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“…From observing the world around them, they could see orderly processes that marked the way organic life behaved.  From the obvious motions of the sun and moon to the effects of periodic winds, rains, and snows, the regularity of nature suggested some greater power that guaranteed enough stability to be reliable and within which lives had meaning; by observing the behavior and growth of other organic forms of life, they could see that a benign personal energy flowed through everything and undergirded the physical world.  They understood that their task was to fit into the physical world in the most constructive manner and to establish relationships with the higher power, or powers, that created and sustained the universe.  They sought to learn a way of living that would most efficiently accomplish these tasks…”

For basic information on Vine Deloria, Jr., see Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Congress_of_American_Indians

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