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Land of the Spotted Eagle

Book by Luther Standing Bear · 4 quotes · Lakota, Men, American Indian

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“The American Indian is of the soil, whether it be the region of forests, plains, pueblos, or mesas. He fits into the landscape, for the hand that fashioned the continent also fashioned the man for his surroundings. He once grew as naturally as the wild sunflowers, he belongs just as the buffalo belonged.”

“The old Lakota was wise. He knew that a man's heart away from nature becomes hard.”

“The old people came literally to love the soil and they sat or reclined on the ground with a feeling of being close to a mothering power. The soil was soothing, strengthening, cleansing and healing.”