The Ghost-dance religion and the Sioux outbreak of 1890

by James Mooney

A-ni′qu wa′wanä′nibä′tia′—Hi′ni′ni′!

A-ni′qu wa′wanä′nibä′tia′—Hi′ni′ni′!

Hi′niqa′agayetu′sa,

Hi′niqa′agayetu′sa,

Hi′ni ni′nitu′sa nibä′tia—Hi′ni′ni′!

Hi′ni ni′nitu′sa nibä′tia—Hi′ni′ni′!

Translation

Father, now I am singing it—Hi′ni′ni!

Father, now I am singing it—Hi′ni′ni!

That loudest song of all,