My father has much pity for us.
My father has much pity.
I hold out my hands toward him and cry
in my poverty; I hold out my hands
in my poverty I cry.
Wovóka the Paiuite
received the Nanissá-ana
in a vision
directly from God
on the day of the black sun.
And god said tell all the nations
the word; live in peace
and I will bring you together
with the spirits and a new earth
in happiness and abundance.
Wovóka the Prophet
carried the sacred word
to the Caddo, Lakota and Cheyenne
and the people began to dance.
Nanissá-ana.
Wearing the magic shirts
they could see the relatives
who had left their bodies
hear the thunder of the buffalo
knowing the earth would be reborn.
The spirit host is advancing they say
the spirit host is advancing.
They are coming with the buffalo they say
They are coming with the buffalo.
They are coming with the new earth.
In the mists of Cheyenne Autumn
amongst corn shocks and burning leaves
the spirits of the Sioux will dance
They are coming with the buffalo they say
coming with the new earth.
first published on Fictionique.com
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Going up top to add a rate, and thanks for this post.
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Well the illustration was stopped in the eighties as its sentiments refelcted the turn of the century but this summer I happened to see it again - and I remembered.
Regards and glad you liked.
Frank
no. evil arises from the power of one human over another, and when 535 humans have power over 330 million, evil is built in.
america was born in slavery and ethnic cleansing, from a document written to protect wealth from those with nothing. the writers were explicit and frank in their aims, and in their contempt for any who was not rich, white and male.
the destruction of native american societies was inevitable, with neighbors who despised them as landless and incapable of accumulating wealth. they survived, some, and some remain cohesive. a few are prospering from mineral wealth on reservation land, more by running casinos. a bad chapter of american history, but not the worst.
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Rated for stopping it didn't stop it's message.
regards
And I believe you- They are coming with the new earth...and the rhythm will make it so.