Sihasapa, Oohenunpa, Itazipco) WESTERN YANKTON (2)NAKOTA 2)Yankton 3)Yanktonais MIDDLE SANTEE (4)DAKOTA 4)Mdewakanton 5) Wahpeton 6) Sisseton 7) Wapekute EASTERN

6. Oceti Shakowin Occupied the upper Mississippi River area for over 2000 years. The Teton (Lakota) moved West to the prairie land of the Dakotas, Nebraska, Wyoming Carefully observed the star constellations in relation to the seasons and the geography

7. Oceti Shakowin WHEN THEY ACQUIRED THE HORSE, THEY BECAME VERY PROFICIENT HORSEMEN, WARRIORS AND BUFFALO HUNTERS

8. APPROACHING NATIVE ICONS FOUR MAIN INTERACTIVE FACTORS: THE PEOPLE THE LAND THE POWERS THE CEREMONIES

10. THE EXPERIENCE OF DIRECTIONALITY OUR SENSE OF DIRECTION COMES FROM OUR EXPERIENCE OF BODIEDNESS: LOCATION IN THE COSMOS WE HAVE FOUR SIDES (4) WE ARE SITUATED IN THE MIDDLE (1) BETWEEN UP AND DOWN (2) THUS THERE ARE SEVEN DIRECTIONS (7)

11. DIRECTIONAL STRUCTURE OF COSMOS

12. EARTH SURFACE VALUE STRUCTURE

13. LAKOTA MONTHS/SEASONS

14. DIRECTIONS LINK TO HIGHER VALUES

15. A TIPI IS A MICRO-COSMOS

17. AN ICON OF LAKOTA COSMOS

19. A LAKOTA HIDE MAP OF BLACK HILLS

20. CORRESPONDING STAR PATTERNS

21. CHART LINKING STARS TO LAND

22. ANNUAL MIGRATION BASED ON STARS