" 'Civilization' has been thrust upon me since the days of the reservations, and it has not added one whit to my sense of justice, to my reverence for the rights of life, to my love for truth, honesty, and generosity, or to my faith in Wakan Tanka [the Great Sacred] . . .
The man who sat on the ground in his tipi meditating on life and its meaning, accepting the kinship of all creatures and acknowledging unity with the universe of things was infusing into his being the true essence of civilization."
Luther Standing Bear
Teton Lakota
Photo: Yellow-bellied marmot, above Lake of the Clouds, Sangre de Cristo Range, CO, July 16, 2011
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