Dakota yellow

[Louis Garcia]

I am going to be gone for a few days to the American Indian Higher education Consortium (AIHEC) in Fargo, ND.

So while I am gone I have two more topics.

Wazican is a pine tree in Dakota.
Waziyata is toward the north or pine trees.
Instead of zi being a reference to yellow, I thought it was zhi, to murmur or whisper, as the wind blowing through the pine branches in the winter.
Over time has the zhi changed to zi?

The dragonfly is a symbol of warrior swiftness, it is used on a number of artifacts.
I noticed Father Buechel left the term blank in his Lakota dictionary.
Here at Ft. Totten there are two terms for a dragonfly.
Ps'ko (spelling?) used for the sound they make as they fly, and susbeca.
Father Buechel has the ps'ko listed under birds, as a Night Hawk. probably an old term because they eat mosquitoes at night.
Any thoughts,
Louie Garcia
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