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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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And while I stood there I saw more than I can tell and I understood more than I saw; for I was seeing in a sacred manner the shapes of all things in the spirit, and the shape of all shapes as they must live together like one being.
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Circles Country Inspirational Native
I saw more than I can tell / And I understood more than I saw.
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Circles Country Native Shapes
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
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
The power of a thing or an act is in the meaning and the understanding.
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Country Meaning Native Power Understanding
The boys of my people began very young to learn the ways of men, and no one taught us; we just learned by doing what we saw, and we were warriors at a time when boys now are like girls.
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Boys Girl Girls Learned Warrior
It may be that some little root of the sacred tree still lives. Nourish it then, that it may leaf and bloom and fill with singing birds.
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Bird Bloom Depression Roots Singing
Any man who is attached to things of this world is one who lives in ignorance and is being consumed by the snakes of his own passions
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Ignorance Men Passion
Out of the Indian approach to life there came a great freedom, an intense and absorbing respect for life, enriching faith in a Supreme Power, and principles of truth, honesty, generosity, equity, and brotherhood as a guide to mundane relations.
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Country Honesty Inspirational Native True
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
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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might People Vision
Birds make their nests in circles, for theirs is the same religion as ours.
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Birds Nests Religion Same
Behold this day. It is yours to make.
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Behold Inspirational Life
Grandfather, Great Spirit, once more behold me on earth and lean to hear my feeble voice.
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Earth Feeble Grandfather Voice
Everything the Power of the World does is done in a circle.
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Circles Country Native Power

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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