Standing again within and among all things,
Standing with each other as sisters and brothers, mothers and fathers,
daughters and sons, grandmothers and grandfathers --
the past and present generations of our people,
Standing again with and among all items of life,
the land, rivers, the mountains, plants, animals,
all life that is around us that we are included with,
Standing within the circle of the horizon,
the day sky and the night sky,
the sun, moon, the cycle of seasons the earth mother which sustains us,
Standing again with all things that have been in the past,
that are in the present,
and that will be in the future acknowledge ourselves
to be in a relationship that is responsible and proper, that is loving and compassionate,
for the sake of the land and all people;
we ask humbly of the creative forces of life that we be given a portion with which to help
ourselves so that our struggle and work will also be creative for the continuance of life,
Standing again, within, among all things we ask in all sincerity, for hope, courage, peace,
strength, vision, unity and continuance.
St.Louis, Mo.
May 1980
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