Lakota Language Forum - Lakȟól’iya Owáakhiye Othí

... used in the former sentence. But in fact, neither of the sentences is grammatically correct. The books also contain a number of highly anglicized phrases, such as the reply to Tóškhe yaúŋ he? ‘How are you,’ -- Líla mawášte yeló. (page 6, book 1). This is a calque from the colloquial English phrase ...

Jan:

Frankly, I never liked the phrase Reputation points, as if someone was Fastest Gun in the West.

Appreciation Points or a variant of the feather award would be far more cordial.

Stephen