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yellerpup

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16. I am so proud of our Native tribal people.
Thu Aug 18, 2016, 07:03 PM
Aug 2016

I'm sure your Lakota friend would love to be there. Yes, they are quite the tacticians. The word for thank you in Cherokee (western) is wado. Because we have no tradition of royalty or rank, there is no word for 'you're welcome.' If someone really wants a response to thank you, we say 'gadugi' which means, "We all paddle together." (loosely, 'no big deal' - ) Community, consensus, compassion, is the Native way.

In beauty it is done. RapSoDee Aug 2016 #1
K&R! stonecutter357 Aug 2016 #2
This was truly moving. yellerpup Aug 2016 #3
I have a friend who is pure Lakota yuiyoshida Aug 2016 #15
I am so proud of our Native tribal people. yellerpup Aug 2016 #16
That's cool that you know that yuiyoshida Aug 2016 #18
Aloha, then! yellerpup Aug 2016 #19
A thing I have often heard yuiyoshida Aug 2016 #20
So glad your family did not have to go to an internment camp. yellerpup Aug 2016 #21
Hawaii became a state in yuiyoshida Aug 2016 #22
Are you going to join the tribe? yellerpup Aug 2016 #23
I don't know when I will have yuiyoshida Aug 2016 #24
Good luck to you! yellerpup Aug 2016 #25
K & R geardaddy Aug 2016 #4
Assinibone? yellerpup Aug 2016 #17
Lakota. geardaddy Aug 2016 #26
Wado! yellerpup Aug 2016 #27
I'm with them!!!! Motley13 Aug 2016 #5
In a sense... Plucketeer Aug 2016 #7
Here are pictures from the protest. geardaddy Aug 2016 #6
thank you for sharing those amazing pictures. niyad Aug 2016 #9
“Mni Wiconi” (“Water is life” in Lakota). niyad Aug 2016 #8
A bunch are riding bare back BumRushDaShow Aug 2016 #10
powerful & beautiful Sunlei Aug 2016 #11
Iginvtli & Igido ( Brothers & Sisters) turbinetree Aug 2016 #12
North Dakota pipeline construction halted until court date Donkees Aug 2016 #13
Military Vets, against the pipeline, went to every cop and thanked them for their service... Donkees Aug 2016 #14
Listen... Donkees Aug 2016 #28
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