"So I took the bright red stick and……" — Black Elk
"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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75 Quotes by Black Elk
Black Elk has 75 quotes on this site.
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Out of the Indian approach to life there came a great freedom, an intense and absorbing respect for life, enriching…
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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…
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I did not know then how much was ended. When I look back now from this high hill of my…
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Perhaps you have noticed that even in the very lightest breeze you can hear the voice of the cottonwood tree;…
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We should understand well that all things are the work of the Great Spirit. We should know the Great Spirit…
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Like the grasses showing tender faces to each other, thus should we do, for this was the wish of the…
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The song and the drumming were like this: Behold, a sacred voice is calling you; All over the sky a…
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The sky is round, and I have heard that the earth is round like a ball, and so are all…
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Even the seasons form a great circle in their changing, and always come back again to where they were. The…
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Everywhere is the center of the world. Everything is sacred.
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Everything an Indian does is in a circle, and that is because the power of the world always works in…
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But if the Vision was true and mighty, as I know, it is true and mighty yet;for such things are…
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