Black Elk Speaks

BLACK ELK SPEAKS  Circa 1890

Long ago the Ancient

Ones told us

that this would be.

The white man would kill the spirit of the people,

And take it to a far place,

But after a while it would come back

again,

It would be reborn again.

In time a new spirit would come into the

world

And we should look for it.

Like the raindrops gathering in the clouds of

springtime

So would the spirit come to a thirsty land and a

dying people.

Let it grow! Let it grow!

This light you must find.

When you seek for your vision on the mountaintop.

You will be told how to find it.

For it will be something so big and so wonderful

That in all peoples of the world can find shelter

And in that day all the little circles

Will come under the big circle of understanding

and unity

The rainbow is a sign of that which is in all things.

Like one big family.

Seek the vision. Become a warrior of the rainbow!

Let it grow! Let it grow!