5316 Pheasant Run
Fort Yates, ND 58538
ph: 701 854-7061
alt: 701 455-3535
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Sung Sapa Gleska Okolakiciye nurtures leadership by reinstilling Woope (Traditional Social Rules to the Lakota way of Life) and Wotakuye (Lakota kinship), the foundation of Lakota society. Sung Sapa Gleska Okolakiciye is committed to preserving the teachings of our ancestors.
Woope: Woohitika (Bravery), Wacantognake (Generosity), Wowicake (Integrity), na Cante Wasake (Fortitude)
Sung Sapa Gleska Okolakiciye is committed to preserving the teachings of our ancestors and the horse nation so that our children, grandchildren and those not yet born will flourish.
Sung Sapa Gleska Okolakiciye will be hosting a 2 Day Oskate, June 24th - 25th, 2017 at the Long Soldier Celebration Grounds in Fort Yates, North Dakota. The Oskate commemorates our ancestors great victory at the Battle of the Greasy Grass in 1876 when a combined force of Lakota, Cheyenne and Arapaho rubbed out the 7th Cavalry and their commander, Lt. Colonel George Armstrong Custer.
This is Sung Sapa Gleska Okolakiciye (Spotted Black Horse Society) tenth year honoring our ancestors great victory at the Battle of the Greasy Grass. If you would like to make a monetary contribution to the celebration you can now do so through paypal.
All proceeds will go towards the oskate!
Eyapaha (Announcers) $500X 2= $1000
Drum split for singers= $3000
Day money for dancers= $3000
Food= $2000
Porta Potties= $2000
This will be our families tenth year sponsoring horse races in our community.
All proceeds will go towards the horse races in June 25th, 2015.
Not every one was meant to be a warrior, so enter at your own risk! All participants turn their horse loose with no tack. When the race starter says go, they must steal someone else's mount, riding bareback with only a war bridal.
Among the Lakota, there were many accounts of warriors riding back into a fight to save a wounded friend. In the Lakota language, our word for friend is kola. A kola was someone you'd die for and that relationship was nurtured at an early age among the warriors. This race honors our ancestors by reinacting their brave deeds. Participants race in teams of two, one mounted the other on the ground. The mounted rider races towards his kola and picks him up, racing to the finish line.
The indian relay is a crowd favorite and is a testiment to the horsemanship of the lakota oyate. Each participant will ride three horses bareback in a team that consists of 1 jockey, 3 horses, 2 holders, 1 catcher.
At one time in our history a warrior and his horse were a powerful weapon. Our ancestors horsemanship was legendary and they were once considered to have been one of the greatest light cavalries in the world. Participants run from the race track, 3.1 miles across country and back to the track where they must shoot a 3D target with compound bow. The first one to make a kill shot will then finish in an indian relay on the track.
"I reached the tipi ahead of my uncle. I grabbed my old muzzleloader and quickly checked it. Just then Sitting Bull entered the tipi and took the old rifle out of my hands. He handed me a stone-headed war club, then took his own rawhide shield out of its buckskin case and hung it over my shoulder. This shield was both for protection and to be used as a badge of the chief's authority."
One Bull, Hunkpapa Lakota
(circa, 1853-1947)
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5316 Pheasant Run
Fort Yates, ND 58538
ph: 701 854-7061
alt: 701 455-3535
thespiri