If this is Your Land, where are Your Stories?: Reimagining Home and Sacred SpaceStories give shape and meaning to people's sense of themselves as individuals, their cultures, their nations, and what is called "home." The stories we tell, whatever our ethnicity, race, or religion, both connect and separate us. If This Is Your Land, Where Are Your Stories? considers the hold that our stories--especially those about home--have on us and how we interact with others. |
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... never had , that he never would or never could see that eurie - woman a gubba . Ain't no eurie - woman for gubbas , she came to tell me so I'd know . [ Pause ] • [ Smiling ] Y'know what ? He said : " Come on William , ain't no eurie ...
... never had , that he never would or never could see that eurie - woman a gubba . Ain't no eurie - woman for gubbas , she came to tell me so I'd know . [ Pause ] • [ Smiling ] Y'know what ? He said : " Come on William , ain't no eurie ...
Page 98
... never will see no more , My But there is one promise that is given , I'll meet you on God's golden shore . It is certainly not a cheerful song , with its litany of trials and tribulations . It does hold out a kind of consolation , but ...
... never will see no more , My But there is one promise that is given , I'll meet you on God's golden shore . It is certainly not a cheerful song , with its litany of trials and tribulations . It does hold out a kind of consolation , but ...
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... never heard before - or never listened to . There may have been spirits of place that each didn't know about ; but both the cowboy and the Indian came together in their deep respect for the land , and for a language of praise and thanks ...
... never heard before - or never listened to . There may have been spirits of place that each didn't know about ; but both the cowboy and the Indian came together in their deep respect for the land , and for a language of praise and thanks ...
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