"If the Great Spirit had desired me to be a white man, he would have made me so in the first place" . . . Chief Sitting Bull.
"Life is not separate from death. It only looks that way...... -Blackfoot warrior –
"When a man moves away from nature, his heart becomes hard." -Lakota-
"Lose your temper and you lose a friend; lie and you lose yourself." ~Hopi ~
Trouble no one about their religion; respect others in their view and demand that they respect yours. ~Chief Tecumseh~
...... 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. -Mourning Dove (Salish)
To bring peace and harmony to all through the visions of the prophets that walked mother earth.
O' GREAT SPIRIT
Help me always
to speak the truth quietly,
to listen with an open mind
when others speak,
and to remember the peace
that may be found in silence....-Cherokee Prayer
The Earth
The earth is your grandmother and mother, and she is sacred. Every step that is taken upon her should be as a prayer....-Ptesan Win, White Buffalo Calf Woman
and the world rejoiced.
Live your life
so that when you die,
the world cries and you rejoice....-White Elk
And while I stood there
I saw more than I can tell,
and I understood more than I saw;
for I was seeing in a sacred manner
the shapes of things in the spirit,
and the shape of all shapes as they must
live together like one being....-Black Elk
The Great Spirit is in all things, he is in the air we breathe. The Great Spirit is our Father, but the Earth is our Mother. She nourishes us, that which we put into the ground she returns to us.... -Big Thunder (Bedagi) (Wabanaki Algonquin)
and the world rejoiced.
Live your life
so that when you die,
the world cries and you rejoice....-White Elk
And while I stood there
I saw more than I can tell,
and I understood more than I saw;
for I was seeing in a sacred manner
the shapes of things in the spirit,
and the shape of all shapes as they must
live together like one being....-Black Elk
About Me
- eaglefeather
- I am Native American seeing through a white mans eyes. I bring harm to no one or anything regardless of how small or large, all was made from the same Great Spirit and all is equal...
