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I had a vision with which I might have saved my people, but I had not the strength to do it.

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Each family is a circle, and those family circles connect together and make a community, and the community makes its circle where it lives on the Earth.
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Circle Community Earth Live Together
When I got back to my father and mother and was sitting up there in our tepee, my face was still all puffed and my legs and arms were badly swollen; but I felt good all over and wanted to get right up and run around.
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Arm Father Mother Repee Running Sitting Stallone
But if the Vision was true and mighty, as I know, it is true and mighty yet;for such things are of Spirit, and it is in the darkness of their eyes that men get lost.
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Country Darkness Eye Men Native
Let every step you take upon the earth be as a prayer.
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Earth Prayer Steps
Everything the Power of the World does is done in a circle.
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Circles Country Native Power
The center of the universe is everywhere.
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Center Everywhere Universe
Sometimes dreams are wiser than waking.
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Dream Wake Up Waking
As you walk upon the sacred earth, treat each step as a prayer.
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Earth Prayer Sacred
I cured with the power that came through me.
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Advertising Agencies Country Dream Native Power
The life of a person is a circle from childhood to childhood, and so it is in everything where power moves.
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Childhood Everything Life Moves Person
The song and the drumming were like this: Behold, a sacred voice is calling you; All over the sky a sacred voice is calling.
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Country Native Sky Song
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
If I thought that I was doing it myself, the hole would close up and no power could come through. Then everything I could do would be foolish.
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Close Doing Everything Foolish
For instance, the coyote is sly, so is the Indian. The eagle is the same. That is why the Indian is always feathered up, he is a relative to the wings of the air.
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Air Country Eagle Feathered Wings
Grandfather, Great Spirit, once more behold me on earth and lean to hear my feeble voice.
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Earth Feeble Grandfather Voice
All over the sky a sacred voice is calling your name.
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Inspirational Life Sky

I had a vision with which I might have saved my people, but I had not the strength to do it.

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