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An interesting photo essay from the Huffington Post Religion Blog:

Remembering Lakota Ways, by Emil Her Many Horses
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/emil-her-many-horses/remembering-lako...

"My last name, Her Many Horses, is the Lakota name of my paternal great grandmother. A more accurate English translation of her name is Many Horses Woman, meaning that she owned many horses. Among Lakota people, horses were a means of measuring wealth, but a far more important demonstration of wealth was the gesture of gifting away horses in honor of a family member. Generosity is more important than possession."