Song of the White Bison Woman who brought the sacred pipe to men.
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With visible breath I am walking.
A voice I am sending as I walk.
In a sacred manner I am walking.
With visible tracks I am walking.
In a sacred manner I walk.
— Black Elk
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "With visible breath I am walking.
A voice I am sending as I walk.
In a sacred manner I am walking.
With visible tracks I am walking.
In a sacred manner I walk." in the context of "Song of the White Bison Woman who brought the sacred pipe to men." to mean that wisdom is timeless.
Source: Wikiquote: "Black Elk" (Quotes, Black Elk Speaks (1961): Black Elk Speaks : being the life story of a holy man of the Ogalala Sioux (1961), as told to John Neihardt )
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About Black Elk
Nicholas Black Elk Hehaka Sapa (c. December 1863 – 17 August or 19 August 1950 sources differ) was a famous Wichasha Wakan (Medicine Man or Holy Man) and Heyoka of the Oglala Lakota (Sioux). He participated at about the age of twelve in the Battle of Little Big Horn of 1876, and was wounded in the massacre that occurred at Wounded Knee in 1890.
About Black Elk
Nicholas Black Elk Hehaka Sapa (c. December 1863 – 17 August or 19 August 1950 sources differ) was a famous Wichasha Wakan (Medicine Man or Holy Man) and Heyoka of the Oglala Lakota (Sioux). He participated at about the age of twelve in the Battle of Little Big Horn of 1876, and was wounded in the massacre that occurred at Wounded Knee in 1890.
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