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.
BLACK ELKBirds make their nests in circles, for theirs is the same religion as ours.
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Birds make their nests in circles, for theirs is the same religion as ours.
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Know the Power that is Peace.
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I saw more than I can tell / And I understood more than I saw.
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All over the sky a sacred voice is calling your name.
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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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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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Let every step you take upon the earth be as a prayer.
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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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Now suddenly there was nothing but a world of cloud, and we three were there alone in the middle of a great white plain with snowy hills and mountains staring at us; and it was very still; but there were whispers.
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The center of the universe is everywhere.
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It is in the darkness of their eyes that men lose their way.
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Sometimes dreams are wiser than waking.
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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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So I took the bright red stick and at the center of the nation’s hoop I thrust it in the earth.
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Hear me, four quarters of the world-a relative I am! Give me the strength to walk the soft earth, a relative to all that is! Give me the eyes to see and the strength to understand, that I may be like you. With your power only can I face the winds.
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