Oh GREAT SPIRIT
help me always
to speak the truth quietly,
to listen with an open mind
when others speak,
and to remember the peace
that may be found in silence.
(Cherokee Prayer)
Posts Tagged ‘Great Spirit’
Indian Education from A to Z – O
Posted in 2009 January, tagged character education, Cherokee, Cherokee Prayer, Great Spirit, Indian Education, Native American on January 17, 2009| Leave a Comment »
Indian Education from A to Z – G
Posted in 2009 January, tagged Black Elk, character education, grandfather, Great Spirit, Indian Education, Native American, Oglala Sioux, Sioux on January 9, 2009| Leave a Comment »
Grandfather, Great Spirit, once more behold me on earth and lean to hear my feeble voice. You lived first, and you are older than all need, older than all prayer. All things belong to you — the two-leggeds, the four-leggeds, the wings of the air and all green things that live. You have set the powers of the four quarters to cross each other. The good road and the road of difficulties you have made to cross; and where they cross, the place is holy. Day in and day out, forever, you are the life of things.
Therefore, I am sending a voice, Great Spirit, my Grandfather, forgetting nothing you have made, the stars of the universe and the grasses of the earth.
(Black Elk, Oglala Sioux)
Indian Education from A to Z – D
Posted in 2009 January, tagged Big Elk, Big Elk - Omaha Chief, character education, death, Great Spirit, grieve, Indian Education, Native American, Omaha, Omaha Chief on January 6, 2009| Leave a Comment »
Do not grieve. Misfortunes will happen to the wisest and best of men. Death will come, always out of season. It is the command of the Great Spirit, and all nations and people must obey. What is past and what cannot be prevented should not be grieved for … Misfortunes do not flourish particularly in our lives – they grow everywhere.
Big Elk – Omaha Chief
The Great Spirit Made All Men Brothers
Posted in 2008 October, tagged American, Anishinaabe, Apache, Arikara, Black Elk, Black River Bands, Chippewa, Great Spirit, Indian, Indian Education, Native American, Ojibwe, orphan train, Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe, Swan Creek, White Shield on October 25, 2008| Leave a Comment »
One question that we get from time to time is “Are you really Indian?” Robert is a direct lineal descendent of Black Elk (Chippewa). He is of Chippewa/Ojibwe and Apache heritage. His family traces back over eleven generations to the Swan Creek/Black River Bands of Michigan, known today as the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe. The Chippewa/Ojibwe refer to themselves as “Anishinaabe” (The People).
Terri Lynn is French, Irish, English, Scottish and Welsh. She was recently told that her maternal grandmother said she was an American Indian, but because she was adopted from the orphan train and raised by another family, we know little about her. Terri wears the traditional buckskin dress during ceremonies and teachings, to honor her husband’s family. The dress belonged to her mother-in-law, Akwagiishnuquay (End Of Day Woman). When they married, she was given the command, “You are now one of us, go teach with your husband. This is the traditional way of our People.”
White Shield, An Arikara Chief said it better than we ever could:
The color of the skin makes no difference. What is good and just for one is good and just for the other, and the Great Spirit made all men brothers. I have a red skin, but my grandfather was a white man. What does it matter? It is not the color of the skin that makes me good or bad.
Our Backyard
Posted in 2008 October, tagged Earth, Great Spirit, Indian Education, Ten Bears, Yamparika Comanche on October 24, 2008| 1 Comment »
Great Spirit — I want no blood upon my land to stain the grass. I want it all clear and pure, and I wish it so, that all who go through among my people may find it peaceful when they come, and leave peacefully when they go.
– Ten Bears, Yamparika Comanche
Native American 10 Commandments
Posted in 2008 September, tagged Earth, Great Spirit, Indian Education, Mother Earth, Native American, Native American 10 Commandments, Nature, prayer, video on September 4, 2008| 5 Comments »
There are several versions of Native American 10 Commandments. The following version is one of the most popular and words to live by.
- The Earth is our Mother; care for Her.
- Honor all your relations.
- Open your heart and soul to the Great Spirit.
- All life is sacred; treat all beings with respect.
- Take from the Earth what is needed and nothing more.
- Do what needs to be done for the good of all.
- Give constant thanks to the Great Spirit for each day.
- Speak the truth but only of the good in others.
- Follow the rhythms of Nature.
- Enjoy life’s journey; but leave no tracks.
Gakina-awiiya (We Are All Related),
Chief Robert and Terri Lynn TallTree
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