Even today, 50 years after the fact, the Lakota elder, who spends 300 days a year on the road as the national spokesman for Running Strong for American Indian Youth, draws the same conclusion. “All I tried to do, what my dad would always say, was ‘Go in pursuit of a dream that heals a broken soul,’” Mills told ICTMN. “I came so close to suicide when I was in college, that I knew I needed a dream that would heal a broken soul. The dream became to be a gold medallist in the 10,000-meter run. I took the culture. I took our traditions. I took our spirituality and I extracted those values in whatever I did. To win the gold medal is very humbling. It’s a gift from the Creator.”
Posted on: Sun, 04 May 2014 13:17:08 +0000
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