There is no word for goodbye in Lakota.

David Heska - Wanbli Weiden, -Winter Counts

There is no word for goodbye in Lakota.

David Heska - Wanbli Weiden, -Winter Counts

That's what my mother used to tell me. Sure, there are words like toksa, which meant "later," that were used by people as a modern substitute.

She'd told me later that the Lakota people didn't use a term for farewell because of the idea that we are forever connected.

To say goodbye would mean the circle was broken.