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Some fifteen years ago when I was still in school, I brought this really cool whiteman who worked in the college’s media department to Rezberry’s Powwow so we could film it. It was his first time ever and he, geez I wish I remembered his name, said something I have never forgotten. “I’ve never seen any people step so lightly upon the Earth.”

His statement struck me for several reasons, one, that it was a first impression and that the words he spoke implied more than the dancers and their respectful and deliberate steps. I saw it as an observation of a unique way of life, of being, and that we, the original inhabitants of this country have always known how to step lightly upon the earth.

I treasure those words.

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