Moon Of Fatness: Summary And Analysis

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I do agree. There are times in the reading when I question what they mean. For example when they talk about different months of the year, like Moon of Fatness (June). Another thing that confused me in the reading was when black elk talking about how he was flying around on a cloud to get home. That whole chapter was confusing because of the way he described what he was seeing, like when Black Elk says "There was a tall butte, shaped at the top like a tepee, and it was burning up there."

About 6 months ago i was talking to my father about his side of the family and I found out that our last name was changed also. When my great great grand father came over from Germany. Before coming over my dad's family last name was spelled Kleen but, when

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