Elder’s Meditation of the Day - July 24,
White Bison
“Life is like a path…and we all have to walk the path… As we walk… we’ll find experiences like little scraps of paper in front of us along the way. We must pick up those pieces of scrap paper and put them in our pocket… Then, one [...]

Elder’s Meditation of the Day - May 31
“Sell a country? Why not sell the air, the great sea, as well as the Earth? Did not the Great Spirit make them all for the use of his children?”
–Tecumseh, SHAWNEE
The White Man’s way is to possess, control, and divide. It has always been difficult for Indian people [...]

Elder’s Meditation of the Day - May 28
“The land is a sacred trust held in common for the benefit of the future of our nations.”
–Haida Gwaii - Traditional Circle of Elders
The Creator made the Earth to support life so that life would continue to reproduce, everything would support one another, and future generations would have [...]

Some of us do not believe in a certain way, may it be Pagan, Christian, you name it,  but we still need to respect the Elders. We must have an open mind to a certain universal truth in order for us to turn around the destruction we have imposed on ourselves.
Barbara

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Elder’s Meditation of the Day - May 7
“We must all become caretakers of the Earth.”
—- Haida Gwaii Traditional Circle of Elders
Mother Earth is the source of all life. We should not only be concerned about the part of the Earth we live on, but we should be concerned about the parts of the Earth that [...]

For the next 21 days take some time out every day, read this statement and reflect on it. Barbara

“There came a great unifying life force that flowed in and through all things: the flowers of the plains, blowing winds, rocks, trees, birds, animals, and was the same force that had been breathed [...]

Elder’s Meditation of the Day - May 5
“There are many things to be shared with the four colors of man in our common destiny as one family upon our Mother the Earth.”
—- Traditional Circle of Elders, NORTHERN CHEYENNE
The Elders tell us the time will come when the four colors of Man will unite into one [...]