Oyateunderground Music/ Oyateunderground Films
Lakota Made Productions.
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"A wee child toddling in a wonder world, I prefer to their dogma my excursions into the natural gardens where the voice of the Great Spirit is heard in the twittering of birds, the rippling of mighty waters, and the sweet breathing of flowers. If this is Paganism, then at present, at least, I am a Pagan." - Zitkala-Sa
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Born of a Dream, of a Vision Quest and a Naming,
WanbliWiWohkpe
began making Relatives with the Siyotanka.
Casting aside the various dogma
perpetuated by "Native American Style Flutemakers",
WanbliWiWohkpe turned to his People, the Lakota Oyate, to learn and to heal.
Walking the path of Lakol Wicohan
is teaching WanbliWiWohkpe to eat simply, live simply, to not aquire possessions, to share rather than hoard and to learn rather than follow.
Wanbli WiWohkpe Declares A Revolution! It Is Time For The Lakota Nation To Heal! The Siyotanka Is A Being WE Carry Walking! WE As Indigenous People Are The Authorities. We Are The Authors and Keepers.
19th Century Imperialism
Cultural Imperialism:An American Tradition
"No Wasicu
can save us. No wasicu can help us. No wasicu should ever get credit for being an Indian Expert...They shouldn't be praised for being a cultural imperialist
and setting themselves up as gatekeepers of Our Ways."- Wanbli WiWohkpe
"The Wasicu, when challenged, is easily roused to righteous indignation. denial,
AMERICANS ARE CULTURAL IMPERIALISTS "Wasicu can make copies of what we do, but they shall sound as hollow as their soul as they hold Turtle Island under occupation. They can only 'take the fat' of things"- Wanbli WiWohkpe
WASICU EMERGED FROM THE"BATTLE AXE" CULTURE. Inspired by a gun barrel Siyotanka he saw at a museum, his simple instruments are constructed of pvc. These are Ikce Wicasa
These things are for the People. It is Wanbli WiWohkpe's priority to ensure that his making is of, by, and for the Lakota Oyate. Wanbli WiWohkpe and Denise Giago continue to make, to relate and to navigate through a land now under foreign occupation...We Are Oyateunderground!
CLICK HERE FOR DENISE GIAGO INFO! "I have always felt they ought to be merged in the population of the U.S., as Americans. For example - I have had a French Huguenot ancestor and probably inherit some of her traits, but I do not claim to be French on that account. I am mostly English - strongly - with some Scotch - a little Irish, but consider myself an American. That is not the present policy, which is to segregate the race, which I do not think is safe. There are pretty strong qualities in "Indian blood" that might get loose if excited. It is better not to get into any argument, and I have always kept strictly to music, but I have opinions."
-Frances Densmore...one of the first of many cultural imperialists. "You may hear them play like me now, but they didn't before they heard me."- Wanbli WiWohkpe
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They find it an affront when we speak truth to power. Their usual tactics are:
stonewalling,
and red herrings."
- Wanbli WiWohkpe
THEY FEEL THEY MUST CONTROL.SO IT IS WITH IYA,THE GREAT MONSTER.
SiyotankaKi. Wanbli WiWohkpe does not sell his SiyotankaKi. The SiyotankaKi used in the creation of Oyateunderground Music and Films, are things made to be given away.
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