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The boys of my people began very young to learn the ways of men, and no one taught us we just learned by doing what we saw, and we were warriors at a time when boys now are like girls.
Black Elk
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Black Elk
Age: 86 †
Born: 1863
Born: December 1
Died: 1950
Died: August 19
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