Tag: religious
member name: RUTH L.
|
December 17, 2007 06:44 PM EST --
From Father to Son
Sioux Holy Men
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 . . . more
|
|
December 18, 2007 01:37 PM EST --
We were taught to believe that the Great Spirit sees and hears everything, and that he never forgets; that hereafter he will give every man a spirit-home according to his deserts....
This . . . more
|
|
December 19, 2007 07:35 PM EST --
... I hope the Great Heavenly Father, who will look down upon us, will give all the tribes His blessing, that we may go forth in peace, and live in peace all our days, and that He will look . . . more
|
|
December 20, 2007 07:12 PM EST --
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 . . . more
|
|
December 21, 2007 07:50 PM EST --
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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. . . . more
|
|
December 28, 2007 12:01 PM EST --
By the year 1891, all of America's native tribes had been forced to "accept" government terms and were either confined to reservations or being assimilated into white culture.
How . . . more
|
|
January 05, 2008 03:24 PM EST --
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
....the voice of the Great Spirit is heard in the twittering of birds, the rippling of mighty waters, and the sweet breathing of flowers. If this is Paganism, then . . . more
|
|
December 26, 2007 03:57 PM EST --
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
To "make medicine" is to engage upon a special period of fasting, thanksgiving, prayer and self denial, even of self-torture. . . . more
|
|
|
|
