Siousx Indian Prayer

This prayer was chosen by the Indians when sixteen tribes met at Arizona. The original copy had come from Cabot's old Indian museum in Desert Hot Springs, California -- Author Unknown

It was printed in the Los Angeles newspapers to observe, "World Day Of Prayer" in 1958.

O Great Spirit, whose voice I hear in the winds,
and whose breath gives life to all the world, hear me.
I come before you, one of your many children.
l am small and weak.
I need your strength and wisdom.

Let me walk in beauty,
and make my eyes ever behold the red and purple sunset.
Make my hands respect the things you have made,
my ears sharp to hear your voice.
Make me wise,
so that I may know the things you have taught my people,
and the lesson you have hidden in every leaf and rock.

I seek strength, not to be superior to my brothers,
but to be able to fight my greatest enemy - myself.
Make me ever ready to come to you with clean hands and straight eyes,
so when life fades as a fading Sunset,
my spirit will come to you without shame.
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