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And when I breathed, my breath was lightning.

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The visions and ceremonies only made me like a whole through which the power could come to the two-leggeds.
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Ceremonies Everything Foolish Legend Power
Everything tries to be round.
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Education Statistics Trying
Even the seasons form a great circle in their changing, and always come back again to where they were.
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Circles Country Moving Native
We should understand that the Great Spirit is also above all these things and peoples.
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Great People Spirit Things Understand
The hawk swoops down on its prey, so does the Indian. In his lament he is like an animal.
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Animal Country Down Hawk Lament Swoops
Once we were happy in our own country and we were seldom hungry, for then the two-leggeds and the four-leggeds lived together like relatives, and there was plenty for them and for us.
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Country Dirty Legend Lying Seldom
And I saw that the sacred hoop of my people as one of many hoops that made one circle.
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Circles Country Native People
As you walk upon the sacred earth, treat each step as a prayer.
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Earth Prayer Sacred
Everywhere is the center of the world. Everything is sacred.
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Country Native Sacred World
The life of an Indian is like the wings of the air. That is why you notice the hawk knows how to get his prey. The Indian is like that.
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Air Animal Country Native
The Great Spirit is everywhere; He hears whatever is in our minds and our hearts, and it is not necessary to speak to Him in a loud voice.
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Country Heart Mind Native Voice
He who is well prepared is he who knows that he is nothing compared with Wakan-Tanka, who is everything; then he knows that world which is real.
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Compared Everything Know Prepared World
Everything the Power of the World does is done in a circle.
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Circles Country Native Power
And as he spoke of understanding, I looked up and saw the rainbow leap with flames of many colors over me.
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Color Flames Rainbow
It is good to have a reminder of death before us, for it helps us to understand the impermanence of life on this earth, and this understanding may aid us in preparing for our own death.
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Country Death Native Real Understanding
We should understand well that all things are the work of the Great Spirit. We should know the Great Spirit is within all things: the trees, the grasses, the rivers, the mountains, and the four-legged and winged peoples; and even more important.
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Animal Great Heart Important Rivers Spirit

And when I breathed, my breath was lightning.

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And when I breathed, my breath was lightning.

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