Native American
Recent research has led many Anthropologists and Ecologists to the conclusion that Native Americans were actually a "keystone species," in other words, they were the vital pillar that held up everything above them, but when that pillar was removed, the whole ecosystem collapsed into chaos.
In many of the North American tribes are legends of “the Healer”, called Chee-zoos. These legends were told by the fireside of a “saintly white teacher,” who performed miracles with healing and control over the winds, waters, and other natural items. All describe his eyes as grey-green like the ocean
The Lakota have a legend about a medicine woman on her death bed who proclaims she will come back as a white buffalo to bring peace and harmony
“Upon suffering beyond suffering; the Red Nation shall rise again and it shall be a blessing for a sick world. A world filled with broken promises, selfishness and separations. A world longing for light again. I see a time of seven generations when all the colors of mankind will gather under the sacred
Gitchi Manitou is the great creator god of the Anishinaabe and many neighboring Algonquian tribes. The name literally means Great Spirit, a common phrase used to address God in many Native American cultures. As in other Algonquian tribes, the Great Spirit is abstract, benevolent, does not directly interact with humans,
Go on the mountains and make a place for yourself. Put some things there that you can survive with. People are going to run to the mountains to survive and the Native people must be ready for this.
Through stories, songs, dances, carvings, paintings and performances we transit knowledge between generations. The astronomical connection to the Objibwe petroglyph Mooz.
Hence the Snake priests, when carrying away the snakes from the plaza after the snake dance, take with them and deposit with the snakes some báhos, so that they should not themselves return to the village.
The Fourth World shall end soon, and the Fifth World will begin. This the elders everywhere know. The signs over many years have been fulfilled, and so few are left.
She did not try to kill her enemies, but counted coup left and right, touching them with her coup-stick. With a woman fighting so bravely among them, what Sioux warrior could think of retreat?
“Welcome home” — Hopi Grandfather David’s first words to the Dalai Lama
I made a commitment to carry the Hopi message of peace and deliver warnings from prophesies known since the time the previous world was destroyed by flood and our ancestors came to this land.
We are not so different in the Creator’s eyes. The same great Father Sun shines his love on each of us daily just as Mother Earth prepares the substance for our table, do they not? We are one after all.
I will place in your hands these sacred stone tablets, Tiponi, symbol of power and authority over all land and life to guard, protect, and hold in trust for me until I shall return to you in a later day, for I am the First and I am the Last.
Grandmother Cisi would look at me with her obsidian eyes piercing my soul when she spoke of the Whirling Rainbow Prophecy, and I would feel my heart skip a beat and then fill with promise and love.
There would come a day of awakening when all the peoples of all the tribes would form a New World of Justice, Peace, Freedom and recognition of the Great Spirit.
Young people must become a praying person; to be able to ask for help when they are in need. Gathering food and other things is not as important as being a prayerful being.
If a human lives in a good and kind way and follows my path, they may ask me for one of my spirit animals to guide and keep them on my path. This spirit animal will only come to humans who have a good heart.
In the beginning, Gizhemanidoo created the universe as we know it today. He created Grandfather Sun and Grandmother Moon, Mother Earth and Father Sky.
Sky Chief has observed all that you have done to prepare yourself for your Quest. He understands the kind and worthy secret wish of your heart. He knows that you desire a way to benefit your family and your tribe. He is pleased that you do not seek strength to
“We have teachings and prophecies informing us that we must be alert for the signs and omens which will come about to give us courage and strength to stand on our beliefs. Blood will flow. Our hair and our clothing will be scattered upon the earth. Nature will speak to
A sequence of pictographs which give the epic of the Delawares, a tribe which lived in the central Eastern seaboard; this remains one of the lasting mysteries of Native American literature.
Always when people seek out Glous'gap they must be prepared for a long and arduous journey, and so it was with the man the council chose for their messenger.
There appears to be a way of living that must be reclaimed for Zion to return to earth again.
The Midewiwin Lodge will serve as a rallying point for the people and its traditional ways will be the source of much strength. The Sacred Megis will lead the way to the chosen ground of the Anishinabe.
"If the New People will remain strong in their quest, the Waterdrum of the Midewiwin Lodge will again sound its voice. There will be a rebirth of the Anishinabe nation and rekindling of old flames. The Sacred Fire will again be lit."
"By me kings reign and princes decree justice. By me princes rule and nobles, even all the judges of the earth." Never doubt this claim by the Divine Mother.
"Between your mother in the East and myself in the West, all life from beginning to end is placed. My son, you are the connection between birth and death."
The four parts of the wheel indicate the passing of time: birth, youth, adulthood, death. I've recently learned that the four corners of the earth in scripture also indicate markers of time, and not simply geographical directions. Within the earth's yearly journey around the sun are also four equidistant points
"Then answered the man, 'I am he.' And he turned his palms upward and they were scarred and his feet were likewise and his breast was pierced by a spear wound. It appeared that his hands and his feet were torn by iron nails."
"Let me fly over the Earth each day at dawn and look over the people. As long as I can report to you each day that there is still one person who sounds the Waterdrum or who uses Tobacco and the Pipe in the proper way, I beg you to
Both the Anishinaabe people and those that believe in the Bible and other scriptures, teach that messengers from the Creator, are sent to teach those who are prepared to learn. In turn, those who are taught, likewise become a messenger, and are then directed to teach those who are not
Then the presiding Midewewinini shot the candidate with the Midemegis. The candidate fell dead, unmoving. The Midewewinini revived him with the breath of life, as Odaemin the first medicine man regained life. The candidate stood, renewed, and new.
"When it seemed that there was no hope left, Gitchie Manito decided to purify the Earth. He would do this with water..."
Is it possible that these things from different sources are teaching the same principle from the same teacher? Both speak of themes of being born of spirit and of water. Both potentially lead the mind to themes of spiritual purification and rebirth.
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