THE GREAT MYSTERY From Wakáŋ Tȟáŋka [Great Spirit] there came a great unifying life force that flowed in and through all things—the flowers of the plains, blowing winds, rocks, trees, birds, animals—and was the same force that had been breathed into the first man. Thus all things were kindred and brought together by the same Great Mystery. — MATȞÓ NÁŽIŊ (CHIEF LUTHER STANDING BEAR)
