{"id":21896,"date":"2022-08-02T19:12:13","date_gmt":"2022-08-02T19:12:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/?page_id=21896"},"modified":"2022-08-02T19:45:09","modified_gmt":"2022-08-02T19:45:09","slug":"conte-lakota-how-people-learned-to-fish","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/sioux-mythology-lakota-dakota-nakota\/tale-lakota-how-people-learned-to-fish\/","title":{"rendered":"Lakota Tale: How people learned to fish"},"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\/HowPeopleLearnedToFish-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: How people learned to fish.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/cropped-AlphaOmega-e1602613368367.png\" alt=\"How people learned to fish\" 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-how-people-learned-to-fish\/#How-people-learned-to-fish\" >How people learned to fish<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How-people-learned-to-fish\"><\/span>How people learned to fish<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Mahto was a very small bear when he came into this world. He was<br \/>\nborn in a cave deep within the earth and was not big enough to harm<br \/>\nanybody. His mother called him Mahtociqala in the language of the people.<\/p>\n<p>When his mother awoke from her long sleep, she took Small Bear<br \/>\nout into the bright sunshine of spring.&quot;What are these creatures<br \/>\nflying high above my head?&quot; asked Small Bear. &quot;Wambli,&quot;<br \/>\nhis mother replied in her low gruff voice. &quot;It is from Eagle<br \/>\nthat we learn to live our life in dignity. &quot; &quot;Eagle&rsquo;s<br \/>\neyes are keener than our own, so we always listen to warnings he<br \/>\nsends from above.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Small Bear&rsquo;s mother led him across the sweet-smelling meadow to<br \/>\nthe edge of a river where she would teach him to drink. He put his<br \/>\nnose into the cold, clear water and took a taste. The shock of the<br \/>\nrushing water made him instantly alert and watchful. Many years<br \/>\nlater, when he had grown into his warrior name, Mahto would remember<br \/>\nhis first drink. Whenever he needed clarity of thought or alertness<br \/>\nfor hunting, he would plunge himself into the river to prepare himself<br \/>\nfor the task.<\/p>\n<p>Mahto remembered his early days with fondness, for his mother was<br \/>\na great teacher. She always protected him and gave him guidance<br \/>\nfor living the fullness of life.<\/p>\n<p>She taught him how to hunt for grubs inside the rotting trunks<br \/>\nof fallen fir trees. She taught him which flowers and grasses were<br \/>\nsweetest, which roots would make him strong, and which berries would<br \/>\nfill out his flesh for his first long winter&rsquo;s sleep.<\/p>\n<p>And she taught him how to catch the red fish as they came crashing<br \/>\nup against him in the slippery river. Mahto&rsquo;s mother showed him<br \/>\na special place between two craggy rocks where he could lodge himself.<\/p>\n<p> &quot;Wait quietly and with patience in this place,&quot; she<br \/>\nsaid, &quot;and the great red flashing, thrashing things will jump<br \/>\nright into your mouth.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>And so it was that the people learned to fish&#8230;&#8230;by watching<br \/>\nMahto and his mother. From that time forth, Mahto and the people<br \/>\nnever went hungry, as long as he and his brothers could be seen<br \/>\nfishing in the river. And the people sang praises and danced for<br \/>\nthe gift of Mahto and his Mother.<\/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-21896","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21896","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=21896"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21896\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21907,"href":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21896\/revisions\/21907"}],"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=21896"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}