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Winter Counts

Book by David Heska Wanbli Weiden · 2 quotes · Dignity, Farewell, Goodbye

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All Dignity Farewell Goodbye Grieving Human Connection Indigenous Lakota

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“But as I thought about it, I liked the idea more and more. Depredation claims. If something was stolen from you, all you had to do was file a claim and your losses would be restored. How about a depredation claim of the heart? Maybe I could file some form to get back the years I'd grieved for my mother, father, and sister. Or maybe I could submit a claim to have our dignity returned to us, sealed in an official envelope, the sins of the past magically wiped out, gone like the buffalo.”

Dignity Grieving Indigenous

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“There is no word for goodbye in Lakota. That's what my mother used to tell me. Sure, there are words like toksa, which meant "later," that were used by people as a modern substitute. She'd told me later that the Lakota people didn't use a term for farewell because of the idea that we are forever connected. To say goodbye would mean the circle was broken.”

Goodbye Farewell Human Connection Lakota

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