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The hoop dancer dances within what encircles him, demonstrating how the people live in motion within the circling spirals of time and space. They are…

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America does not seem to remember that it derived its wealth, its values, its food, much of its medicine, and a large…
Indians think it is important to remember, while Americans believe it is important to forget.
Human beings need to belong to a tradition and equally need to know about the world in which they find themselves.
Humor is widely used by Indians to deal with life. Indian gatherings are marked by laughter and jokes, many directed at the…
An odd thing occurs in the minds of Americans when Indian civilization in mentioned: little or nothing.
English is, from my point of view as an Americanist, an ethnicity. And English literature should be studied in Comparative Literature. And…
In the Native American tradition... a man, if he's a mature adult, nurtures life. He does rituals that will help things grow,…
The hoop dancer dances within what encircles him, demonstrating how the people live in motion within the circling spirals of time and…
There are many female gods recognized and honored by the tribes and Nations. Femaleness was highly valued, both respected and feared, and…
For the American Indian, the ability of all creatures to share in the process of ongoing creation makes all things sacred.
The Indians used to be the only inhabitants of the Americas, but times change. Having perceived us as belonging to history, they…
Snowflakes, leaves, humans, plants, raindrops, stars, molecules, microscopic entities all come in communities. The singular cannot in reality exist.

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I used to flirt with girls just to get the guys circling around us. I'm getting out of it now. I have… — Katie Price
Have Love. Not love alone for one, but man as man they brother call; and scatter like the circling sun thy charities… — Friedrich Schiller
One thing I hate in movies is when the camera starts circling around the characters. I find that totally fake. — Takeshi Kitano
Some people in the utility industry have called it 'circling the drain' — Unknown Author
There are patterns which emerge in one's life, circling and returning anew, an endless variation on a theme. So musicians say the… — Jacqueline Carey
I feel like I could be likened to an old hound circling on a rug for the last five years. — Neil Young
Only in america will you see people circling the parking lot looking for a close space at a gym. — Don King
Circling the earth in the orbital spaceship I marvelled at the beauty of our planet. People of the world!! Let us safeguard… — Yuri Gagarin
I was running from one problem or place to another, with no time left to study, or sleep, or just breathe. I… — Sarah Dessen
Around and around the house the leaves fall thick, but never fast, for they come circling down with a dead lightness that… — Charles Dickens
The best way to defend the bombers is to catch the enemy before it his in position to attack. Catch them when… — Robin Olds
Our earth is round, and, among other things, that means that you and I can hold completely different points of view and… — June Jordan

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