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Birds make their nest in circles, for theirs is the same religion as ours.

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Black Elk
Age: 86 †
Born: 1863
Born: December 1
Died: 1950
Died: August 19
Heyoka
Medicine Man
Tribal Chief
Indian
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Religion
Cherokee
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Circles

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The center of the universe is everywhere.
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And when I breathed, my breath was lightning.
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The power of the world always works in circles.
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But I think I have done right to save the vision in this way, even though I may die sooner because I did it for I know the meaning of the vision is wise and beautiful and good and you can see that I am only a pitiful old man after all.
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As you walk upon the sacred earth, treat each step as a prayer.
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Now suddenly there was nothing but a world of cloud, and we three were there alone in the middle of a great white plain with snowy hills and mountains staring at us and it was very still but there were whispers.
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When I got back to my father and mother and was sitting up there in our tepee, my face was still all puffed and my legs and arms were badly swollen but I felt good all over and wanted to get right up and run around.
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I had a vision with which I might have saved my people, but I had not the strength to do it.
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