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According to Black Elk, his people should follow the "good red road". In his vision, he could see a beautiful land where many, many people were camping in a great circle. They were happy and had plenty. Their drying racks were full of meat and the air was clean and beautiful with a living light everywhere. Around the circle were fat and happy horses. Animals of all kinds were scattered over the hills and hunters were returning with their meat. The flowering tree was in the center of the circle, all green and full of flowers (pg. 186).
Black Elk saw his people going down the "black road". They were no longer acting as one people. They were scattered. When the white settlers, or Wasichus, began to take over the land the Indians had occupied, their way of life began to diminish. Black Elk's people were forced to live in "square boxes" and they felt powerless.
The Native American culture revolved around a circle, or what Black Elk called the "sacred hoop". The flowering......

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