Cherokee
Nation - The Cherokee Nation - largest of the Five Civilized
Tribes of the Southeast - is a people of Iroquoian lineage.
The Cherokee, who called themselves 'Ani'-Yun' wiya' - 'Principal
People' - the 'Keetoowah' - 'People of Kituhwa' - or Tsalagi
from their own name for the Cherokee Nation - migrated to
the Southeast from the Great Lakes Region.
Cherokee
Prophecies - The Stars above and its configurations
hold TIME UNTIME within its grasp upon all life. As all
cultures sustain a Zodiac system written upon TIME UNTIME
so also the Chickamaugan Cherokee of the Americas hold also
an Ancient Zodiac of the heavens.
Contacting
Guides in Dream Time - If you have tried this but are
just getting nowhere this technique may work for you.
Coyote
and the Jar - Coyote was given a big jar to carry when
the people came to this world. He was told not to lift the
lid... but the jar was heavy and coyote was curious to know
what he was carrying.
COYOTE - As seekers of the spiritual aspects of life, it is only
natural that one would turn to books and people for spiritual
guidance. This is fine. However... beware. Spirituality
cannot be bought. Those who have it, do
not sell it. Those who do not have it, sell as much
as the market will bear. Coyote is always around to remind
us of that fact.
Crying
Souls - Do you hear the sadness as it races across the
winds? Can you hear the crying that happens within? Can
you see the hurt and pain within my eyes?
THE
DOG AND THE WOLF - Discouraged after an unsuccessful
day of hunting, a hungry Wolf came on a well-fed Mastiff.
He could see that the Dog was having a better time of it
than he was and he inquired what the Dog had to do to stay
so well fed.
ED
MCGAA - His books do not promote hate, racism or bigotry...only
unity and sharing wisdom. Ed McGaa is a very special man
in many ways.
First Buffalo Stone - One time long, long ago, before
the People had horses, the buffalo suddenly disappeared.
All the hunters killed elk, deer, and smaller game animals
along the river bottoms then.
Ghost
Dance - We are being called to gather at the Ghost Dance...To
let our hearts be heard! There can be little denial by those
who walk the Earth at this time that whatever it is that
we are all experiencing emotionally, physically, or with
the climatic changes, economic changes, as well as changes
in Consciousness…
Hopi
Prophecies - Hopi Elders on the Art Bell Radio Show
KINDS
OF SACRED SITES - The spiritual hunger of the "New
Age" religious groups and the natural curiosity of
informed people may at some point in the future require
that lists of sacred sites be surrendered under the Freedom
of Information Act. Sacred site information should be restricted
to Native people, and to guard Native American sacred sites
against curious outsiders
Message
to Humanity from Minnesota, by Blue Thunder - Greetings
all my relatives, I am here in Minnesota today thinking
about the weather situations and the prophecies, message
of my dreams, visions. My message to those that have been
following my work as a peacekeeper is of love, peace and
harmony for Mother Earth.
MODERN
SHAMANISM - Extracting the heart of Shamanism from the
traditional views we have from Native Americans, the Polynesians,
and other primal peoples, we have the essence of the Truth.
We learn that we are all connected, all one, and all-powerful
spirit beings having a physical experience.
Monster
with White Eyes - Handed down as a traditional Cherokee
story from grandmother to grandchild, the storyteller cautions
that long ago before the Europeans discovered Turtle Island
and her indigenous people, the elders of those people warned
of the monsters with white eyes yet to come.
NATIVE
AMERICAN QUOTES
Native
American Myths of Creation - In the beginning was only
Tepeu and Gucumatz (Feathered Serpent). These two sat together
and thought, and whatever they thought came into being.
They thought Earth, and there it was.
The
Path - We are what we are...human... and,
although we cannot change the world, we can change ourselves.
The
Peace Pipe Ceremony - Those who desire to benefit their
spiritual path by learning Native American knowledge and
wisdom, some of which will come through the ceremonies,
are recommended to get a peace pipe. The peace pipe is not
restricted to only Indians. It has been jealously guarded
by Native Americans, however, because many are fearful that
the pipe may be used disrespectfully by non-Indian people.
Pemmican - Pemmican is the energy snack warriors and hunters carried
with them. A thoughtful groom will make Pemmican for his
wedding party.
PROPHECY - There once came from the north country, to what is now
the upper western portion of New York state, a young man
of Huron birth. He was called Deganaweda.
PROPHECY
2 - The following information was received between October
15-17, 1995, in a council with the Ascended Masters.
Red
Sky Prophecy - In the 1920s, an Apache wise man had
a Vision of four prophecies that foretold death and destruction
for mankind, unless we incorporate Spirit in our daily lives.
Two of these prophecies may already have come true.
Sacred
Amulets - These two Sacred Amulets were found in an
ancient burial tomb in close proximity to an ancient pyramid
located in the Mississippi River Valley. According to Legend,
this was the burial tomb of a High Priest and Priestess
who inhabited that ancient city well over 30,000 years ago.
SACREDNESS
AMONG NATIVE AMERICANS - Over the course of humanity's
historical journey, religious experiences have formed the
basis of social, political and economic institutions of
both a formal and informal nature. American Indians, and
many other tribal peoples, represent a long historical tradition
in which religious experiences and knowledge, and the requirement
of ceremonial participation, are spread more or less evenly
throughout a small reasonably homogeneous society.
SACRED
SITES AND MILITARY LANDS/ACTIVITIES - Reporting the
presence of sacred Native American sites on, near, or possibly
influenced by U.S. military lands is circumscribed by several
important considerations. These considerations will be discussed
as they relate to the identification of sacred sites.
The
Seven Fires Prophecies of the Anishinabe - The
first prophet said to the people, "In the time of the First
Fire, the Anishinabe nation will rise up and follow the
sacred shell of the Midewiwin Lodge. The Midewiwin Lodge
will serve as a rallying point for the people and its traditional
ways will be the source of much strength.
SMUDGING - For as long as I can remember, I had heard of the Anishinabe
people smudging with sacred herbs such as tobacco, sweetgrass,
sage, and cedar.
The
Return of White Buffalo Woman - The Sign from the West
has revealed that White Buffalo Woman has returned to earth
and White Buffalo Woman reminds us to carry the Pipe in
our hearts.
The
Sacred Hoop - The children of the earth, wakanyeja makah,
are our winged, finned, insect, and four-legged friends
who have a special knowledge of Mother Nature and the corresponding
four directions. Each creature child of the earth can become
a helper for two-leggeds to aid our seeking of universal
knowledge. The four directions, the four quarters with the
full power of the earth and sky and all related life is
regarded as the Sacred Hoop.
The
Soul of the Indian - "WE also have a religion which
was given to our forefathers, and has been handed down to
us their children. It teaches us to be thankful, to be united,
and to love one another! We never quarrel about religion."
Thus spoke the great Seneca orator, Red Jacket, in his superb
reply to Missionary Cram more than a century ago, and I
have often heard the same thought expressed by my countrymen.
The
Star Nations - French Site
The
Story of the White Buffalo Calf Woman - The story goes
that she appeared to two warriors at that time. These two
warriors were out hunting buffalo, hunting for food in the
sacred Black Hills of South Dakota, and they saw a big body
coming toward them. And they saw that it was a white buffalo
calf. As it came closer to them, it turned into a beautiful
young Indian girl.
Straight
Girl Talk - When we are born in female bodies — when
we choose a female body for our earth body — we literally
choose to come into the Earth plane with the charge of the
nurturing and renewing all of life.
The
Drum: Drumming from the Heart - The drum is the heartbeat
of Mother Earth. The animal who provided the hide did so
with intention and purpose. In the drum the spirit of the
animal nation lives. The honor and respect you show the
drum also honors the four-legged, the winged ones, the crawlers
and the bugs.
The
Seventh Fire - More than 1,000 years ago my people,
the Anishinabeg, lived along the shores of the Atlantic
Ocean. There were so many and they were so powerful that
it is said that one could stand at the top of the highest
mountain, look in all directions, and not see to the ends
of the nation.
The
Traditional Cherokee Belief System - In a search for
order and sustaining that order, the olden Cherokee devised
a simple, yet seemingly complex belief system. Many of the
elements of the original system remain today. Although some
have evolved or otherwise been modified, the traditional
Cherokee of today recognize the belief system as an integral
part of day-to-day life.
Teaching
Native American Religions - I am submitting this query
simultaneously to two electronic discussion groups--one
on religious studies, the other on Native American issues--to
invite reflection on three questions:
The
Return of White Buffalo Woman - I will relate two visions.
Both visions came to me as I was pursuing spiritual truth.
The pair came in full colour and with accompanying sound.
They were as clear as watching the big screen at a cinema.
Both have been re-shown to me at various times.
TRADITIONAL
SHAMANISM - The knowledge and truth of traditional shamanism
exists everywhere. It exists for everyone to see, if you
understand the message and see past your own illusions.
It is the essential understanding of life, the oldest knowledge
we have: that of who we are, why we are here, and what is
our life's purpose.
Truth
1 - We join spokes together in a wheel, but it's the
center hole that makes the wagon move. We shape clay into
a jar, but it's the emptiness inside that holds whatever
we want.
Wakantanka - Many, many seasons ago, Wakantanka, the Breath Giver,
the Holy one, walked in the trees of the Paha Sapa, the
Black Hills. The trees were cool and the music of the streams
made him happy.
WHAT
IS A NATIVE? - It is not blood that makes an Native
American... It is the soul.... Too many... with fire of
Native blood... walk ignored.
WHITE
BUFFALO CALF WOMAN - We Lakota people have a prophecy
about the white buffalo calf. How that prophecy originated
was that we have a sacred bundle, a sacred peace pipe, that
was brought to us about 2,000 years ago by what we know
as the White Buffalo Calf Woman.
The
White Buffalo Called Miracle - It was said by some that
in "the time of the White Buffalo" sunbows, or whirling
rainbows, would begin to appear more frequently as a sign
to the people. As most readers of this journal will know,
we are in the time of the White Buffalo. The long-awaited
White Buffalo Calf was born August 20, 1994 on a Wisconsin
farm owned by Dave and Valerie Hieder.
WISDOM
SAYINGS
THE
YOUNG GIRL WHO BECAME A WOLF - It had been a long and
cold winter. Food was scarce. Many of the old ones and the
babies died before spring arrived. As spring came, the animals
became more active in the woodlands and forests and the
men went out on many hunts to find food, to make the people
strong again.
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