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The Meaning of Sacredness
Posted September 15, 2012 by Billie K. Fidlin in Native American Spirituality
The Meaning of Sacredness
Understandings of the Teachings from My Mentors
~ Jerry Pope, from the October 2012 Issue of Whisper n Thunder
Over the past few years, months & days I have had the privilege and honor of trying to understand & integrate teachings from three different influential people in my life, two of whom are Lakota teachers and an ... read more
Understandings of the Teachings from My Mentors
~ Jerry Pope, from the October 2012 Issue of Whisper n Thunder
Over the past few years, months & days I have had the privilege and honor of trying to understand & integrate teachings from three different influential people in my life, two of whom are Lakota teachers and an ... read more
American Indian Spirituality & drugs and alcohol
Posted August 23, 2012 by Charlie Van Dyke in Native American Spirituality
From sciencecodex
DENVER — New research indicates that urban American Indian youth who follow American Indian traditional spiritual beliefs are less likely to use drugs and alcohol. Arizona State University social scientists will present their findings at the 107th Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association.
The study, "Spirituality a... read more
DENVER — New research indicates that urban American Indian youth who follow American Indian traditional spiritual beliefs are less likely to use drugs and alcohol. Arizona State University social scientists will present their findings at the 107th Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association.
The study, "Spirituality a... read more
Birds, and the spirit of a new life
Posted August 14, 2012 by Carolyn Brown in Native American Spirituality
My grandmother on Moms side was one of the last NA's to be forcefully adopted by a white family, in the 1910's. She was 12, and didn't stay very long. She left on her own when she was 14 and joined a traveling circus, eventually becoming a fortune teller, and later, the accountant who dealt with landowners, renting the property as the circus travel... read more
Thoughts on Spirit (from a Native American)
Posted August 14, 2012 by Billie K. Fidlin in Native American Spirituality
Thoughts on Spirit - by Jerry Pope, Native American
Spirit, God, Creator, Wakan Tanka, Allah, Gitchi Manitou, Yahwey, Meyaheyuun Buddha, The Source, Jesus Christ, by whatever name you call this force thatexists is something that lives in the depths of our soul, our spirit heart, not outside of us in some ethereal home above in a fictional heaven.... read more
Spirit, God, Creator, Wakan Tanka, Allah, Gitchi Manitou, Yahwey, Meyaheyuun Buddha, The Source, Jesus Christ, by whatever name you call this force thatexists is something that lives in the depths of our soul, our spirit heart, not outside of us in some ethereal home above in a fictional heaven.... read more
What is Sacred?
~ Russ Letica
Madawaska Maliseet First Nations
Imagine a time when the hair of our mother would blow in the wind…how many different colors it will grow over the seasons. A time when there was no shortage of food and it was free, because you prayed and gave thanks to the blessings you received. You prayed for the life your relative ... read more
~ Russ Letica
Madawaska Maliseet First Nations
Imagine a time when the hair of our mother would blow in the wind…how many different colors it will grow over the seasons. A time when there was no shortage of food and it was free, because you prayed and gave thanks to the blessings you received. You prayed for the life your relative ... read more
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