dropped eagle feathers

[snoochiebooches]

some friends of mine have been singing together for quite some time and we are thinking about bringing it to powwows. What do you think of Long Island Sound for a name? anyways I was at a powwow once and an eagle feather dropped and the next drum up was called to sing a song for the dropped feather and they didn't know what to do and they had to give away for there mistake. So I guess my question is what song do you sing when a feather is dropped and what songs should we make sure we know also so this does not happen to us ie(red cloud song or a memorial song)

[itokasniye]

uSUALLY A VET SONG FOLLOWED BY A CHARGING SONG. The charging song that a lot of people sing is;

nantan hinape, nantan hinape 5x
eyasica ceyapelo.

i have seen many different translations but here is one;

They are walking carrying him 5x.
The Germans are crying.

I have also seen it translated as "they are charging"

it is about a fallen soldier on the battlefield. his friends carry him off the field after charging the germans.

WWII of course.