THE GOSPEL OF THE REDMAN

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Comment by AuroRa / Little Crow Feather on October 10, 2010 at 2:27am

Don't walk behind me; I may not lead.
Don't walk in front of me; I may not follow.
Walk beside me that we may be as one. ~ Ute Proverb

Comment by AuroRa / Little Crow Feather on October 10, 2010 at 2:26am

"Thus Were We Created"

"Our Creator put us on this wide, rich land, and told us we were free to go where the game was, where the soil was good for planting. That was our state of true happiness. We did not have to beg for anything. Our Creator had taught us how to find and make everything we needed, from trees and plants and animals and stone. We lived in bark, and we wore only the skins of animals. Our Creator taught us how to use fire, in living, and in sacred ceremonies. He taught us how to heal with barks and roots, and how to make sweet foods with berries and fruits, with papaws and the water of the maple tree. Our Creator gave us tobacco, and said, Send your prayers up to me on its fragrant smoke. Our Creator taught us how to enjoy loving our mates, and gave us laws to live by, so that we would not bother each other, but help each other. Our Creator sang to us in the wind and the running water, in the bird songs, in children's laughter, and taught us music. And we listened, and our stomachs were never dirty and never troubled us.

Thus were we created. Thus we lived for a long time, proud and happy. We had never eaten pig meat, nor tasted the poison called whiskey, nor worn wool from sheep, nor struck fire or dug earth with steel, nor cooked in iron, nor hunted and fought with loud guns, nor ever had diseases which soured our blood or rotted our organs. We were pure, so we were strong and happy."

- Tenskwatawa, Shawnee Nation (Tecumseh's brother, the Shawnee Prophet)

Comment by AuroRa / Little Crow Feather on October 10, 2010 at 2:23am

THEY ARE WISDOM

Comment by AuroRa / Little Crow Feather on October 10, 2010 at 2:22am

"It is no longer good enough to cry peace, we must act peace, live peace and live in peace." ~ Chief Shenandoah


Shenandoah has always been a very popular American folk song, and it is at least a hundred years old. No one knows who wrote it or where it came from, but it is about working on the rivers and sea. The story is also mysterious because now there are several different versions of the song. Some people think it's about a place like the Shenandoah valley in Virginia, but it is probably about an Native American Indian Chief named Shenandoah. In some versions of the song, a white fur trader from Canada falls in love with Shenandoah's daughter, and he wants to take her away.

Comment by AuroRa / Little Crow Feather on October 10, 2010 at 2:17am

Comment by AuroRa / Little Crow Feather on October 10, 2010 at 2:16am

"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 Chief

Comment by AuroRa / Little Crow Feather on October 9, 2010 at 8:20pm

10-10-10

Comment by AuroRa / Little Crow Feather on October 9, 2010 at 8:17pm

Shelley, this means "Thank You" in Cherokee.
I Love You

Comment by AuroRa / Little Crow Feather on October 9, 2010 at 2:48am

Blessings to you, Shelley and Lola

Comment by Lola Reinhart on October 9, 2010 at 2:01am

Me Too! Love and Light, WindStarr

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