[day]

"I think the Spirit, is the one thing we have to rely on.
It has been handed to us as a live and precious coal.
And each generation has to make that decision
whether they want to blow on that coal to keep it alive
or throw it away...

Our language, our histories and culture are like a big
ceremonial fire that's been kicked and stomped and scattered...

Out in the darkness we can see those coals glowing.
But our generation, whether in tribal government or wherever
we find ourselves--Choctaw, Cherokee, Chickasaw, Creek,
Seminole--are coal gatherers. We bring the coals back,
assemble them and breathe on them again,
so we can spark a flame around which we might warm ourselves."

Gary White Deer, Chickasaw 1994

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