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| Topic: NORTH AMERICAN INDIGENOUS SPIRITUALITY & HEALING | |
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"Listen to all the teachers in the woods. Watch the trees, the animals, and all living things - you'll learn more from them than from books."
---- Joe Coyhis, STOCKBRIDGE-MUNSEE |
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"Growth is a painful process."
---- Wilma Mankiller, CHEROKEE |
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"One does not sell the land people walk on." ...
---- Crazy Horse, Sept. 23, 1875 |
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"Treat the earth well: it was not given to you by your parents, it was loaned to you by your children. We do not inherit the Earth from our Ancestors, we borrow it from our Children."
---- Ancient Indian Proverb |
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"In the beginning of all things, wisdom and knowledge were with the animals, for Tirawa, the One Above, did not speak directly to man. He sent certain animals to tell men that he showed himself through the beast, and that from them, and from the stars and the sun and moon should man learn.. all things tell of Tirawa.
All things in the world are two. In our minds we are two, good and evil. With our eyes we see two things, things that are fair and things that are ugly.... We have the right hand that strikes and makes for evil, and we have the left hand full of kindness, near the heart. One foot may lead us to an evil way, the other foot may lead us to a good. So are all things two, all two." ---- Eagle Chief (Letakos-Lesa) Pawnee |
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Edited by
jagbird
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Fri 03/21/14 07:45 AM
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"...... everything on the earth has a purpose, every disease an herb to cure it, and every person a mission. This is the Indian theory of existence...'
"Children were encouraged to develop strict discipline and a high regard for sharing. When a girl picked her first berries and dug her first roots, they were given away to an elder so she would share her future success. When a child carried water for the home, an elder would give compliments, pretending to taste meat in water carried by a boy or berries in that of a girl. The child was encouraged not to be lazy and to grow straight like a sapling. ' ---- Mourning Dove - Salish -1888-1936 |
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Edited by
jagbird
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Fri 03/21/14 07:49 AM
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"In 1868, men came out and brought papers. We could not read them and they did not tell us truly what was in them. We thought the treaty was to remove the forts and for us to cease from fighting. But they wanted to send us traders on the Missouri, but we wanted traders where we were. When I reached Washington, the Great Father explained to me that the interpreters had deceived me. All I want is right and just."
---- Red Cloud (Makhpiya-luta) , April, 1870 |
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"Balance is implicit in the Red Road. When you're on the Red Road, you are in the center. Yet, you do not go to either extreme, and you allow both sides to exist. This is accomplished by continually postponing surrendering to temptation, whatever it may be. It is saying `later' instead of `no.'"
---- Dr. A.C. Ross (Ehanamani) / LAKOTA |
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"We are responsible for the condition of the Earth. We are the ones who are responsible and we can change that. If we wake up, it is possible to change the energy. It is possible to change everything."
---- Hunbatz Men, MAYAN |
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.."All birds, even those of the same species, are not alike, and it is the same with animals and with human beings. The reason WakanTanka does not make two birds, or animals, or human beings exactly alike is because each is placed here by WakanTanka to be an independent individuality and to rely upon itself."..
---- Shooter; Teton Sioux |
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"How smooth must be the language of the whites, when they can make right look like wrong, and wrong like right."
---- Black Hawk / Sauk |
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"I love this land and the buffalo and will not part with it. I want you to understand well what I say. Write it on paper...I hear a great deal of good talk from the gentlemen the Great Father sends us, but they never do what they say. I don't want any of the medicine lodges (schools and churches) within the country. I want the children raised as I was.
I have heard you intend to settle us on a reservation near the mountains. I don't want to settle. I love to roam over the prairies. There I feel free and happy, but when we settle down we grow pale and die. A long time ago this land belonged to our fathers, but when I go up to the river I see camps of soldiers on its banks. These soldiers cut down my timber, they kill my buffalo and when I see that, my heart feels like bursting." ---- Santana, Kiowa Chief |
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"The concept that we are all related is one of the basic philosophies of D/Lakota religion."
 ---- Dr. A.C. Ross (Ehanamani), LAKOTA |
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.."You have noticed that everything as Indian does is in a circle, and that is because the Power of the World always works in circles, and everything tries to be round..... The Sky is round, and I have heard that the earth is round like a ball, and so are all the stars. The wind, in its greatest power, whirls. Birds make their nest in circles, for theirs is the same religion as ours....
Even the seasons form a great circle in their changing, and always come back again to where they were. The life of a man is a circle from childhood to childhood, and so it is in everything where power moves." ---- Black Elk Oglala Sioux Holy Man / 1863-1950 |
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"The American Indian is of the soil, whether it be the region of forests, plains, pueblos, or mesas. He fits into the landscape, for the hand that fashioned the continent also fashioned the man for his surroundings. He once grew as naturally as the wild sunflowers, he belongs just as the buffalo belonged...."...
---- Luther Standing Bear ; Oglala Sioux / 1868-1937 |
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Edited by
jagbird
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Fri 03/28/14 05:54 AM
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'When my baby, left me... I found a new place to dwell..".....
---- Elvis Presley (yes.. part Apache) ... just thought I'd throw this in.. |
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"There are many things to be shared with the Four Colors of humanity in our common destiny as one with our Mother the Earth. It is this sharing that must be considered with great care by the Elders and the medicine people who carry the Sacred Trusts, so that no harm may come to people through ignorance and misuse of these powerful forces."
---- Resolution of the Fifth Annual Meetings of the Traditional Elders Circle, 1980 |
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"Traditional people of Indian nations have interpreted the two roads that face the light-skinned race as the road to technology and the road to spirituality. We feel that the road to technology.... has led modern society to a damaged and seared earth. Could it be that the road to technology represents a rush to destruction, and that the road to spirituality represents the slower path that the traditional native people have traveled and are now seeking again? The earth is not scorched on this trail. The grass is still growing there."...
---- William Commanda; Mamiwinini, - Canada, 1991 |
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Edited by
jagbird
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Fri 03/28/14 06:46 AM
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MORE FAMOUS NATIVE ACTORS AND SINGERS
Irene Bedard, Iñupiaq-Cree[ Moses Brings Plenty, Oglala Lakota Tonantzin Carmelo, Tongva Cody Deal (born 1986), Osage Nation Rodney A. Grant, Omaha Kiowa Gordon, Hualapai Tribe Carmen Hart, retired, Lumbee tribe Jack Hoxie, Nez Perce Michael Horse, Yaqui, Mescalero Apache, and Zuni Stepfanie Kramer Zahn McClarnon Russell Means, Lakota Branscombe Richmond, Aleut[ Will Rogers (1879–1935), Cherokee Ned Romero (born 1925) Chitimacha Will Sampson, Muscogee (Creek) Nation Larry Sellers Eddie Spears Chaske Spencer, Sioux-Nez Perce-Cherokee-Muscogee Creek Wes Studi, Cherokee Nation[ Sheila Tousey, Menominee, Stockbridge-Munsee Charles Howard Thomas, Choctaw Misty Upham, Blackfeet Tribe Floyd Red Crow Westerman, Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate ------ SOME OTHERS WHO ARE FULL/PART INDIGENOUS, ...WHO YOU "MAY" BE SURPRISED ABOUT  A Oleta Adams - singer Michelle Akers - football player (born in CA) Sherman Alexie, Jr. - author Charles Richard "Chuck" Allen - football player Paul Allen - microsoft co-founder Howard Averill - baseball player Jessica Alba - actress Richard Dean Anderson - actor B Jerry Baldwin - founder starbucks Bob Barker - television host Glenn Beck - radio and television host, author Drew Bledsoe - football player William Bolcom - composer, pianist Gordon Bowker - founder starbucks Linda Buck - scientist, nobel prize winner Baldwin Brothers -actors Benjamin Bratt - actor Kim Bassinger - actress Jessica Biel - actress Lisa Bonet - actress C Dyan Cannon - actress Jerry Cantrell - guitarist, songwriter Chester F. Carlson - inventor Raymond Carver - short story writer, poet James Caviezel - actor Ron Cey - baseball player Carol Channing - actress Dale Chihuly - glass sculptor Erika Christensen - actress Kurt Cobain - guitarist, singer, songwriter Judy Collins - singer Jeff Conine - baseball player Chris Cornell - guitarist, singer, songwriter Fred Couples - golfer Bing Crosby - singer, actor Merce Cunningham - choreographer, dancer Penelope Cruz - actress Cher- singer/actress Cindy Crawford - model D Cathryn Damon - actress Gail Devers - olympic athlete Corey Dillon - football player Mary Elinor Donahue - actress Howard Duff - actor Jennifer Dunn - politician Seattle Dwamish - suquamish indian chief Johnny Depp - actor Kirk/Michael Douglas and sons - actors Cameron Diaz - actor Lou Diamond Phillips - actor James Duval - actor E - G David Eddings - author Frances Farmer - actress Bill Gates - microsoft co-founder Cam Gigandet - actor Clarence Gilyard - actor Richard F. Gordon - astronaut Kenneth Gorelock - saxophonist Ava Gardiner - actress James Garner - actor Emilio Estevez - actor H - K Sigurd "Sig" Hansen - boat captain, actor Jimi Hendrix - guitarist Frank Herbert - author Henry "Scoop" Jackson - politician Robert Joffrey - choreographer Kitty Kelley - author Hank Ketcham - cartoonist Sam Kinison - comedian, actor Don Johnson -actor James Earl Jones - actor Tommy Lee Jones - actor Teri Hatcher - actress Val Kilmer - actor Salma Hayek - actress L Richard "Rick" Larsen - politician Gary Larson - cartoonist Gypsy Rose Lee - actress Jonathan "Jon" Lester - baseball player Blake Lewis - singer Ryan Lewis - musician, producer Timothy "Tim" Lincecum - baseball player Kenny Loggins - singer, songwriter Heather Locklear - actress M Kyle MacLachlan - actor Phil Mahre - world cup champion skier Ross Mathews - television host Kevin McCarthy - actor Mary McCarthy - author Guthrie McClintic - producer, director Darren McGavin - actor John McIntire - actor Duff McKagan - musician, bassist Patricia McPherson - actress Jeffrey Dean Morgan - actor Mark Morris - dance choreographer Robert Motherwell - artist Patrice Munsel - soprano Patty Murray - politician Edward R. Murrow - journalist (born in N.C.) Patrice Munsel - soprano Demi Moore -actress Robert Mitchum - actor N - Q Craig T. Nelson - actor Billy North - baseball player Mark O'Connor - violinist Apolo Anton Ohno - olympic gold medalist skater John Olerud - baseball player Stacie Orrico - singer, songwriter Robert Osborne - actor, film historian Stephen S. Oswald - astronaut Abraham Isaac "A.B." Quintilla III - songwriter, record producer, composer, musician River Phoenix - actor Wayne Newton -singer Chuck Norris - actor/director Elvis Presley - singer/actor R - S Marguerite "Dixy Lee" Ray - state's first female governor Don Rich - musician Clint Richardson, Jr. - basketball player Ryne Sandberg - baseball player Ron Santo - baseball player, sportscaster Francis "Dick" Scobee - astronaut Zev Siegl - founder starbucks Jean Smart - actress Smohalla - indian prophet, chief Hope Solo - Olympic medalist, soccer player Layne Staley - singer Ryan Stiles - comedian John Stockton - basketball player Hillary Swank - actress Sheen family - actors Keanu Reeves - actor Burt Reynolds - actor Della Reese - actress Robbie Robertson - musician T - W Earl Torgeson - baseball player Jennifer Warnes - singer, songwriter Adam West - actor Sammy White - baseball player Ann and Nancy Wilson - singers, songwriters (Heart) Martha Wright - singer Audrey Wurdemann - poet, pulitzer prize winner Vanna White - tv / model John Wayne - actor Raquel Welch -actress Billy Bob Thornton - actor Clint Walker - actor Dennis Weaver - actor Fred Ward - actor Mario Van Peebles - actor Quentin Tarantino - actor |
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"But each of us must find out for himself or herself what their gift is, so that they can use it in their life."
---- Jimmy Jackson, OJIBWAY |
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