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An
Indian AA
Prayer
O Great Spirit
Whose voice I hear in the winds,
and whose breath gives life to all the world.
Hear me! I am small and weak, I need your
strength and wisdom. Let me walk in beauty
and make my eyes ever
behold the red and purple sunset. Make my
hands respect the things you have made and
my ears sharp to hear your voice.
Make me wise so that I may understand the
things you have taught my people.
Let me learn the lessons you have hidden
in every leaf and rock.
I need strength
not to be greater than my brother, but to
fight my greatest enemy-myself.
Make me always ready to come to you with
clean hands and straight eyes, so when life
fades, as the fading sunset, my spirit may
come to you without shame.
Mitakuye Oyasin
From "Listen to the
Drum"
By
Blackwolf Jones
Ojibwa-Chippewa
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