Native American Healing - Special Sites A special section on native American Healing, with comprehensive and creative sites Says Robin I believe that the only way to create harmony and avoid http://www.healing-arts.org/nativelinks.htm
Extractions: diameter = 78 mm. B elow are some uniques sites related to Native American Indians or their healing ways. Some are sites of friends or neighbors, and others are resources that I have found to be very creative, useful or comprehensive. If you wish to make a suggestion to add a site to this growing list, please email us at nativelinks@healing-arts.org [ Also, please see our many other pages on Native American Healing. ] DiscoveryPath Each of us is given spirit gifts (totems) at birth to help us discover our path on the "Good Red Road." You can define your path and serve yourself and others while enjoying the trip, for the journey is more important than the destination. All members of creation - animals, plants and minerals - have unique characteristics, energies and lessons giving you direction. Your path consists of the gifts of those with whom you share the Earth combined with your choices and spiritual energies. This site contains wonderful digital creations by the DiscoveryPath artists, unique gifts, birth totem profiles and Native American creations. Aboriginal (Native American) Star Knowledge This is a wonderful and inspiring and rich site. Contains information on Lakota Stellar Theology, a Lakota sacred star map, the sun's seasonal path among the stars and what it means for Lakota elders, Bighorn Medicine Wheel: stone, sun, stars on a mountaintop, early Sun Dance instructions, Ancient Geology of Medicine Mountain, 1st Magnitude Stars Table in order of brightness, with conventional and Lakota names, Books on-line (and reviews) on Native Star Knowledge and much, much more.
Native American, The White Buffalo A white buffalo, symbol of native American. rebirth and world harmony, also stresses the return of harmony, both in nature and among all peoples. http://www.merceronline.com/Native/native05.htm
Extractions: "The White Buffalo Woman" The Sioux are a warrior tribe, and one of their proverbs says, "Woman shall not walk before man. " Yet White Buffalo Woman is the dominant figure of their most important legend. The medicine man Crow Dog explains, "This holy woman brought the sacred buffalo calf pipe to the Sioux. There could be no Indians without it. Before she came, people didn't know how to live. They knew nothing. The Buffalo Woman put her sacred mind into their minds. " At the ritual of the sun dance one woman, usually a mature and universally respected member of the tribe, is given the honor of representing Buffalo Woman. Though she first appeared to the Sioux in human form, White Buffalo Woman was also a buffalothe Indians' brother, who gave its flesh so that the people might live. Albino buffalo were sacred to all Plains tribes; a white buffalo hide was a sacred talisman, a possession beyond price. One summer so long ago that nobody knows how long, the OcetiShakowin, the seven sacred council fires of the Lakota Oyate
Cultural Awareness native American children are expected to perform well in two cultures which isnot always easy. Be sensitive to the balance and harmony of nature 8. http://literacynet.org/lp/namericans/awareness.html
Extractions: Children with high self-esteem are successful in school and in life. Native American children are expected to perform well in two cultures which is not always easy. It is important for parents to help their children develop confidence in both worlds. The following guidelines, along with the Learning Circle activities contained in the Four Winds Curriculum, will help Native American students maintain pride in their tribal traditions. A student raised with traditional Native American values should: A. Encourage respect for nature, family, self, and all living things and: 1. Listen when elders speak and wait for elders to finish talking before they speak 2. Focus on the body, the spirit and the mind keeping all in balance with the envi- ronment 3. Maintain a positive outlook on all things 4. Think before speaking because words are powerful 5. Protect and preserve nature 6. Recognize the spirit of all living things 7. Be sensitive to the balance and harmony of nature 8. Show an awareness of the way to act with nature 9. Show respect for the beliefs of other B. Become aware of themselves as a member of a people, a tribe, a clan, and a family and: 1. Decide to help others in the community when there are needs 2. Gather information about family, clan and tribe 3. Take responsibility for continuing the oral tradition 4. Identify ways their own beliefs are alike and different from those of others 5. Show manners and respect by greeting others with a handshake
Native-American Movie Collection Their philosophy of living in balance and harmony and nature is a model to the Witness the tragic plight of five native American nations the Navajo, http://www.vpul.upenn.edu/gic/video_library/native.html
Extractions: Native-American Movie Collection A B C D ... Z native Film Description Type Running Time Format Available AIDS and the Native American Family no description available Documentary VHS Yes American Indian's Sacred Ground Documentary VHS Yes Cheyenne Autumn Three hundred starving Cheyenne men, women and children, forcibly resettled in the barren wastelands of Oklahoma, set out on a desperate 1500-mile trek back to their Yellowstone homeland in Cheyenne Autumn, a true-life story masterfully told by legendary filmmaker John Ford. Feature Film VHS Yes Education of Little Tree, The James Cromwell (Babe) stars in this heartwarming adaptation of the acclaimed best-seller about a eight-year-old Cherokee boy in Tennessee's Smoky Mountains during the 1930s. That boy is Little Tree (Joseph Ashton), sent to live with his mountain-dwelling grandparents after the loss of his mother and father. It's the beginning of a new life for Little Tree, filled with joy, discovery, setbacks, triumphs and good friends like mystical Cherokee seer Willow John (Graham Greene). Life is hard during the depression, but for Little Tree it's an unforgettable time of growing up. Feature Film VHS Yes Fast Runner, The
Native American Grandfather A native American s Lifelong Search for Truth and harmony with NatureGrandfather A native American s Lifelong Search for Truth and harmony http://www.loisgrantholland.com/Native American.htm
Extractions: THE A.N.S.W.E.R. T he Seeker's Guide to A lternative, N ew Thought, S piritual Growth, W ellness and E nlightenment R esources You may find your answers under Native American NATIVE AMERICAN RELIGIONS The phenomena referred to by the term Native American religions Read more Come join us at the Meta-Nets Message Boards Recommended Reading Sacred Hoops: Spiritual Lessons of a Hardwood Warrior Reading is the next best thing to a good cup of coffee and good conversation when it comes to learning about new things from new people. Here are some articles on Native American spirituality from 'teachers' all over the world that you can use as food for thought.....
Native American Music native American Music From Pilgrim s Way, Previous Page native flutes withthe gentle harmony of nature in this meditative journey into the heart of http://www.pilgrimsway.com/music/native_american.html
Isis Books & Gifts: World And Native American Music Page 2 This page features some of our bestselling World native American CDs. Surrounded by the harmony of nature, Marina s native flute melodies invite you http://www.isisbooks.com/world-music2.asp
Religious Movements Homepage: Native American Religion This native American Spirituality Page is your gateway to accessing today tothe necessity of creating technology that is in harmony with the natural http://religiousmovements.lib.virginia.edu/nrms/naspirit.html
Extractions: Profile Beliefs Groups Native Americans and Christianity ... Bibliography The diversity of American Indian tribes precludes a comprehensive examination of their religions and their belief systems. Anthropologists have compiled a huge trove of information detailing practices and beliefs of many different groups; this information remains isolated from popular culture. While there is a proliferation of popularized versions of Native American spirituality, these are often not the products of the tribes or their members. The beliefs and practices of many groups are sectarian derivatives of other native groups, and there is also a significant infusion of Christianity, and more recently, New Age beliefs and practices permeating these traditional beliefs. The origins of contemporary Native American religion, and that of their recent ancestors, can be traced back 30,000 to 60,000 years with the arrival of the first groups of people from northeast Asia. The religion of Native Americans has developed from the hunting taboos, animal ceremonialism, beliefs in spirits, and shamanism embraced by those early ancestors (Hultkrantz, 3, 12). Since these peoples settled in America slowly and in small groups over several thousand years, we still lack precise immigration knowledge. Beyond the directly inherited traditional Native American religions, a wide body of modified sects abounds. The Native American Church claims a membership of 250,000, which would constitute the largest of the Native American religious organizations. Though the church traces the sacramental use of the peyote cactus back ten thousand years, the Native American Church was only founded in 1918. Well into the reservation era, this organization was achieved with the help of a Smithsonian Institute anthropologist. The church incorporates generic Native American religious rites, Christianity, and the use of the peyote plant. The modern peyote ritual is comprised of four parts: praying, singing, eating peyote, and quietly contemplating (Smith, 167-173; Anderson, 41).
ASATRU FOLK ASSEMBLY - Wannabees The term wannabees is used by some native americans to refer to outsiders The simplicity of a life close to nature, and the powerful techniques of the http://www.runestone.org/ind5.html
Extractions: Th e following article appeared as a flyer produced in 1995 by the Asatru Folk Assembly, aimed at European-Americans who are attracted to Native American spirituality. It has received praise from several Native American writers and thinkers, including Vine Deloria, author of GOD IS RED and many other books dealing with American Indians. So you're a European-American who's attracted to Native American spirituality... The way of the American Indian offers much to those who want to live in harmony with the Earth, and with the own beings. The simplicity of a life close to nature, and the powerful techniques of the shaman, call out to all of us who want to walk lightly on this planet and to know the journeys of the soul that make one wise. Many people, including those of European ancestry, feel the pull of this spiritual path. However, there is something to consider. Many Native Americans feel that you should seek out the ways of your people, rather than intruding upon their ways. They understand your interest in their traditions, but they think you should look for something that is yours. Well, just what IS yours?
MSN Encarta - American Literature: Drama It told the story of Pocahontas, a native American who married an living inharmony with nature but unfamiliar with what European settlers saw as http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761596670/American_Literature_Drama.html
Extractions: Search for books and more related to American Literature: Drama Encarta Search Search Encarta about American Literature: Drama Editors' Picks Great books about your topic, American Literature: Drama ... Click here Advertisement Encyclopedia Article Multimedia 22 items Article Outline Introduction Beginnings: 1600s and 1700s Nationhood: The 1800s The Modern Era: The 20th Century and Beyond I Print Preview of Section American Literature: Drama , literature intended for performance, written by Americans in the English language. American drama begins in the American colonies in the 17th century and continues to the present. See also Drama and Dramatic Arts Most American plays of the 18th and 19th centuries strongly reflected British influence. In fact, no New York City theater season presented more American plays than British plays until 1910. The reasons behind this phenomenon are complex, but a common language and the ready availability of British plays and British actors offer the most obvious explanation.
NASP CQ Vol. 32, #8 - Native American Culture The third circle is the natural environment and all our relations. harmony andbalance. Among the many aspects of native American culture is the http://www.nasponline.org/publications/cq328native.html
Extractions: June 2004 In cultural research we don't share our stories enough. It is our hope that our personal stories will provide additional insight as to why we're passionate about Native American culture. Color of My Skin: Grace Tsai (Chinese American Female) Coarse black hair, deep brown skin, oval eyes, strong ridged jaw, and broad shoulders: these are my characteristics. I have been consistently identified as partially Native American due to both the ignorance of my white peers and my non-typical physical characteristics. These labels deterred my self- esteem development as a Chinese American as well as created intrigue about the Native American ethnicity that I was often associated with. These mislabels also expressed an unseen connection between myself and the Native American population. The exploration of the Native American population continued as I learned about their history, family role and educational opportunities, and suggested counseling interventions through interviews and personal experiences with their culture. Searching: Luisa Alanis (Mexican American Female) In search of learning about my ancestors I have learned about the Indians in Mexico and their history. Through taking courses in Chicana/o Studies and traveling to
Native American Proverbs - Wikiquote native American proverbs Winnebago; To touch the earth is to have harmonywith nature. Oglala Sioux; We are made from Mother Earth and we go back to http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Native_American_proverbs
Extractions: "WE do not inherit the world from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children." tribe unknown "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 "A good man does not take what belongs to someone else." Pueblo "It's impossible to awaken a man who is pretending to be asleep." Navajo "It is less of a problem to be poor, than to be dishonest." Anishinabe "The rain falls on the just and the unjust." Hopi "Those who have one foot in the canoe, and one foot in the boat, are going to fall into the river." Tuscarora "Listening to a liar is like drinking warm water." tribe unknown "Many have fallen with the bottle in their hand." Lakota "What the people believe is true." Anishinabe "There is no death, only a change of worlds." Duwamish "Beware of the man who does not talk, and the dog that does not bark." Cheyenne "It is easy to be brave from a distance." Omaha "A brave man dies but once; a coward, many times." Iowa "One rain does not make a crop." Creole
The Spiritual Sanctuary Celebrates The Native American Faith native American Spirituality the essence of which is conveyed, As weawaken our consciousness that humankind and the rest of nature are inseparably http://thespiritualsanctuary.org/Native/Native.html
Extractions: NOTE: Texts and quotations by Julian Burger and the indigenous peoples are used with permission of *The Gaia Atlas of First Peoples: A Future for the Indigenous World,* by Julian Burger with campaigning groups and native peoples worldwide. (London: Gaia Books Ltd, 1990. Some of what follows was written by representatives of indigenous peoples; some was provided by non-indigenous people. "... because their ancestors were the original inhabitants of the lands, since colonized by foreigners. Many territories continue to be so invaded. The book also calls them indigenous, a term widely accepted by the peoples themselves, and now adopted by the United Nations." (BURGER, p.16) `Fourth World' is a term used by the World Council of Indigenous Peoples to distinguish the way of life of indigenous peoples from those of the First (highly industrialized), Second (Socialist bloc) and Third (developing) worlds. The First, Second and Third Worlds believe that `the land belongs to the people'; the Fourth World believes that `the people belong to the land. (BURGER, p.18)
The Noble Savage Hypothesis 128)for causing the heedless modern exploitation of the natural environment . only after European Christians armed the native americans. http://www.rae.org/savage.html
Extractions: Environmentalists frequently indict the Biblical dominion mandatethat human beings should "subdue" the earth (Gen. 1:28)-for causing the heedless modern exploitation of the natural environment. Other passages are blamed for the advent of genocidal warfare. These indictments follow from the mistaken perception that the Bible encourages us to see the earth, and other people, as objects to exploit and conquer. Some suggest that humans once worshipped a benevolent Mother Earth, and saw nature as a bounteous provider to be loved and respected. But once "patriarchal" religions like Christianity became widespread, Earth and her bounty were supposedly seen as something we were free to exploit as we saw fit. These arguments against what is taken to be the Bible's teaching about the use of nature run smack into some plain facts. In recent times no one has done a better job of ruining the earth than those who do not, even nominally, obey the Scriptures. After the fall of Communism in the former Soviet Union and Warsaw Pact nations, it was discovered that environmental pollution and degradation under Communism generally far surpassed that in capitalist countries (Edwards 1993). The atheism at the foundation of Communism proved to be no protector of the earth's resources. Rather it permitted their ruthless misuse.
Native American Prophecies -- Various (Morgana's Observatory) News of the calf spread quickly through the native American community because its What she meant by that was that she would bring back harmony again and http://www.dreamscape.com/morgana/dione.htm
Extractions: Free counter Dione [Click on the name of the moon above for astronomical information.] Dione (Greek): Mother of Aphrodite (Venus). (Moon of Saturn From: Phoenix Rising by Mary Summer Rain (Note: No years are given for the events predicted; most refer to the US. No-Eyes died in the 1980's. = fulfilled or occurring.) ECONOMIC ASPECTS
Monthly Report - Native American Liaison Participated in the New Mexico native American Resource Fair held January Her purpose in attending was to learn about the harmony Workshop process since http://nativeamerican.fws.gov/decreport.html
Extractions: Combined Monthly Report -December 1999/January 2000 Region 1 - Scott Aiken - Dec. 1999 Coordination: Federal: Contacted Bob Ziobro, National Marine Fishery Service Wash, D.C., to introduce myself and discuss the upcoming Army Corps Of Engineers Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) due out on Friday December 17. Attended the Press Release Ceremony (December) of the Federal Caucus All-H Paper and the Army Corp's Draft EIS on the Lower Snake River. Discussed issues with tribal leaders from several Columbia River Tribes. Met with Stan Speaks, Area director of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, to discuss ways in which our two agencies can better coordinate efforts with Tribes in our area. Also explored ways in which our two agencies can work at aiding the Northwest Indian College and the Northwest Indian College Fund goals and objectives. Met with Amy Wing, FWS Planning, to discuss ways of compiling a user friendly database that would cover tribal contact information and fields such as agency name, land base ownership and wetland inventory information. This will greatly benefit Service personnel in the field when developing projects, CCP's (Comprehensive Conservation Plans), or other necessary plans. This database would also be valuable to Tribes. Tribal: Met with Don Sampson, Director of the Columbia River Intertribal Fish Commission, to discuss concerns of his constituents about the Columbia River and to identify ways in which the Service can better meet tribal needs within the context of habitat and species enhancement.
Natural Man We learned as kids that American Indians lived off the land in perfect harmonywith nature, Our notion of the native American as the Ecological Indian, http://www.nytimes.com/books/99/10/17/reviews/991017.17fleisht.html
Native American Indian Lore: Warriors Of The Rainbow native American Lore They would teach of harmony among people in all fourcorners of the Earth. Like the Ancient Tribes, they would teach the people how http://www.ilhawaii.net/~stony/lore133.html
Extractions: There was an old lady, from the Cree tribe, named Eyes of Fire, who prophesied that one day, because of the white mans' or Yo-ne-gis' greed, there would come a time, when the fish would die in the streams, the birds would fall from the air, the waters would be blackened, and the trees would no longer be, mankind as we would know it, would all but cease to exist. There would come a time when the "keepers of the legend, stories, culture rituals, and myths, and all the Ancient Tribal Customs" would be needed to restore us to health. They would be mankinds' key to survival, they were the "Warriors of the Rainbow". There would come a day of awakening when all the peoples of all the tribes would form a New World of Justice, Peace, Freedom and recognition of the Great Spirit. The "Warriors of the Rainbow" would spread these messages and teach all peoples of the Earth or "Elohi". They would teach them how to live the "Way of the Great Spirit". They would tell them of how the world today has turned away from the Great Spirit and that is why our Earth is "Sick". The "Warriors of the Rainbow" would show the peoples that this "Ancient Being" (the Great Spirit), is full of love and understanding, and teach them how to make the Earth or "Elohi" beautiful again.
Conservation - Native American Style Appealing as this image of a native American environmental ethic is, Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History 5(1) 1176. http://www.perc.org/publications/policyseries/conservation_full.php?s=2
