Míla Wakȟáŋ, "that which all the people knew"

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I cannot speak English, but I understand it so that I know when it is interpreted wrong. I have learned to write in Lakota, but I write as the old Lakota spoke when they spoke in a formal manner. The young Oglalas do not understand a formal talk by an old Lakota because the white people have changed the Lakota language, and the young people speak it as the white people have written it. I will write of the old customs and ceremonies for you. I will write that which all the people knew.
-- Sacred Sword (Míla Wakȟáŋ)(1847-1912)(George Sword)

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