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will be adding many links and references here in the days to come.

the prayer "Mitakuye Oyasin" or "All my relations" is now used by native and aboriginal peoples, and those who honor their ancestral cultures, worldwide. There are hundreds of published books, and thousands of webpages discussing, or centered around, this global philosophy of honoring family and the Earth that this prayer speaks. (see SpiritWorld).

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Millennium Twain (talk) 21:22, 7 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

In regard to this paragraph: "In 1940, American scholar Joseph Epes Brown wrote a study of Mitákuye Oyás’iŋ and its relevance in the Sioux ideology of "underlying connection" and "oneness." He noted how the phrase has been misappropriated and misused as a slogan and salutation by peoples from outside the Lakota cultures.[4]

In 1940, how could Joseph Epes Brown be criticizing a practice that has largely been common in modern times, especially from the nineties until present? The referenced note is to a secondary source and doesn't provide a page number for reference. Shootingstar (talk) 17:54, 24 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Source on Appropriation...isn't

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I was looking at the source on appropriation of this phrase, and didn't see anything relevant in the pages cited. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Samineru (talkcontribs) 03:44, 11 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

  • I have verified the White Bird source but I was unable to find reference to misappropriation in the Lupton source, however, I do not have a copy of the book so the Google Books excerpt isn't really enough to declare the sentence unverifiable.