Great Spirit
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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“The Great Spirit gave us this plant a long time ago,” Steven Benally, a Diné leader of the Native American Church, explained when I asked him simply to describe a peyote ceremony.
From New York Times • Jul. 9, 2021
As Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce tribe said: “We were taught to believe that the Great Spirit sees and hears everything, and that he never forgets.”
From Washington Post • Aug. 12, 2016
Until then may the Great Spirit guide us all and may Mother Earth continue to keep us in her compassionate embrace.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 5, 2016
The tribes believe the pipe came from the Great Spirit, he says.
From Washington Times • Jul. 12, 2015
Here was the true Great Spirit, the divine thread connecting all human endeavor—if you can keep it, it is yours.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
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