Mark Silversmith
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#1113 - COUNTING FOR WINTER
"He! They have
come back racing,
Why, they say
there is to be a
buffalo hunt over here,
Make arrows!
Make arrows!
Says the Father,
Says the Father."
-Lakota Song


#1114 - SONG OF THE SOUL
"He, our Father,
He has shown His mercy unto me.
In peace I walk the straight road."
- Morning Song, Cheyenne


#1115 - EYES OF THE ASPEN
"The ground on which we stand is sacred ground. It is the dust and blood of our ancestors."
-Plenty Coups, Crow Chief

#1116 - JOURNEY THROUGH THE MIDNIGHT DUSK
Reared within the Mountains!
Lord of the Mountains!
Young Man! Chieftain!
I have made your sacrifice.
I have prepared a smoke for you.


#1117 - BLESSINGS OF DAWN
Nighan Bik'ihojidlí *
(May Your Home
Be Blessed)
* Navajo Language


#1119b - COAT OF MANY COLORS
"May the sunrise well;
May the earth appear
brightly shone upon,
May the moon rise well;
May the earth appear
brightly shone upon."

- Song for Fair Weather



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