“Me-talk-oo-yay Oy-yaw-sin.” This phrase refers to that connection between hoops and spheres, that all beings and all things, both seen and unseen, are interconnected and intrinsically related. Not just humans but the totality of every single thing. Mitákuye Oyás’iŋ—we are all related and we are all interconnected—all of us: the two-leggeds, the four-leggeds, the swimmers, the crawlers, the wingeds, the tree people and all those who grow roots, the stone and mineral people, the elementals . . . everyone. This also includes the forests, rivers, oceans, prairies, deserts, mountains, and valleys
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