Great Plains Studies, Center for
Date of this Version
1991
Abstract
The woman is the foundation on which nations are built.
She is the heart of her nation.
If that heart is weak the people are weak.
If her heart is strong and her mind is clear
then the nation is strong and knows its purpose.
The woman is the centre of everything.
But equally, women must honour men;
If not, then everything is out of balance
and we can have nothing but chaos and pain.
These are the first elements that must be
put back together
or nothing, but nothing
can come right again. 1
Comments
Published in Great Plains Quarterly 11:1 (Winter 1991). Copyright © 1991 Center for Great Plains Studies, University of Nebraska–Lincoln.