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Great Spirit

American  

noun

  1. the chief deity in the religion of many North American Indian tribes.


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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

She took a bath in a spring to wash away her tears, and a Great Spirit appeared to her with armfuls of sugarcane and rice.

From "Hello, Universe" by Erin Entrada Kelly