Stories
from our cultures, no matter whose they may be, leave us with excellent
writers’ moments.
As I’ve worked on a new novel, set in the region of the Southern Black Hills and the Pine Ridge Reservation, I’ve been exploring the language and lore of the Lakota people. The story of White Buffalo Calf Woman, said to have been sent by the Creator or Great Spirit, has immense importance to the Lakota – and, I learned, to many other tribes. White Buffalo Calf Woman taught The People the mysteries of the earth, and to follow a proper path while on earth. The earth, she told them is the hoop of the people.
When one sits in the Hoop of The People,
one must be responsible because
all of Creation is related.
And the hurt of one is the hurt of all.
And the honor of one is the honor of all.
And whatever we do affects everything in the universe.
If you do it that way - that is,
if you truly join your heart and mind
as One - whatever you ask for,
that's the way it's going to be.
-- The wisdom passed down from White Buffalo Calf Woman
one must be responsible because
all of Creation is related.
And the hurt of one is the hurt of all.
And the honor of one is the honor of all.
And whatever we do affects everything in the universe.
If you do it that way - that is,
if you truly join your heart and mind
as One - whatever you ask for,
that's the way it's going to be.
-- The wisdom passed down from White Buffalo Calf Woman
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