Terry Calling Eagle
(? - ?) Lakota - U.S.A.
Winkte
Calling Eagle, a Lakota (Sioux) winkte, recounts:
"Winktes have to be born that way. People know that a person is going to become a winkte very early in his life. At about age twelve parents will take him to a ceremony to communicate with past winktes who had power, to verify if it is just a phase or a permanent thing for his lifetime. If the proper vision takes place, and communication with a past winkte is established, then everybody accepts him as a winkte".
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