Crazy Horse 2023 page 3 by ric gustafson
In the Lakota world of the Black Hills, life came. A midwife named She Who Takes the Babies welcomed the newborn. In the tipi, the newborn with a tiny head and coal black hair came into this world. When the newborn opened it's eyes, they were born. A circle of women cleaned the newborn off while the mother rested. One of the women stepped out of the tipi to tell others it was a boy.
When the father heard the news he filled his pipe and then offered it to Mother Earth. In 1840, most of the North American Plains was Lakota. From the Missouri River to the Niobrara. From the North Platte River to the Shining Mountains of the Big Horn. Every boy became a hunter or a warrior. The boy became a provider and a protector. The boy learned from his father and grandfather.
People gave gifts for the newborn at their own lodge. The lodge had bison robes that covered the floor of the lodge. The mother called Rattling Blanket Woman showed her daughter her new brother. The baby's name was Crazy Horse. It was his father's name. Crazy Horse was now a member of the Oglala Lakota tribe.
research help: ' the journey of Crazy Horse' by Joseph Marshall III
Peace and God's blessings. Love Ric
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