{"id":21851,"date":"2022-08-02T18:50:12","date_gmt":"2022-08-02T18:50:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/?page_id=21851"},"modified":"2022-08-02T18:52:24","modified_gmt":"2022-08-02T18:52:24","slug":"conte-lakota-little-brave","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/sioux-mythology-lakota-dakota-nakota\/tale-lakota-little-brave\/","title":{"rendered":"Lakota Tale: Little Brave"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/sioux-mythology-lakota-dakota-nakota\/\" role=\"button\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tSioux mythology<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.firstpeople.us\/FP-Html-Legends\/ALittleBraveandtheMedicineWoman-Lakota.html\" role=\"button\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tWiki<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Lakota<\/strong> or Titunwans (&quot;people of the prairie&quot;) or Tetons in English (traditional Dakota\/Wyoming territory) was originally one of the seven council fires. Here is their tale: Little Brave and the Medicine Woman.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/cropped-AlphaOmega-e1602613368367.png\" alt=\"a Little Brave and the Medicine Woman\" width=\"25\" height=\"25\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseprofile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/sioux-mythology-lakota-dakota-nakota\/tale-lakota-little-brave\/#A-Little-Brave-and-the-Medicine-Woman\" >A Little Brave and the Medicine Woman<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"A-Little-Brave-and-the-Medicine-Woman\"><\/span>A Little Brave and the Medicine Woman<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>A village of Indians moved out of winter camp and pitched their<br \/>tents in a circle on high land overlooking a lake. A little way<br \/>down the hill was a grave. Choke cherries had grown up, hiding the<br \/>serious from view. But as the ground had sunk somewhat, the grave<br \/>was marked by a slight hollow.<\/p>\n<p>One of the villagers going out to hunt took a short cut through<br \/>the choke cherry bushes. As he pushed them aside he saw the hollow<br \/>serious, but thought it was a washout made by the rains.<\/p>\n<p>But as he moved to step over it, to his great surprise he stumbled<br \/>and fell. Made curious by his mishap, he drew back and tried again;<br \/>but again he fell. When he came back to the village he told the<br \/>old men what had happened to him. They remembered then that a long<br \/>time before there had been buried there a medicine woman or conjurer.<br \/>Doubtless it was her medicine that made him stumble.<\/p>\n<p>The story of the villager&#039;s adventure spread through the camp and<br \/>made many curious to see the grave. Among others were six little<br \/>boys who were, however, rather shy, for they were in great awe<br \/>of the dead medicine woman. But they had a little playmate named<br \/>Brave, a mischievous little rogue, whose hair was always unkempt<br \/>and tossed about and who was never quiet for a moment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet us ask Brave to go with us,\u201d they said. And they<br \/>went as a group to see him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll right,\u201d said Brave; \u201cI will go with you. Aim<br \/>I have something to do first. You go on around the hill that way,<br \/>and I will hasten around this way, and meet you a little later near the grave. \u00bb<\/p>\n<p>So the six little boys went on as bidden until they came to a place<br \/>near the grave. There they halted.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Where&#039;s Brave?&quot; \u00bb they asked.<\/p>\n<p>Now Brave, full of mischief, had thought to play a joke on his<br \/>little friends. As soon as they were well out of sight he had sped<br \/>around the hill to the shore of the lake and sticking his hands<br \/>in the mud had rubbed it over his face, plastered it in his hair,<br \/>and soiled his hands until he looked like a new risen corpse with<br \/>the flesh rotting from his bones. He then went and laid down in the<br \/>serious and awaited the boys.<\/p>\n<p>When the six little boys came they were more shy than ever when<br \/>they did not find Brave; but they feared to go back to the village<br \/>without seeing the grave, for fear the old men would call them cowards.<\/p>\n<p>So they slowly approached the grave and one of them timidly called<br \/>out, \u201cPlease, grandmother, we won&#039;t disturb your grave. We<br \/>only want to see where you lie. Don&#039;t be angry. \u00bb<\/p>\n<p>At once a thin quavering voice, like an old woman&#039;s, called out,<br \/>\u201cHan, han, takoja, hechetuya, hechetuya! Yes, yes, that&#039;s right,<br \/>that&#039;s right. \u00bb<\/p>\n<p>The boys were frightened out of their senses, believing the old<br \/>woman had come to life.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOh, grandmother,\u201d they gasped, \u201cdon&#039;t hurt us;<br \/>please don&#039;t, we&#039;ll go. \u00bb<\/p>\n<p>Just then Brave raised his muddy face and hands up through the<br \/>choke cherry bushes. With the oozy mud dripping from his features<br \/>he looked like some very witch just raised from the grave. The boys<br \/>screamed outright. One faked. The rest ran yelling up the hill<br \/>to the village, where each broke at once for his mother&#039;s tipi.<\/p>\n<p>As all the tents in a <a href=\"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/sioux-mythology-lakota-dakota-nakota\/\">Dakota<\/a> camping circle face the center, the<br \/>boys as they came tearing into camp were in plain view from the<br \/>tepees. Hearing the screaming, every woman in camp ran to her tipi<br \/>door to see what had happened. Just then little Brave, as badly<br \/>scared as the rest, came rushing in after them, his hair on end<br \/>and covered with mud and crying out, all forgetful of his appearance,<br \/>&quot;It&#039;s me, it&#039;s me!&quot; \u00bb<\/p>\n<p>The women yelped and bolted in terror from the village. brave dashed<br \/>into his mother&#039;s tipi, scaring her out of her wits. Dropping jars<br \/>and kettles, she tumbled out of the tent to run screaming with the<br \/>rest. Not a single villager come near poor little Brave until he<br \/>had gone down to the lake and washed himself.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sioux Mythology Wiki The Lakotas or Titunwans (\u201cprairie people\u201d) or Tetons in English (traditional Dakota\/Wyoming territory) constituted \u2026 <\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":3889,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-21851","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21851","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21851"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21851\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21855,"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21851\/revisions\/21855"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3889"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21851"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}