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Black Elk Speaks: Being the Life Story of a Holy Man of the Oglala Sioux

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“Everything an Indian does is in a circle, and that is because the power of the world always works in circles.”

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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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“Like the grasses showing tender faces to each other, thus should we do, for this was the wish of the Grandfathers of the World.”

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“Everything an Indian does is in a circle, and that is because the power of the world always works in circles, and everything tries to be round. In the old days when we were a strong and happy people, all our power came to us from the sacred hoop of the nation, and so long as the hoop was unbroken the people flourished.”

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“The power of the world always works in circles.”

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“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.... It was this vision that gave him his great power, for when he went into a fight, he had only to think of that world to be in it again, so that he could go through anything and not be hurt”

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