In 1951 in Ethete, Wyoming, three vision quest songs performed by Edward Grasshopper were recorded: the Skybird, Thunderbird, and Wolf songs. They are said to have been received by his grandfather, Yellow Calf, the last chief of the Northern Arapaho, during a vision quest.

Here are the lyrics both in Arapaho and English of the three songs:

Skybird Song (hixcebe’nii’ehiihiniiboot):

Honoh’enoohobei’ee (hih)cebe’(h)entoonoo neneeninoo nii’ehii
Man look at us I’m up here I am the bird

Wolf Song (hooxeyihiineniinoot):
Hinee’ hiinoono’eti’ nee’eetetouuhunoo neneeninoo nenii’eheininooo
Over in that cloud that’s wheremy roar is coming from I myself am the bird

Thunderbird Song (Box’oonii’ehii’noot):
Nii’ehii noo’useet niihooninoo’oo’ hono’
Bird has arrived the sky is turning yellow