Mother Earth-Father Sky
Appearing in the thunderhead is an American Indian performing the ghost-dance. The ghost-dance
was a new religion of which swept across the plains in the early 1980's formed to summon the ways of the old
free days and to end that of white mans domination and his breach of treaties, both with the Indian nation and the
earth. Also in the cloud is the white buffalo symbolic of the rebirth of the Indian nation and the ways of
oneness'. Upon the buffalo's back is Father Sky throwing onto Mother Earth the bolt of life, energizing her ocean
into a wave of life. Underwater in the background to the right of earths dreamcathcer is Chief Plenty Coups
(1848-1932) atop a sacred mountain, one of the most famous and spiritual crow chiefs. To the left of earths dream
catcher is Tatan "Kaiyo Take", or Sitting Bull (1834-1890) a great spiritual leader of the nontreaty Sioux. He
was respected amongst his people of his generosity, quite disposition, keen discernment and adherence to
Indian ideas. He and his men won the battle against Custer but found his death on the Grand River as the
US attempted to arrest him for his alleged support in the ghost-dance movement.