All Our Relatives: An Introduction "Life was a glorious thing" "We make bear sounds" Greeting the Sunrise "Our tipis were round like the nests of birds" "The elk walks among the herd" "O Spotted Eagle!" "Do not harm your weaker brothers" "Look around!" "At daybreak, I roam"

Slide 5 of 10 "When the day is cloudy, the thunder makes a low rumble and we hear the rain striking against the tipi; then it’s nice to sleep, isn’t it?" —Absaroke Our tipis were round like the nests of birds and these were always set in a circle, the nation’s hoop, a nest of many nests where the Great Spirit meant for us to hatch our children. —Black Elk, Lakota "In winter we are out a long time hunting deer, and when we come back tired to our tipi and find it warm, we sleep well, don’t we?" —Absaroke