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Find my son,
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wakan tanka.
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Take his hand and lead him
on his journey across the hanging roaD.
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Let his spirit
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and the spirits of all these young men
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who died before their time
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shine like the stars in the sky.
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There may we mothers find them and say, "
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there.
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That is my son. "
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Many long knives came to avenge
the death of the man called custer.
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Because they could not find
crazy horse and sitting bull,
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their anger fell on those
already on the reservations.
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The great council in washington
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declared all indians to be prisoners of war.
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The lakota, they said,
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had broken the promise of the treaty paper.
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The most sacred of sacred
lands, the paha sapa,
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promised forever to the lakota people,