Dakota Afternoon
Can our culture live on,
can its message be contained
Will an eagle looking down
see the joy or the pain
Will our heritage run deep,
like the river that flows
To an all-consuming delta,
and the life force who knows
(Pine Ridge South Dakota: June, 1993)
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