Iktómi Íya Wan T'eyé

When crafty Ikt mi comes across a hungry ya, he fears he may become its next meal but ya has bigger plans: he's going to eat the nearby village With a trick or two up his sleeve, Ikt must find a way to save the people from ya's never-ending appetite. Complete Lakhota translation.

Ikt mi, whose name literally means "spider," is a trickster figure, shape-shifter, and cultural hero in traditional Lakhota, Dakhota, and Nakhota Sioux American Indian stories.

According to legend, he was born, full-growth from an egg. The first-born son of Inya - the Rock, he is the size of an ordinary man and possesses supernatural powers and spider-like qualities. He is both the fool and a sly, cunning teacher; good and bad; hero and anti-hero.

Author: Language Initiative Thunder Valley
Publisher: Riversong Studio
Published: 06/03/2019
Pages: 34
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 8.50h x 8.50w x 0.25d
ISBN: 9780999759738
Language: North American Indian (Other)

About the Author
Thunder Valley, Language Initiative: - Fewer than 3% of our community members speak Lakota fluently. We are working at the local level to create fluent speakers of all ages, build confidence around the language, and increase Lakota educational opportunities in the community. We are not just creating a single program, but building an all-embracing movement to make Lakota a central part of daily life, with the high status it once occupied. To learn more, please visit us at: www.thundervalley.org.Nih'shaw, Christine: - Christine Nih'shaw (Blackfeet/Onondaga Iroquois) lives in New Hampshire where she is either busy working on her next book, wandering the woods with camera in-hand, or finding any excuse to heed the call of the sea. This is her seventh book and the second of many (hopeful) future collaborations with the Thunder Valley Lakota Language Initiative. To learn more about Christine, her work, and upcoming events, please visit her at: www.christinenihshaw.com.

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