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Aug 2020
51m 19s

Emerging Into the Upper World

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Born in darkness, deep within the earth, Ia’tik and Nao’tsiti were all each other had—until the voice of a spirit guided them into the barren world above. This creation tale comes from an American indigenous tribe of New Mexico, the Acoma Pueblo. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 
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