Black Elk Quote

Everything an Indian does is in a circle, and that is because the power of the world always works in circles, and everything tries to be round. In the old days when we were a strong and happy people, all our power came to us from the sacred hoop of the nation, and so long as the hoop was unbroken the people flourished.


Ch. 17 : The First Cure - Black Elk Speaks (1961)


Everything an Indian does is in a circle, and that is because the power of the world always works in circles, and everything tries to be round. In...

Everything an Indian does is in a circle, and that is because the power of the world always works in circles, and everything tries to be round. In...

Everything an Indian does is in a circle, and that is because the power of the world always works in circles, and everything tries to be round. In...

Everything an Indian does is in a circle, and that is because the power of the world always works in circles, and everything tries to be round. In...