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What is life? It is the flash of a firefly in the

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What is life? It is the flash of a firefly in the night. It is a breath of a buffalo in the wintertime. It is as the little shadow that runs across the grass and looses itself in the sunset.

Blackfoot Indian Tribe Chief Crowfoot (more by this author)

1830-1890 (Age at death: 60 approx.)

Crowfoot or Isapo-Muxika (Blackfoot "Crow-big-foot") was a chief of the Siksika First Nation. His parents, Istowun-eh'pata (Packs a Knife) and Axkahp-say-pi (Attacked Towards Home), were Kainai. His brother Iron Shield became Chief Bull. (Wikipedia)

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I have a law degree (Stanford, 66') but have never practiced. Instead, from 1967 through 1977, I tried to contribute to the revolution in America. As unsuccessful as everyone else over that decade, in 1978 I went to work for the U.S. Forest (more...)

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