Wounded Knee Memorial

CALLING FOR YOU TO JOIN US IN PRAYER FOR OUR ANCESTORS WHO WERE MASSACRED AT THE WOUNDED KNEE CREEK ON
DECEMBER 29, 1890, AT 9:00 AM

THE HEALING PRAYER

TUNKASILA, UNCI UNLAPI YE (FEMALE)/YO(MALE)

HECEL TOKATAKIYA, WO’OUCILA, WICOZANI, NA WICONI

UN UN NIPI KTE

(PHONIC)

TUNN-KA-SHE-LA UN-SHE- UN-LA-PEA YE/YO

HEA-CHEL TOE-KA-TA-KI-YAH WO- UN-SHE-LA, WE-CHO-ZA-KNEE, NA WE-CHO--KNEE- UN

UN-KNEE- PEA- KTAE

(TRANSLATION)

“GRANDFATHER, GIVE US YOUR REVERENCE AND UNDERSTANDINGS”

“SO, THAT WE MAY LIVE ONWARD WITH ALL OF CREATION IN THE FULLNESS OF COMPASSION AND

CARING; FOR THE WHOLENESS OF WELL-BEING OF ALL CREATED, IN AN ETERNAL LIFE, NOW AND FOREVER. “

We are inviting you to join with us in our healing prayer as we honor our ancestors who were tragically massacred on this date 122 years ago. In unision, we respectfully ask of you to learn the prayer, and at 9 am, December 29^th, we can all give our voices or silently, as we speak to Tunkasikla,God, of our needs.

In this prayer, we also, pray to Tunkasila for deeper understandings for the beauty and sacredness with all our relatives of creation; the two legged, four legged, those that swim, crawl, fly; and also, of all that live in harmony with Unci Maka. As we walk the journey of life, that we may all ACQUIRE THE WISDOM IN the true meaning of ‘MITAKUYE OYASIN”, or “All my Relatives”

HECHEL TOKATAKIYA UNKNIPI TAK CA

HEA-CHEL TOE-KA-TA-KEY-YAH UN-KNEE-PEA KTA-CA
“SO THAT WE MAY LIVE FOREVER”

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	LAKOTA CIRCLE VILLAGE IS A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT IS DEDICATED TO HONOR ANCESTRY AND HERITAGE OF OUR PEOPLE WHO WERE KILLED OR WOUNDED AT THE WOUNDED KNEE CREEK MASSACRE OF 1890. IN THE WORDS OF THE SURVIVOR’S, “THEY MAY HAVE KILLED OUR RELATIVES, BUT THEY WILL NEVER KILL OUR WAY OF LIFE”