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NOVEMBER
IS
NATIVE
AMERICAN
HERITAGE
MONTH!
Native
American Ten Commandments
The
Earth is our mother. Comfort her.
Honor
all your relations.
Open
your heart and soul to the Great Spirit.
All
Life is sacred. Treat all beings with respect.
Take
from the Earth what is needed and nothing more.
Do
what needs to be done for the good of all.
Give
constant thanks to the Great Spirit for
each day.
Speak
the truth but
only of the good in others.
Follow
the rhythm of Nature. Rise
and retire with the Sun.
Enjoy
Life’s journey but leave no
tracks.
“Feet
dancing gently upon Earth Mother. Each foot stepping lightly as jingles,
lovingly sewn on the healing dance dress, sing out the prayers of the people.
“This
prayer is for her, this one for him. Some for sons, others for daughters.
Prayers filled with tears from mothers, heartfelt prayers of fathers. Each jingle
a special prayer, no prayer greater than the other. Each jingle sings, as they
hit one another and a chorus of requests for healing and safety of warriors far
away are lifted up to Creator, carried on the beat of the drum, given life by
dancing feet upon the earth.
“Creator,
we dance for healing. Hear the prayers that the jingles sing out to you. We
dance the prayers of your people.”
Boe Harris
Turtle
Mountain Chippewa/Spirit
Lake Dakota Northeast Jurisdiction
From Voices of Native American Women,
Delrayne Roy, editor
United Methodist
Women, publisher
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