Black Elk
“Everything an Indian does is in a circle because the Power of the World always works in circles and everything tries to be round. The seasons form a great circle in their changing. The Sun comes forth and goes down again in a circle. The Moon does the same and both are round.
I have heard that the Earth is round like a ball and so are all the Stars. The Wind, in its greatest power, whirls.
Birds make their nests in circles, for theirs is the same religion as ours. Our tipis are round like the nests of birds, and are always set in a circle, the Nation’s Hoop, a nest of many nests, where the Great Spirit meant for us to hatch our children.”
I have heard that the Earth is round like a ball and so are all the Stars. The Wind, in its greatest power, whirls.
Birds make their nests in circles, for theirs is the same religion as ours. Our tipis are round like the nests of birds, and are always set in a circle, the Nation’s Hoop, a nest of many nests, where the Great Spirit meant for us to hatch our children.”