Hunkpapa Teton

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We were made to be different - you and I. The same diversity is
in nature but it never argues about who is good, better, or best.
Each one of earth's creatures goes about its own business - some
yipping in the woods at night, some in high flight, some beneath
water. One biological group does not look at another in abject
disapproval - but all blend in a harmony that makes us peaceful
to watch. At times I may see you as bizarre and you may view me
as lacking intellectually, but we are still God's creations, and
it is the diversity that makes life colorful, and certainly not
monotonous.

~ God made me an Indian.....but not a reservation Indian. ~

SITTING BULL - HUNKPAPA TETON

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Walking The Red Road

"Being Indian is mainly in your heart. It's a way of walking with the earth instead of upon it. A lot of the history books talk about us Indians in the past tense, but we don't plan on going anywhere... We have lost so much, but the thing that holds us together is that we all belong to and are protectors of the earth; that's the reason for us being here. Mother Earth is not a resource, she is an heirloom."

David Ipinia, Yurok Artist, Sacramento, CA

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NATIVE AMERICAN CODE OF ETHICS

Rise with the sun to pray. Pray alone. Pray often. The Great Spirit will listen, if you only speak.

Be tolerant of those who are lost on their path. Ignorance, conceit, anger, jealousy and greed stem from a lost soul. Pray that they will find guidance.

Search for yourself, by yourself. Do not allow others to make your path for you. It is your road, and yours alone. Others may walk it with you, but no one can walk it for you.

Treat the guests in your home with much consideration. Serve them the best food, give them the best bed and treat them with respect and honor.

Do not take what is not yours whether from a person, a community, the wilderness or from a culture. It was not earned nor given. It is not yours.

Respect all things that are placed upon this earth - whether it be people or plant.

Honor other people's thoughts, wishes and words. Never interrupt another or mock or rudely mimic them. Allow each person the right to personal _expression.

Never speak of others in a bad way. The negative energy that you put out into the universe will multiply when it returns to you.

All persons make mistakes. And all mistakes can be forgiven.

Bad thoughts cause illness of the mind, body and spirit. Practice optimism.

Nature is not FOR us, it is a PART of us. They are part of your worldly family.

Children are the seeds of our future. Plant love in their hearts and water them with wisdom and life's lessons. When they are grown, give them space to grow.

Avoid hurting the hearts of others. The poison of your pain will return to you.

Be truthful at all times. Honesty is the test of ones will within this universe.

Keep yourself balanced. Your Mental self, Spiritual self, Emotional self, and Physical self - all need to be strong, pure and healthy. Work out the body to strengthen the mind. Grow rich in spirit to cure emotional ails.

Make conscious decisions as to who you will be and how you will react. Be responsible for your own actions.

Respect the privacy and personal space of others. Do not touch the personal property of others - especially sacred and religious objects. This is forbidden.

Be true to yourself first. You cannot nurture and help others if you cannot nurture and help yourself first.

Respect others religious beliefs. Do not force your belief on others.

Share your good fortune with others. Participate in charity.


Contributed gracefully by Spirit Turtle

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A Message To You All From a Hopi Elder

“The Fourth World shall end soon, and the Fifth World will
begin. This the elders everywhere know. The Signs over many years
have been fulfilled, and so few are left."

· This is the First Sign: We are told of the coming of the
white-skinned men, like Pahana, but not living like Pahana—men who
took the land that was not theirs. And men who struck their
enemies with thunder .

· This is the Second Sign: Our lands will see the coming of
spinning wheels filled with voices. In his youth, my father saw
this prophecy come true with his eyes—the white men bringing
their families in wagons across the prairies.”

· This is the Third Sign: A strange beast like a buffalo but
with great long horns, will overrun the land in large numbers.
These White Feather saw with his eyes—the coming of the white
men’s cattle.”

· This is the Fourth Sign: The land will be crossed by snakes of iron.”

· This is the Fifth Sign: The land shall be criss-crossed by a
giant spider’s web.”

· This is the Sixth sign: The land shall be criss-crossed with
rivers of stone that make pictures in the sun.”

· This is the Seventh Sign: You will hear of the sea turning
black, and many living things dying because of it.”

· This is the Eight Sign: You will see many youth, who wear
their hair long like my people, come and join the tribal nations, to
learn their ways and wisdom.

· And this is the Ninth and Last Sign: You will hear of a
dwelling-place in the heavens, above the earth, that shall fall with a
great crash (The Russian space station that feel to earth a few
years ago). It will appear as a blue star. Very soon after this,
the ceremonies of my people will cease.

“These are the Signs that great destruction is coming. The world
shall rock to and fro. The white man will battle against other
people in other lands—with those who possessed the first light
of wisdom. There will be many columns of smoke and fire such as
White Feather has seen the white man make in the deserts not far
from here. Only those which come will cause disease and a great
dying. Many of my people, understanding the prophecies, shall be
safe. Those who stay and live in the places of my people also
shall be safe. Then there will be much to rebuild. And soon—very
soon afterward—Pahana will return. He shall bring with him the
dawn of the Fifth World. He shall plant the seeds of his
wisdom in their hearts. Even now the seeds are being planted. These
shall smooth the way to the Emergence into the Fifth World.
“But White Feather shall not see it. I am old and dying.
You—perhaps will see it. In time, in time...”
(An old American Indian rock carving near Mishongnovi, Arizona
accurately describes the existence of “flying saucers” and space
travel, according to a Hopi Indian leader. In the summer of
1970, the late Chief Dan Katchongva, in the company of his counselor
Ralph Tawangyawma and interpreter Caroline Tawangyawma, went to
the city of Prescott to learn more about the rash of UFOs
recently seen in that area. The residents of that central Arizona
community said they saw hundreds of flying saucers in the night sky
over the city for more than two weeks prior to the Hopi leader’s
arrival. Katchongva, who died in 1972, said he believed the
sightings were intimately connected to Hopi prophecy. The
traditional Hopi chieftain had long been interested in UFOs because he
believed they were a part of Hopi religious beliefs. UFO researcher
and former Prescott resident Paul Solem said the existence of
the saucers justified an old Hopi prophecy that a “Day of
Purification” was soon to arrive. It would be a day when all wicked
people and wrong-doers would be punished or destroyed. Contact with
flying saucers would signal the first step of an massive
migration northward by Indians from Central and South America, Solem
said. Chief Katchongva told reporters of the Prescott Evening
Courier that the petroglyph on the Hopi Reservation shows a definite
connection between the Indians and visitors from space. “We
believe other planets are inhabited and that our prayers are heard
there,” he said. “The arrow on which the dome-shaped object
rests, stands for travel through space,” Katchongva said in
explaining the rock carving. “The Hopi maiden on the dome-shape (drawing)
represents purity. Those Hopi who survive Purification Day will
travel to other planets. We, the faithful Hopi, have seen the
ships and know they are true,” he said. “We have watched nearly
all of our brethren lose faith in the original Hopi teachings and
go off on their own course. Near Oraibi the Plan of Life was
clearly shown and we know that those who have forsaken the original
teachings will pay with their lives when the True White Brother
comes,” he went on. According to Katchongva, the Hopi prophecies
say the Hopi people will be divided three times. The first
division occurred in 1906 when Chief You-kew-ma [Yukiuma] and his
followers were forced out of the ancient Indian town of Oraibi to
begin a new community in Hotevilla, he said. “The second division
took place in 1969 when Paul Solem came and contacted the flying
saucers and they flew over and whispered their message. Shortly
before Mr. Solem came, Titus Quomayumtewa saw a flying saucer
and the Kachina that piloted it. “Paul Sewaemanewa saw the saucer
years before when he had made his prayer rites,” Katchongva
said. “These two men are of the faithful. We know we are to be
divided once more and few will be left just before our True White
Brother arrives with the matching pieces of stone tablet. Many Hopi
men wear their bang haircut that represents a window from which
they continue to look for the True White Brother,” he added.
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[Editor’s Note: When Dan Katchongva “died” his body was never
found. He was last seen walking up into a small valley where a UFO
had just been seen].)
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WE ARE PART OF THIS EARTH AND IT IS PART OF US

In 1854 Chief Seattle of the Puget Sound Indians was asked to sell a large area of land in what is now known as Washington State. He and his people were also promised a reservation by President Franklin Pierce. Here is Chief Seattle's reply.

How can you buy or sell the sky, the warmth of the land? If we do not own the freshness of the air and the sparkle of the water, how can you buy them? Every part of the earth is sacred to my people. Every shining pine needle, every sandy shore, every mist in the dark woods, every clearing, and humming insect is holy in the memory of my people. The sap which courses through the trees carries the memories of the Red man.

The white man's dead forget the country of their birth when they go to walk among the stars. Our dead never forget this beautiful earth, for it is the mother of the red man. We are part of the earth and it is a part of us. The perfumed flowers are our sisters; the deer, the horse, the great eagle, these are our brothers. The rocky crests, the juices in the meadows, the body heat of the pony, and the man, all belong to the same family.

So when the Great Chief in Washington sends word that he wishes to buy our land, he asks much of us. The Great Chief in Washington will reserve us a place so that we can live comfortably to ourselves. He will be our father and we will be his children. So we will consider your offer to buy our land, but it will not be easy. For this land is sacred to us. This shining water that moves in the streams and the rivers is not just water but the blood of our ancestors.

If we sell you land, you must remember that it is sacred, and you must teach your children that it is sacred and that each ghostly reflection in the clear water of the lakes tells of events and memories in the life of my people.

The water's murmur is the voice of my father's father.

The rivers are our brothers, they quench our thirst. The rivers carry our canoes, and feed our children. If we sell you our land, you must remember, and teach your children, that the rivers are our brothers, and yours, and you must henceforth give the rivers the kindliness you would give any brother.

We know that the white man does not understand our ways. One portion of land is the same to him as the next, for he is a stranger who comes in the night and takes from the land whatever he needs. The earth is not his brother but his enemy, and when he has conquered it, he moves on. He leaves his father's graves and his children's birthright forgotten. He treats his mother, the earth, and his brother, the sky, as things to be bought, plundered, sold like sheep or bright beads. His appetite will devour the earth and leave behind only desert. I do not know. Our ways are different from your ways. The sight of your cities pains the eye of the red man. But perhaps it is because the red man is savage and does not understand. There is no quiet place in the white man's cities. No place to hear the unfurling of leaves in spring, or the rustle of an insect's wings.

But perhaps it is because I am savage and do not understand. The clatter only seems to insult the ears. And what is there to life if a man cannot hear the lonely cry of the whippoorwill or the arguments of the frogs around a pond at night! I am a red man and do not understand.

The Indian prefers the soft sound of the wind darting over the face of a pond, and the smell of the wind itself, cleansed by rain or scented with the pine cone.

The air is precious to the red man, for all things share the same breath: the beast, the tree, the man, they all share the same breath. The white men, they all share the same breath. The white man does not seem to notice the air he breathes. Like a man dying for many days, he is numb to the stench.

But if we sell you our land, you must remember that the air is precious to us, that the air shares its spirit with all the life it supports. The wind that gave our grandfather his first breath also received his last sigh.

And if we sell you our land you must keep it apart and sacred, as a place where even the white man can go and taste the wind that is sweetened by the meadow's flowers. So we will consider your offer to buy our land. If we decide to accept... I will make one condition.

The white man must treat the beasts of this land as his brothers. I am savage and do not understand any other way. I have seen a thousand rotting buffaloes on the prairie, left by the white man who shot them from a passing train. I am savage and do not understand how the smoking iron horse can be more important than the buffalo that we kill only to stay alive.

What is man without the beasts? If all the beasts were gone, man would die from a great loneliness of spirit. For whatever happens to the beasts, soon happens to man. All things are connected. You must teach your children that the ground beneath their feet is the ashes of our grandfathers. So that they will respect the land, tell your children that the earth is rich with the lives of our kin. Teach your children what we have taught our children, that the earth is our mother. Whatever befalls the earth befalls the sons of the earth.

Man did not weave the web of life, he is merely a strand in it, whatever he does to the web, he does to himself. Even the white man, whose God walks and talks with him as a friend to friend, cannot be exempt from the common destiny.

We may be brothers after all. We shall see. One thing we know, which the white man may one day discover - our God is the same God. You may think now that you own Him as you wish to own our land, but you cannot. He is the God of man and his compassion is equal for the red man and the white. The earth is precious to him, and to harm the earth is to heap contempt upon its Creator. The whites, too, shall pass; perhaps sooner than all the other tribes, and you will one night suffocate in your own waste.

But in your perishing, you will shine brightly, fired by the strength of the God who brought you to this land and for some special purpose gave you dominion over the red man. That destiny is a mystery to us, for we do not understand when the buffalo are slaughtered, the wild horses are tamed, the secret corners of the forest heavy with the scent of many men and the view of the ripe hills blotted out by talking wires.

Where is the thicket?

Gone.

Where is the eagle?

Gone.

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Herbal Recipes

Salve for Itching and Rashes

1 ounce Chickweed, dried
1 oucne Comfrey, dried
1 pint Olive Oil
2 ounces Beeswax

Put chickweed and comfrey into olive oil and simmer 3 hours. Strain and add beeswax. Pour into wide mouth containers. This salve is handy to have for treating diaper rash or for the itching caused by poison oak or poison ivy.

Pain Reliever Salve

1 ounce Chickweed
1 ounce Wormwood
1 ounce yarrow
2 pints Olive Oil
3 ounces Beeswax
1 tsp. Tincture of Benzion

Mix together chickweed, wormwood, and yarrow. Add the mixed herbs to olive oil and simmer 3 hours. Strain and add beeswax and tincture of benzion. Pour into wide mouth containers.

Aloe Vera Salve

1 cup boiling Water
1 tsp. Pekoe Tea
1 Tbsp. Irish Moss
3 Tbsp. Aloe Gel

Pour boiling water over pekoe tea Irish moss. Allow to sit until cool. Add aloe gel. Mix well and store in labeled jar. This salve can be used to heal burns, including sunburns.

Chickweed Salve

1 pound Chickweed
1 pint Olive Oil
1 1/2 ounces Beeswax, melted

Add chickweed to olive oil. Heat for 3 hours in an oven set at 150 degrees F. Strain and add melted beeswax to the mixture. Stir mixture while it is cooling, as it will thicken. Place in a wide mouth jar and label. Great for healing cuts, burns, and abrasions.

Sedative Tincture

1 1/2 ounces Chamomile
1 1/2 tsp. Peppermint Powder
1/2 quart Vodka

Place chamomile and powdered peppermint into vodka. Allow to steep for 2 weeks, shaking daily. Strain and bottle. Use as a sedative for adults. Dosage is half a dropperful under the tongue, as needed.

Valerian Root Tincture

4 ounces Valerian (or skullcap)
1 pint Vodka (or other alcohol)

Mix, and allow to sit for 2 weeks. Strain and bottle. Although this tincture is a great sedative, it is also used to clean sores, poison ivy rash, and a host of other skin ailments. It is wonderful for certain tension headaches and for sinus headaches. It is truly a great relaxant. Since it is a great muscle relaxant, it would be helpful to take orally for sore muscles or when suffering from back injury. Dosage for adults would be half a dropperful every 4 hours or so for muscle spasms due to back pain. The liquid may also be placed in capsules and given this way. (The smell is not pleasant.)

Rosemary Tincture

4 ounces Rosemary Needles
1 pint Vodka

Mix and allow to sit for 2 weeks. Strain and use 1/2 dropperful every 2 hours for 2 days, then reduce dosage to 2 times daily for 2 weeks to treat infections and colds. This tincture is good to take internally to prevent colds or to fight infections. Because of the antibiotic nature of this tincture, it is also good to use to clean cuts and scrapes. It removes bacteria and prevents infections.

Tincture for Teenagers

1/2 cup Onion, chopped
1 cup Olive Oil

Place chopped onion in olive oil and allow to steep for 2 weeks. Strain and bottle. Use on pimples to help dry then up. Allow the liquid to stay on the spots for 15 minutes before rinsing off.

Earache Tincture

Fill a 4 ounce jar with Mullein flowers and cover with Olive Oil. Allow to stand in the sun for 1 week, shaking daily. Strain and place in sterile jar. Apply 3 - 4 drops to affected ear as needed and cover with a warm cloth.

Clove Oil

1 Tbsp. Whole Cloves
1 Tbsp. Vegetable Oil

Mix together and allow to sit for one month. Clove oil is great to use for toothaches. Cinnamon oil can be made the same way.

Liniment for Colds and Chest Tightness

1 cup Garlic, minced
1 cup Boiling Lard

Add garlic to boiling lard. Reduce heat to simmer, and cook for 2 hours. Remove from heat and strain the garlic from the oil. Place in a container with a tight-fitting lid.

Rheumatic Pain Ointment

1/2 cup Rosemary Leaves
1/2 tsp. Oil of Cloves
1 cup Vegetable Oil

Place rosemary leaves and oil of cloves in vegetable oil. Simmer gently for 20 minutes. Strain well and bottle. Make a poultice and use as often as necessary for rheumatic pain.

Wormwood Liniment

1 gallon White Vinegar
4 ounces Wormwood Herb & Seed
4 Egg Whites
4 ounces Turpentine, pure

Mix white vinegar and wormwood herb and seed. Let sit for 2 weeks. Strain, bottle and label. When the time comes to use this remedy, beat egg whites. Slowly add 1 quart of the wormwood mixture pure turpentine. Keep tightly capped. Shake well before using. Saturate bandages and wrap around the legs when needed. This is good to use for arthritis and stiffness.

Liniment for Aching Body

2 ounces Golden Seal, powdered
1 quart Rubbing Alcohol

Add powdered golden seal to rubbing alcohol. Let set for 2 weeks, shaking daily. Use as a massage for aching muscles.

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Note: Before using any homemade remedies be sure to consult with your health care professional, to make sure that the ingredients in the remedy will not conflict with any existing condition or medication which is being taken. Also remember to consider allergies before using any herbal remedies. (If you trust the AMA, if not ask grandma!)