Medicine According to Cherokee Legend
The Old Ones say that at one time all of Creation spoke the same language. The plants could communicate with the finned ones, the four-leggeds could speak with the trees, the stones could talk...
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Tiyospaye: The Heritage of Lakota Family
The heritage of Native Americans is rich in community and family bonds. In the Lakota culture, the word tiyospaye encompasses the conviction that family is not only made up of immediate blood relatives, but...
The Tradition of the Powwow
The Native American culture is a living, breathing entity. It is a tapestry of tradition and values passed on from generation to generation. One tradition that exemplifies the love of family and community in...
SIOUX KINSHIP, COMMUNITY, AND BELIEF SYSTEM
In the early days of the Sioux, tribes or oyate — the people — lived in tiyospaye or camp circles with large extended families united by a sense of kinship and community. An appointed...
5 Quotes From Chief Red Cloud – Sioux
Look at me – I am poor and naked, but I am the chief of the nation. We do not want riches, but we want to train our children right. Riches will do us...
Kicking Bear aka: Matȟó Wanáȟtake ( 1846? – 1904)
Kicking Bear, also known as Matȟó Wanáȟtaka, was a Lakota Sioux spiritual leader and a key figure in the Ghost Dance movement of 1890. He was born around 1846 near Pine Ridge, in what...
History of the Jingle Dress Dance
History of the Jingle Dress Dance The Jingle Dress Dance originated with the Mille Lacs Band of the Ojibwe Tribe in the early 1900s and gained popularity during the 1920s in the Great Lakes...
Women’s Moon: What You Need to Know About August Full Moon 2023
Big, bright lunar displays will bookend August as the moon nears its closest point to Earth. When the moon reaches this position in its orbit while also appearing full, the result is a supermoon...
Remembering U.S. Soldiers Who Refused To Kill Native Americans At Sand Creek
These were men who rejected the violence and genocide inherent in the “conquest of the West.” They did so by personally refusing to take part in the murder of peaceful people Every Thanksgiving weekend...
Medicine Wheel Native American Teachings Explained?
The Medicine Wheel Native American Teachings is of a circle, a symbol, which is filled with many of the teachings and wisdom past down from generation to generation in the First Nations culture. These teachings, protocols,...
