Ben Wambli Ska

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~Ben Wambli Ska~Ben White Eagle~

I received this honor of being given the name Ben Wambli Ska, Ben White Eagle, in Billings, Montana in the summer of 1967 by a Lakota Indian Ceremony Chieftain. I was visiting in that locality and I did not have the time to attend the Giving of Name Ceremony. The name was given to me because I am an Eagle Scout in the Boy Scouts of America with the Bronze and Gold Palm. This name is quite unique in that it denotes, strength, beauty, gracefulness, and a symbol of character.

~HE IS EAGLE~
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A few more passing suns will see us here no more,
and our dust and bones will mingle with these same
prairies. I see as in a vision the dying spark of our
council fires, the ashes cold and white.

I see no longer the curling smoke
rising from our lodge poles.
I hear no longer the songs of the women
as they prepare the meal.
The antelope have gone;
the buffalo wallows are empty.
Only the wail of the coyote is heard.
The white man's medicine is stronger than ours;
His iron horse rushes over the buffalo trail.
He talks to us through his
'whispering spirit' (the telephone).
We are like birds with a broken wing.
My heart is cold within me.
My eyes are growing dim.

~Chief Plenty-Coups, Crow~