Elder's Meditation of the Day November 29

Elder's Meditation of the Day November 29
"Life, the circle, a measurement with no beginning and no end."
--Phillip Deere, MUSKOGEE-CREEK
The circle teaches us how the Creator made things and how to live. It teaches us how we should look at creation. Life travels in a circle. In the East is the baby, to the South is the youth, in the West is the adult and in the North is the Elder. Then we return to the Earth Mother to start the cycle again. We observe what is `around us' from the center of the circle. This develops our point of view. We must be careful not to become self-centered.

Great Spirit, let me observe life from the circle's point of view.

Ghost Song

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Elder's Meditation of the Day November 28

Elder's Meditation of the Day November 28
"People say that crisis changes people and turns ordinary people into wiser or more responsible ones."
--Wilma Mankiller, CHEROKEE
There is a saying, conflict precedes clarity. The Medicine Wheel teachings say, in order for something to change it must first go through a struggle. When a crisis enters our lives, other powers are there to help us. We will learn some lessons. Will I honor and respect the next crisis?

Great Spirit, if a crisis occurs today, let me learn the lessons of wisdom.

Cheyenne on ration day.

Natives of the American Continents

Reservations have been made out to be something good to Americans. They think that Native Americans were given something. Reservations were orginally no more than Prison Camps. Their guns were taken and many times their knifes were also taken away. They were not allow to leave the Reservation without permission to even hunt. They had to depend totally upon the government for food and supplies. Suppies many times did not come due to corruption among the Indian Agents. When suppies did arrive they were usually bad. This country goes over every war it has ever been in. But it fails to talk about the Indian Wars. It refuses to teach about the Native American Halocaust. History should always be taught and taught corrrectly.

"Some time about the middle of the winter a large vat was constructed which connection to the saw mill, with a pipe leading from the boiler into the vat. Into this vat was thrown beef, beef heads, entrails of beeves, some beans, flour, and pork. I think there was put into the vat two barrels of flour each time, which was not oftener than once in twenty-four hours, The mass was then cooked by the stream from the boiler passing through the vat. When that was done, all the Indians were ordered to come with their pails and get it. It was dipped out to the Indians with a long, handled dipper made for the purpose. I cannot say the quantity given to each. It was of about the consistency of very thin gruel. The Indians would pour off the thinner portion and eat that which settled to the bottom.....The Santees and Winnnebagos were fed from this vat; some of the Indians refused to eat it, it made them sick ....they told the agents that it was only fit for hogs, and they were not hogs , they said.....The Indians reported several deaths from starvation; they were constantly begging for something to eat, and I visited the lodges frequently while they were sick., and found them destitute of food.....From what I saw and I know, I am satisfied that the representation of Indians as to some of the Indians dying of starvation were true"( S.C. Hayes) Sadly it was also shown that the meat given to Natives was full of maggots and the dead animals had died of sickness or natural death. The Piegans ate the bark of trees and about 200 of them starved to death. ( Massacres of the Mountains; J.P. Dunn, Jr., LL.B. Archer House, Inc. New York. 1886)

Cheyenne on ration day.

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Elder's Meditation of the Day November 27

Elder's Meditation of the Day November 27
"The Natural Law is a spiritual law. Its powers are both light and dark."
--Oren R. Lyons, Spokesman Traditional Circle of Elders
There are some characteristics that are evident in the system which the Creator made. He made balance, harmony, and polarity. In other words, every (+) plus has a (-) minus. Every positive has a negative; every up has a down; every problem has a solution. The Spiritual Law is the same - it has light and dark. Both are good, so both need to be honored. Lessons can be learned on both sides.

Great Spirit, teach me the powers of the Natural Laws.