Tag: words
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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January 07, 2008 02:59 PM EST --
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I was born upon the prairie, where the wind blew free, and there was nothing to break the light of the sun. I was born where there were no enclosures, and . . . 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 10, 2007 05:55 PM EST --
There have been several inquiries into the image I posted portraying a print with the Native American 10 Commandments and expressing a desire into a clearer shot of the verbage on it much to my delight. . . . 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 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
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December 25, 2007 01:23 PM EST --
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January 05, 2008 03:24 PM EST --
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....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
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December 10, 2007 05:25 PM EST --
This, the first of two articles will have the Warning Poster, and My bedroom print of the Maiden. Article two will have the Ten Commandments.
Only After The Last Tree Has . . . 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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January 08, 2008 12:52 PM EST --
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Often in the stillness of the night, when all nature seems asleep about me, there comes a gentle rapping at the door of my heart. I open it; and a voice . . . more
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