by
Frank Fools Crow, Old Lord of the Holy Men Ceremonial
Chief and Medicine Man of the Lakota Nation "In the presence
of this house, Grandfather, Wakan-Tanka, and
from the directions
where the sun sets, and from the
direction of cleansing power, and from the
direction of the rising un, and from the
direction of the middle of the day. Grandfather,
Wakan-Tanka, Grandmother, the
Earth who hears everything, Grandmother,
because you are woman, for this reason you are
kind, I come to you
this day. To tell you to
love the red men, and watch over them, and give these
young men the understanding because,
Grandmother, from you comes the good things, good
things that are beyond
our eyes to see have been blessed in our
midst for this reason
I make my supplication known to you again. Give us a
blessing so that our words and actions be one in
unity, and that we be
able to listen to each other, in so doing, we shall with
good heart walk hand in hand to face the
future. In the presence
of the outside, we are thankful for many
blessings. I make my prayer
for all people, the children, the women and the
men. I pray that no
harm will come to them, and that on the
great island, there be no war, that there be no
ill feelings among us From this day on
may we walk hand in hand So be
it.
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