Tag: tradition
member name: RUTH L.
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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
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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
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December 24, 2007 08:24 PM EST --
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...I have seen that in any great undertaking it is not enough for a man to depend simply on himself.
All birds, even those . . . more
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December 23, 2007 10:38 PM EST --
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From Wakan-Tanka, the Great Mystery, comes all power. It is from Wakan- taka that the holy man has wisdom and the power to heal . . . more
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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
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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
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December 21, 2007 07:50 PM EST --
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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
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December 25, 2007 01:23 PM EST --
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December 27, 2007 01:51 PM EST --
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We are not white, we are more black. Yet if we cut ourselves, the blood will be red--and so with the whites it is the same, though their . . . more
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December 26, 2007 03:57 PM EST --
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To "make medicine" is to engage upon a special period of fasting, thanksgiving, prayer and self denial, even of self-torture. . . . more
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