Marilyn Whirlwind, Genius

The Legend of the Eagle
As told by Marilyn Whirlwind

On the rock at the cliff The eagle wasn't always the eagle. The eagle, before he became the eagle, was Ukatangi, the talker. Ukatangi talked and talked. It talked so much, it heard only itself. Not the river, not the wind, not even the wolf. The raven came and said, "The wolf is hungry. If you stop talking, you will hear him. The wind, too. And when you hear the wind, you will fly." So he stopped talking. And became it's nature, the eagle. The eagle soared, and it's flight said all it needed to say.

At The Brick Ukatangi talked and talked to keep the wolf away. But it talked so much, it heard only itself. Not the river, not the wind, not even the wolf. But the raven came and said, "The wolf is hungry. If you stop talking, you'll hear him. The wind, too. And when you hear the wind, you'll fly." The eagle--the eagle soared. And it's flight said all it needed to say.

Northern Exposure, episode 5.6 "Birds of a Feather"