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Manitu Poems - Poems about Manitu


Premium Member Khuta Wasma, Below Deep Snow, a Lakota Poem
...____Lakota Language____ hey'api, khuta wasma, wankan tanka, han, In'anjinyo, wayanka, he ta'ku hwo? tate, maypiya, hanhepiwi, wicah......

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Categories: manitu, appreciation, confidence, feelings, life,
Form: Free verse
Wakatakeh
...We dance and sing, we praise Manitu our intercessor with spirits of God. We don’t call bad spirits, we only call the good ones. Bad spirits don’t have powers for if they had, they wouldn’t b......

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Categories: manitu, spiritual,
Form: Verse



Denali
...Denali, Denali is Manitu, Great Spirit he is. He spoke to our forefathers on the mountain. He spoke to them from the cloud. He told them to honor Mother Earth and all her inhabitants. He tol......

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Categories: manitu, blessing,
Form: Verse
Reconciling Grievances Done To Native Americans
...Brothers forgive your intruders for the Holocaust they have caused you. Another land of Canaan taken forever and they wanted you to perish like the great Nation of Phoenicians. Fortunately yo......

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Categories: manitu, america,
Form: Verse
Chicago
...On the August of the twelve, year eighteen thirty tree, Chicago became city. First skyscrapers here erected. Railroad, not the canal made Chicago metropolis. In Chicago controlled first......

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Categories: manitu, america,
Form: Verse



Incarnate
...Everything was taken away from you my brothers – only Great Spirit was left abandoned. So, cling to Great Spirit with all your might. Great Spirit is Holy Spirit – the giver of life. He c......

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Categories: manitu, spiritual,
Form: Verse
The American Indians' Ritual
...This is ritual to honor Mother Earth, clear water, rivers and streams. We are dancing, we are chanting – imitating animals. We express our pain, our sorrow, our grief, caused by the other men......

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Categories: manitu, dance, universe,
Form: Verse
Land of Canaan
...Where is your Baal, land of Canaan? Where are your people, smart and courageous? They discovered an alphabet. Greeks took it and also the credit. Where is your schism Constantinople? Is it ......

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Categories: manitu, philosophy,
Form: Verse
Hiawatha
...Peacemaker of the forgotten days. He fasted and suffered for the peaceful relations of all the people. “My poor children, listen to the word of wisdom, listen to the word of warning fro......

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Categories: manitu, wisdom,
Form: Verse
Squanto
...Squanto, Squanto was a servant of the Great Spirit - Manitu. Pure Heart Squanto was confounded by two cultures of colonists and the Natives. His innocent mind was devastated when his enti......

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Categories: manitu, humanity,
Form: Verse

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