"Two teeth remain after every-thing else has crumbled to dust...and for that reason the elk tooth has become an emble, of longlife...When a child is born...an elk tooth is given to the childif the parents can afford the gift."-OKUTE, LAKOTA ELK DREAMER, Early 20th C.
thing else has crumbled to dust...
and for that reason the elk tooth
has become an emble, of long
life...When a child is born...
an elk tooth is given to the child
if the parents can afford the gift."
-OKUTE, LAKOTA ELK DREAMER, Early 20th C.