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John Fire Lame Deer Quotes

1903–1976 United States

John Fire Lame Deer (in Lakota Tȟáȟča Hušté; March 17, 1903 – December 14, 1976) was a Lakota holy man.

United States
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Also known as: Fire Lame Deer, John Lame Deer, Tȟáȟča Hušté

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A medicine man shouldn't be a saint. He should experience and feel all the ups and downs, the despair and joy, the magic and the reality, the courage and the fear, of his people. He should be able to sink as low as a bug, or soar as high as an eagle. Unless he can experience both, he is no good as a medicine man.

Lame Deer, Seeker of Visions (1972)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: John Fire Lame Deer (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.