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“Hoop Dancer is a rendering of my understanding of the process by which one enters into timelessness -- that place where one is whole.”

Paula Gunn Allen

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Humor is widely used by Indians to deal with life. Indian gatherings are marked by laughter and jokes, many directed at the horrors of…

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Idealization of a group is a natural consequence of separation from the group; in other words, it is a by-product of alienation.

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Breath is life, and the intermingling of breaths is the purpose of good living. This is in essence the great principle on which all…

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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…

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The shadows cannot speak.

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For the American Indian, the ability of all creatures to share in the process of ongoing creation makes all things sacred.

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Indians think it is important to remember, while Americans believe it is important to forget.

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The Indians used to be the only inhabitants of the Americas, but times change. Having perceived us as belonging to history, they are free…

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We are the land. To the best of my understanding, that is the fundamental idea that permeates American Indian life.

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In America, law substitutes for custom.

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