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Our tepees were round
like the nests of birds
 and
these were always
set in a circle,
the nation's hoop,
a nest of many nests,
where the Great Spirit
meant for us to
hatch our children.
Everything
the Power of the World
does is done in a circle.
The sky is round,
and
I have heard that the earth
is round like a ball,
and so are all the stars.
The wind,
in its greatest power,
whirls.
Birds make their nests
in circles, for theirs
is the same religion as ours.
The sun comes forth
and goes down again
in a circle.
The moon does the same,
and both are round.
Even the seasons
form a great circle
in their changing,
and
always come back again
to where they were.
The life of a human being
is a circle from childhood
to childhood,
and
so it is
in everything
where power moves.
Over a hundred years ago
Black Elk had a vision
of the time when
the real people
would heal.
In his vision
the Sacred Hoop
which had been broken,
would be mended
in seven generations.
The children born
in this decade
will be
that
seventh
generation!
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