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Tradition
by Harold Thompson
I am blind and do not see the things of this world,
But when the light comes from above,
it enlightens my heart and I can see,
For the eye of my heart sees everything,
And through this vision I can help my people.
The heart is a sanctuary at the center
of which there is a little space,
Where the Great Spirit dwells, and this is the eye.
This is the eye of the Great Spirit
by which He sees all things, and we see Him.
If the heart is not pure, the Great Spirit can’t be seen.
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My brother the star, my mother the earth,
my father the sun, my sister the moon,
To my life give beauty, to my body give strength,
to me give peace, to my spirit give truth,
to see the elders give wisdom.
We pray for strength, we pray to come together,
pray to the weeping earth,
pray to the trembling waters
and the wandering rain.
Pray to the whispering moon,
pray to the stars
and to the hollering sun.
By Jerms
Answers on page 6
By Grace Badik
Crossword
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Across
1. An assumption in the past
tense
9. Checks
13. A device for suspending an
automatic function on a machine
14. Midget buffalo found in
Indonesia
15. "I, Claudius" role
16. Churchill's "so few": Abbr.
17. A powder used as an eyeliner
18. Russian martial art and
combat sport
20. Day play
22. Anita Brookner's "Hotel du
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24. Ashes holder
25. Nickname for your mom
26. Arousing extreme dislike, adv.
30. Ballot abbr.
31. Mosque V.I.P.
32. Same old, same old
33. Close, as an envelope
34. Market value of all products
and services produced in one year
by the residents of a country,
Abbr.
35. Person from a South
American country
37. A quick hello
38. Bawl
39. Batman and Robin, e.g.
40. Product that can be chewed,
smoked, dried
43. Full of chutzpah
47. Any thing
48. Egg cells
50. "Cast Away" setting
51. Bit
52. Electrical generators that use
magnets to produce pulses of
alternating current
54. Bounce back, in a way
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Sudoku
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9 3
16
15
18
7
19
20
21
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6 1
3 7 8
6 9
4
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5 7
2 5 7 4
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55. To stain, spot, or cover with
blood
Down
1. Princes, e.g.
2. Eye layer
3. Make waves
4. Difficult situation
5. Not both/and, but either/...
6. "Dear" one
7. _ _ cheese
8. Failed to repay a loan or
appear in court
9. A mammal found in the
Himalayas with a name that
rhymes with "rockin'"
10. Soon, to a bard
11. Somebody who leads an
alternative lifestyle
12. Fit or able to be sold
19. Clumsy person
21. "Don't give up!"
23. A tool used for horse
grooming
26. It should have happened a
long time ago
27. Adjective used to describe the
protective liquid sac in which a
fetus develops
28. Bug
29. Big galoot
30. Wreath of Hawaiian flowers
33. Celebrated in or associated
with stories or legends
35. Parenthesis, essentially
36. Center
38. Small part
41. Nickname for Elizabeth
42. Elliptical
44. _ Spumante
45. _ _ gin fizz
46. Amerada_ _ (Fortune 500
company)
49. "Give i t _ ! "
53. Opposite of yes
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