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Sioux
Prayer to the Mystery, 1908 by Edward S. Curtis
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Described by photographer,
Edward S. Curtis: "In supplication, the pipe was always offered
to the Mystery by holding it aloft. At the feet of the worshipper lies
a
buffalo
skull, symbolic of the spirit of the animal upon which the
Indians
were so dependent. The subject of the picture is Picket Pin, an
Ogalala
Sioux."
A Sioux Prayer
Grandfather Great Spirit All Over The
World
The Faces Of Living Things Are Alike.
With Tenderness, They Have Come Up Out Of
The Ground.
Look Upon Your Children That They May Face
The Winds
And Walk The Good Road To The Day Of
Quiet.
Grandfather Great Spirit
Fill Us With The Light.
Give Us The Strength To Understand And The
Eyes To See.
Teach Us To Walk The Soft Earth As
Relatives
To All That Live.
Continued
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The Great Sioux
Nation
Myths & Legends of the
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