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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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Birds make their nests in circles, for theirs is the same religion as ours.
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Birds Nests Religion Same
Everywhere is the center of the world. Everything is sacred.
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Country Native Sacred World
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
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
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
The Holy Land is everywhere.
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Inspirational Land Life
Know the Power that is Peace.
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Inspirational Life Peace Power
The sky is round, and I have heard that the earth is round like a ball, and so are all the stars. The wind, in its greatest power, whirls.
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Country Native Stars Wind
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
They told me I had been sick twelve days, lying like dead all the while, and that Whirlwind Chaser, who was Standing Bear’s uncle and a medicine man, had brought me back to life.
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Dead Lying Men Standing Uncle
Perhaps you have noticed that even in the very lightest breeze you can hear the voice of the cottonwood tree; this we understand is its prayer to the Great Spirit, for not only men, but all things and all beings pray to Him continually in differing ways.
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Different Garden Men Prayer Spirit Way
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
I think I have told you, but if I have not, you must have understood, that a man who has a vision is not able to use the power of it until after he has performed the vision on earth for the people to see.
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Country Men Native People Thinking
Crazy Horse dreamed and went into the world where there is nothing but the spirits of things. That is the real world that is behind this one, and everything we see here is something like a shadow from that world….
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Behind Crazy Dreamed Horse Hurt Nothing Real
And when I breathed, my breath was lightning.
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Breath Country Lightning Native
A good nation I will make live.This the nation above has said.They have given me the power to make over.
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Given Make Nations Over Said

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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