The First Flute

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“Names should be respected.
They should be valued.
They should be honoured.
“”When a name is given to an adult, it is often given based on the life that person has lived.
The name is a statement about the person he or she has become.
“”When a name is given to a child, it foretells what kind of a person that child will become.
If a child is given the name He Who is Kind to Strangers, that child is destined to live a life of kindness.
I know this to be true because I once knew a kind man who as a child was given that name.
“” “In “The First Flute,” David Bouchard tells the story of a young man given the name Dancing Raven.
He was a dancer – the best from all the nations.
But the other men and boys in his village don’t appreciate Dancing Raven’s talent – hunting, fishing and tracking are the truly important talents.
Dancing Raven must prove to his village the importance of his song.