Ghost Dancers Quotes

“Ghost Dancers Rise: At the 500th anniversary of Columbus's landing, tribal leaders gathered in Washington, DC, for a ceremony in front of the Capitol. They could have dwelt on the catastrophes that were Columbus's legacy, but instead they closed the ceremony with these words:

We stand young warriors
In the circle
At dawn all storm clouds disappear
The future brings all hope and glory,
Ghost dancers rise
Five-hundred years.”
― Eldon Yellowhorn, Kathy Lowinger

“The father says so-E'yayo!
The father says so-E'yayo!
You shall see your grandfather!
You shall see your kindred-E'yayo!
The father says so.
A'te he'ye lo.
Child let me grasp your hand,
Child let me grasp your hand.
You shall live,
You shall live!
Says the father.
A'te he'ye lo. -Ghost Dance song”
― Mary Crow Dog, Lakota Woman