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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=xmsonormal align=center style='text-align:center;background:white'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black'>What We Know<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black'>As first nation people, we understand <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black'>the respect owed when we take the lives<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black'>of our Mother Earth’s other children.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black'>We take only what we need to live.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black'>We believe that bear, wolf and deer are our kin.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black'>We learn much about how to live from them.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black'>We too will return to the earth when we die.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black'>Watching our furred and feathered relatives we see<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black'>when one buffalo begins jumping for joy,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black'>others will join him in the celebration.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black'>buffalo shed tears at the loss of a calf.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black'>All mothers will fight to protect their young,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black'>whether they be she-bear or tiny song bird.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black'>They will do what they must to keep their children safe.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black'>We see that all life has equal value.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black'>Each one of our brothers and sisters <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black'>are precious members of the family,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black'>all have unique gifts<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black'>that fit them for their place in the dance of life. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black'>Because we understand past, present and future,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black'>people must choose wisely the paths we walk<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black'>so that our Mother’s children might live.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black'>for seven generations into tomorrow.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black'>If we do not hold these lessons in our hearts and minds,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black'>then none of our children’s children will be born<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black'>and our Mother Earth will dance alone in sorrow<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black'>for bear, deer, buffalo and us when we have gone. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>DeAnna Quietwater Noriega<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Cell: 573-544-3511<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Email: <a href="mailto:dqnoriega@gmail.com"><span style='color:#0563C1'>dqnoriega@gmail.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Author of <i>Fifty Years of Walking with Friends<o:p></o:p></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i>https://www.dldbooks.com/dqnoriega/</i><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>