Naato’siyinnipi’s – History of Brings Down the Sun

Brings Down the Sun

Photograph of Brings Down the Sun: https://www.blackfootdigitallibrary.com/digital/collection/bdl/id/635/rec/1

Photograph of Brings Down the Sun and his Wife: https://digitallibrary.uleth.ca/digital/collection/bdl/id/724/rec/2

Link to Chapter XXVIII in book “The Old North Trail”: https://www.sacred-texts.com/nam/pla/ont/ont31.htm

Genealogical Table of Brings Down the Sun: https://www.sacred-texts.com/nam/pla/ont/ont46.htm

Photo of Brings Down the Sun Granddaughter with Thunder Tipi: https://commons.wikimedia.org

Brings Down the Sun Resting Place

Key Words

  • Burial
  • Life
  • Song
  • Dance
  • Offering
  • Water
  • Leadership
  • Horse
  • Ancestors
  • Grandfather

Names throughout his life time

  • Naatosiyinnipi – Brings Down the Sun
  • Iitssimapsi – Difficult One
  • Omahkapataamsstinnimaakoan – Big Single Braid in the Back
  • Naamawaatsihka’si – Fools Around
  • Aap’somaahkaan – Running Wolf
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