“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.”

— Black Elk

Source: Black Elk Speaks (1961), Ch. 17 : The First Cure
Context: 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.

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Oglala Lakota leader 1863–1950

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