Ate Wankantanka,
Mitawa ki,
Wazi ya tanhan, ka
te na Wa ska ki u ya ye ki,
Hena un taku ya
kage ki, ya glu ska kta, he ca nu,
He iye cel,
Wakantanka, Anpetu ki le, Micante Ki Mi ci yu ska ye,
He cel tohanl,
nitokab woyasu ki el, wahinajin ki, ima ya cu kta.
Ate Wakantanka,
Wiyohiyanpatan, wi
hin nape, ki,
He ciya tanhan
Wiconi oyasin, hin na pe ki,
Wiconi mitawa ki
el, anpetu wanji a ke mi qu,
Heon wo pi la eci
ci ye, micante ki eciya tanhan.
My Father, Great
Spirit,
Who send'est the
wind and the White Snow from the north,
To make thy
creation clean and pure,
Father, make me
clean and pure within my heart,
That I may be
accepted in thy sight and judgement.
Father, Great
Spirit,
To the east from
whence cometh the rising of the sun,
and all thy living
creation,
Thou hast added
another day to my life,
for which I give
thee Thanks with all my heart.
This Lakota
prayer was given Barbara Lovelace in recognition of Wounded Knee.
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