Songs for the Lodge

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Hello fam.  We are back after a long , drawn  out illness.  We’re all healed up now and reading to go.  Want to share with you all a very profound video shared on Facebook by a friend depicting Gibran’s poem on love.  I must say, these words held true for me and our staff.  Enjoy!-Spider Who Sings.
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Grizzly

The Animal Spirit; the animal Soul,  is that part of a person that is deeply connected to the earth .  It is a definitive energy in the human energy system and is the cauldron which provides the fire to transform the body and emotions into a spiritual God being.  The genetics are complicated.  In simplicity, interferon; that genetic material that is left after the human body is formed, contains the genetic material to identify an animal.    That animal defines our animistic nature.  The indigenous folk describe the Animal Spirit as an ally, a guide to help the individual to maneuver through a life of lessons and spiritual development. 

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Sundancers

English lakota translations goes as follows
TUNKASILA OSIMALA YELO
Grand father have pity on me
PILALAMAYAYELO
I am thankful
PILALAMAYAYELO
I am thankful
WICOZANI CA YA
for good health
PILAMAYAYELO
I am thankful
PILAMAYAYELO
I am thankful

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