Spirit of Indigenous America
Curanderismo, the Healing Art of Mexico
“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. She nourishes us. That which we put into the ground she returns to us.”
—Big Thunder (Bedagi) Wabanaki, Algonquin
Art by Chantal Lanouette (Algonquin), https://passthefeather.org/chantal-lanouette/
So I hope everyone enjoyed the new Indigenous Peoples' Federal Holiday! Finally, after decades of petitioning, letter writing, and protesting—the indigenous peoples of this nation were finally heard.
Indigenous Peoples' Day is a federal holiday in the United States that celebrates and honors Native American peoples and commemorates their histories and cultures. On October 8, 2021, U.S. President Joe Biden became the first U.S. President to formally recognize the holiday, by signing a presidential proclamation declaring October 11, 2021 to be a national holiday
Ahavati said:So I hope everyone enjoyed the new Indigenous Peoples' Federal Holiday! Finally, after decades of petitioning, letter writing, and protesting—the indigenous peoples of this nation were finally heard.
Indigenous Peoples' Day is a federal holiday in the United States that celebrates and honors Native American peoples and commemorates their histories and cultures. On October 8, 2021, U.S. President Joe Biden became the first U.S. President to formally recognize the holiday, by signing a presidential proclamation declaring October 11, 2021 to be a national holiday
About. Damn. Time. * claps *
Indigenous Peoples' Day is a federal holiday in the United States that celebrates and honors Native American peoples and commemorates their histories and cultures. On October 8, 2021, U.S. President Joe Biden became the first U.S. President to formally recognize the holiday, by signing a presidential proclamation declaring October 11, 2021 to be a national holiday
About. Damn. Time. * claps *
"One day, when I was a little girl, my brother and I were on the playground. We saw a beautiful little blond haired girl and we went to play with her. She told my brother 'go home and wash your skin, you're dirty'. My little brother and I ran home crying to our Unci (grandmother). She laid a blanket down and said "Iyotakapi Takoja' (sit down grandchildren) she sat down with us and took a pinch of dirt from the ground and rubbed it into my arm. As it blended into my arm she said 'This is where you come from Takoja, -Unci Maka (Grandmother Earth) This is who we are. You are Lakota and as a Lakota person you are the foundation that holds everything."
- Unci Marie Randall (pictured here)
Ernie LaPointe - Great-grandson of Sitting Bull
This is fantastic news. He looks just like him!
Sitting Bull's great-grandson identified through DNA fragments
It took scientists 14 years to develop a technique to search for “autosomal DNA,” which is non-sex-specific DNA that people inherit from both their mother and father.
https://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/sitting-bulls-great-grandson-identified-dna-fragments-rcna3912?fbclid=IwAR0zDkuRiER_W7coYUe7BLmAQ3-aYSBviFS_tvCEb9ExtZTphD8QmMXkrKw
Honor your ancestors and teach their ways to your children and grandchildren. <3
The Red Road
What is the Red Road
The "Red Road" is a metaphor for living a spiritual way of life.
Oglala Sioux medicine man and holy man, Black Elk, spoke of the all the people on the red road as being one interconnected circle of people that made a sacred hoop. Only you can walk your journey, but many are on the road.
What is walking the Red Road
"Walking the Red Road" is a deep sense of obligation and a meaningful personal commitment to purposefully live your life each day practicing and embodying The Seven Sacred Virtues of the Lakota.
Some people are standing on the road, and some people are walking on it. Are those walking the red road seeking perfection? No, they are simply walking in the right direction in a good way and they have seven sacred virtues that guide them.
The Lakota received these virtues from the White Buffalo Calf Pipe Woman who brought Sacred Pipe to the people. The stem of the pipe represents the male and the bowl represents the female.
When the stem of the pipe is merged with the bowl, the pipe
comes alive and empowered with The Seven Sacred Values of the Lakota:
1. Wóčhekiya - Prayer
2. Wičákha - Honesty
3. Wahwala - Humility
4. Waúnšila - Compassion
5. Waóhola - Respect
6. Wawokiye - Generosity
7. Wóksape - Wisdom
Those interested in walking the red road start with becoming familiar with these seven values. When learning them, you must control your anxious mind and be patient - there is no rank, level or social status to achieve.
Study these values, practice them, learn the sacred ceremonial songs, participate in sweat lodge ceremony and be genuine and diligent in honoring these ways.
Honor the gift of the vision whereas Wakan Tanka blessed the covenant of Native Ways becoming Human Ways to those that walk the red road.
A'Ho Mitakuye Oyasin
From Spirit Horse Nation
The True Story of Thanksgiving Isn't the One You Learned in School
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Most Americans are taught the same story about Thanksgiving—that Pilgrims sat together with Native Americans to share a meal and thank them for helping with a successful first harvest. But that story has been proven to be riddled with mistruths. While you may know that on some level, what's not often discussed is the truth about the holiday's history and the effect it has on many Native Americans.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/the-true-story-of-thanksgiving-isn-t-the-one-you-learned-in-school/ar-BB1970AT
Anita Peters, who is Mashpee Wampanoag and goes by her traditional name Mother Bear, packs up the traditional clothing and furnishings from the wetu, a traditional building that is part of the Mashpee Wampanoag Indian Museum in Mashpee, Mass., on September 29, 2021. (Photo for The Washington Post by Josh Reynolds)
This tribe helped the Pilgrims survive for their first Thanksgiving. They still regret it 400 years later.
https://www.adn.com/nation-world/2021/11/25/this-tribe-helped-the-pilgrims-survive-for-their-first-thanksgiving-they-still-regret-it-400-years-later/
Who can blame their regret?
More than 60 Native prep athletes are in Minneapolis this week to compete at the home of the NFL’s Minnesota Vikings.
In 2018, U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, Minnesota hosted Super Bowl LII between the Philadelphia Eagles and New England Patriots. On Dec. 5, the stadium will host another big time game, the 2021 Indigenous Bowl.
The game is put on by the 7G Foundation and is billed as the organization’s premier event. This year’s Indigenous Bowl will be the fourth time the game has taken place, last year’s game had to be canceled due to COVID, and the inaugural game was played in 2017.
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https://indiancountrytoday.com/news/indigenous-bowl-is-back?fbclid=IwAR34DR9_02iNO51sqsnm-VoZkQ_9avWm2BldH3AP2NGYdR4B22rk3ZQHpcc
Art by Paula Nicho Cumez (Maya, Guatemala)
The final Full Moon of the year is this weekend and the Winter Solstice follows on the 21st inviting us to take some time to reflect, pray, and cleanse and renew. Relatives, as you pray at sacred sites or attend ceremonial gatherings, please remember those mourning the loss of loved ones this year and also the thousands of Native children who have been found in mass graves in so-called "residential" schools.
Pray also for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women/People, families separated by current government policies whose children were taken and are yet to be found, for children and teenagers killed by gun violence, for elders and the elderly, for protectors of the sacred, and our relations in nature. Pray also for yourselves and your loved ones.
May Grandmother Moon's high spiritual light cleanse our body, mind, and spirit and give us guidance in a way that we will understand,
May all who are selflessly working to protect Mother Earth, Water, Air, and sacred places be given the resources and support they need,
May all children be loved, nurtured, and sheltered,
May families separated by unjust laws be reunited,
May the hearts of all who mourn be given loving solace and comfort,
May we forgive and be forgiven,
May we give and receive blessings with generosity,
May all who read these words be blessed with all that they need for their health and happiness,
May prayers made with a good heart be answered with ease and grace for the benefit of All Our Relations.
Chiokkue utessia, eyaay ahun, tlazocahmati, thank you, Creator, Grandmothers and Grandfathers of the Four Directions, and holy ancestors for answering our prayers and guiding us to take right action in service to the Medicine and all our relations.
— Grace Alvarez Sesma
Full Moon Cleansing Bath instructions:
https://www.curanderismo.org/.../full-moon-herbal-bath...
