America 4 You Learn from the wisdom of the native. americans how to live in harmony with nature!See the free living buffaloes, visit Fort Still, and Apache leader Geronimo's. http://www.america4you.net/ranchvacations/rproduct29.htm
UnderstandingPrejudice.org: Teaching About Native American Issues for living in harmony with nature. Do discuss a variety of Indian nations, such asHopi, Lakota, and Navajo, rather than lumping all native americans together. http://www.understandingprejudice.org/teach/native.htm
Extractions: The following checklist is based in part on recommendations from the Council on Interracial Books for Children: Do not equate Indians with "things." For example, if alphabet cards say, "A is for apple, B is for ball, .... I is for Indian," pick a different word so that Indian people are not presented as objects.
Studying Indigenous Religions aware of native americans lives, culture, and religion, the more people will turnto native americans to teach them to live in harmony with nature and each http://www.uwec.edu/academic/curric/greidebe/Indigenous/Versluis/04hierophanic.h
Extractions: Overview of Key Elements 4 HIEROPHANIC NATURE Versluis explains hierophany as meaning spiritual revelation. There are many different examples of hierophany among the Native American tribes, however, all Indian cultures share the common belief that nature is informed by spiritual powers. Versluis states that, There are certain animals, landforms, and other manifestations of nature that embody spiritual significance for tribal peoples across almost the entire length and breadth of the Americas. (See p. 33) To begin to understand nature as a spiritual being, we must first understand what nature is to the Native American cultures. Versluis describes nature as the theatre in which the spirit realms and the human world intersect. (See p. 35) In Native American traditions, there are specific things in nature that have a special spiritual significance such as: the eagle, crow, owl, hawk, muskrat, otter, deer, buffalo, the mountains, rivers, bluffs, and rocks, to name a few. Native Americans believe that these aspects in nature are not only spiritually significant, but that they are truly the spiritual beings themselves.
The Mystical Indian This book tells of the native americans who went back to the old world to livewith the animals and in harmony with nature as the Great Spirit intended. http://www.themysticalindian.com/
Extractions: Links Photos Book Reviews Table Of Contents Welcome to The Mystical Indian I am a writer of Native American fiction and non-fiction as well as Medical self-help books. I also write articles related to Graves' Disease and Native American issues. My wife and I provide freelance editor services for stories, articles and novels. We provide typing service into a number of different programs or will set your manuscript to the style of publication you request (APA, MLA, Chicago Rules, etc) Please e-mail us for our rates. Hand written manuscripts our speciality. I currently have a book published on Graves' disease titled Graves' Disease In Our Own Words It is published by Blue Note Publications and is available for sale at Amazon.com, from the publisher or in a bookstore near you by the end of the year. It can be ordered at any bookstore from their books in print listing. It sold out of its first printing in six months. We had a book sighing in Los Angeles at the Omni hotel in Oct 2002. I have a manuscript on Native American Philosophy. It is titled
Extractions: Wednesday, April 19, 2000 This Saturday is Earth Day, the day annually set aside for condemning civilization's devastation of the environment. Around the country, there will be many events applauding Native Americans for living in harmony with the environment before the evil white man came and destroyed paradise. People will be encouraged to restore the earth to the time before Christopher Columbus came and ruined everything. The school children who mainly participate in these Earth Day brainwashing exercises are not going to hear anything about the incredible environmental destruction by the native peoples of North and South America. A vast amount of research by anthropologists and archaeologists, however, shows clearly that in many ways Native Americans treated the environment far worse than we do today. The notion that they lived in harmony with nature, taking from it only what they needed to live, simply is mythology. The truth, frankly, is gruesome. A recent study, "Wild in the Woods: The Myth of the Noble Eco-Savage" by Robert Whelan (London: Institute of Economic Affairs, 1999), documents the many ways in which pre-Columbian man absolutely ravaged his environment.
Untitled was also too much marching about like an army and Lesley Paul thought people shouldlive in peace like the native americans, who lived in harmony with nature. http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/Clements/wcf/ladder.htm
Extractions: Storyladders is good fun because you get a game and a story at the same time. It's best for Elfins but Pioneers might like it once in a while too. It's especcially useful if your Elfins get a bit restless when listening to stories e.t.c. Of course, not all stories are equally suitable, so here's a couple that can be used. The Woodcraft Folk story is a version of Folk history for if your Elfins are working towards 'I begin' or something Everyone finds a partner except the storyteller (probably a leader), then sit in two lines so everyone is facing their partner (who is in the other line). Everyone sits so their feet are touching their partners feet and the outstretched legs between the 2 lines look like the rungs of a ladder. The storyteller gives each pair a character (not neccessarily an actual character, so long as it occurs several times in the story). The storyteller reads out the story and when a pair hear their character, they get up, run to the top of the 'ladder' jumping over legs as they go, run round the outside of the ladder to the bottom and run back up to their place over the legs and sit down again. It's actually very simple when you play.
Native American Healers To prepare for healing, the medicine woman is in harmony with herself and nature. TheNative americans have a pragmatic attitude toward health and healing http://www.thewomenshealthinstitute.com/native_american_healers.htm
Extractions: Dr. Maria F. Daly Malfunction and Illness result when ones own energy and outside energy is out of balance. When an organ is not vibrating at the proper frequency in harmony with other organs in the body, illness occurs. A person is composed of a physical body, a psychological component and a spiritual being, with a connectedness to Earth and other spirits....Illness is a disruption of any of these parts. Interpersonal relationships can be a cause of illness as well as a source of healing. Living in harmony creates wellness. Power and energy come from certain objects-feathers, rattles, animal skins, teeth and claws. These are power objects. Powers take the form of Deities, elements of nature, objects, ones relationships. These can heal if used properly, and are as efficacious as antibiotics, laser beams and radiation. To be healed one must submit to the laws of nature. Native American Healers include the concept of harmony with nature, harmony with community, harmony with the Spiritual realm. Other beliefs include nonscheduled living, Present Orientated, Non-Competitive, Deference to Group needs, Acceptance based on personal integrity, Punishment related to shame, Humility, Shared resources. These are much different from Anglo American values.
Wind Walker Activities: The Native American Way Have you ever wanted to gather around a fire in a teepee to tell stories?The native americans also teach respect and harmony with Mother nature. http://www.windwalker.org/nativeamerican.html
Extractions: The Native Americans believe that Mother Nature has special places to cleanse your body, mind and sprit. At such places it is said that the energies and sprit of the place are especially suited for absorbing negative energies and recharging one's personal life force. Wind Walker Guest Ranch is such a place. When people try to describe the feeling here, the words include "fun", "serendipity", "light", "different", "rejuvenating", "creative" and "healing". "I've never been so relaxed...." Illene (England)" The quite here calms the soul." Kaye (Utah) Connect to nature around you, go on a guided meditation, smudge and meet your power animal. We are blessed to be a part of a very special land that Native Americans came to for many years for dance and ceremony. They came here because of the special energetic . On our nature walks we will show you these places. Many found by children and many more to be uncovered. Have you ever hugged a tree? The Native Americans believe that plants can talk to you. Nature, our ancient and wise teacher beckons us all to renew our appreciation and to experience her through the wonder and respect of a child's eyes. If you watch closely you may find a arrow head made from stone in an age long ago where Indians walked, hunted, and gathered on this land for sacred ceremony .
Whoosh! Film Reviews: Pocahontas (Disney, 1995) All Indians live in harmony with nature, right? Well, considering the fact that generationsof native americans were forced to attend residential schools with http://www.whoosh.org/films/reviews/pocahontas.html
Extractions: IMDB entry When I went to pick up my son from school, a few days before Thanksgiving, and found him watching Disney's Pocahontas for the third time that week, my blood pressure soared. I've been doing research on the historical Pocahontas for an undergraduate course I'm teaching, and the movie is full of inaccuracies. Yet it has become part of elementary school curricula across the country, as mythical as the Thanksgiving story itself. It seems to be presented annually, before Thanksgiving, to schoolchildren who assume they are watching the story of the "real" Pocahontas. However, the cartoon character's physique seems unimportant compared to the absurd way she is shown paddling down waterfalls in her canoe, ecstatic about changes "just around the river bend." The movie attempts to be P.C. by showing the Englishmen chopping down the trees, digging up the earth in their pursuit of gold, and killing men from her nation. With this in mind, why on earth would one of Powhatan's daughters sing about the impending defeat of her nation, the destruction the wilderness, and the death of her people? Furthermore, Disney's "Pocahontas" recycles the classic romantic scenario of the Indian maiden leaving her family and culture behind to be swept into the arms of a handsome white stranger. Unlike her Disney counterpart, the true Pocahontas did not reject her native suitor, Kocoum. They were married. And it's unlikely he embodied the unsmiling Indian stereotype. "He's so serious," the fictional Pocahontas complains. I'd be serious too if my family was about to be wiped out by invaders.
Love Medicine is the reconciliation of the native americans to their words Indian , American Indian,or native American, all and tribal people, living in harmony with nature http://sketchbook.sbc.edu/sidestreet/papers/love_medicine.html
Extractions: Love Medicine, by Louis Eldridge attempts to confront the popular stereotypes of American Indians. The novel generally follows the history of a family of Chippewa Indians who live on and off a reservation. In a thoroughly humanist approach, Ms. Eldrige narrates each chapter in a different voice, and through extremely varied characters effectively shows the diversity of the Indians. This is an important aspect of the novel, as it demonstrates that there is no single stereotypical "Indian". The book begins with two scenes from a modern perspective, showing a turbulent family with fairly disturbing problems. Then the author flashes back to the lives of the Chippewa's family two generations earlier, and moves more or less chronologically to the present day. One of the major conflicts in the story is the reconciliation of the Native Americans to their cultural past, while embracing still embracing the future. The words "Indian", American Indian, or Native American, all bring to mind stereotypes of a race of people with specific stigma attached to themselves in modern American culture. The word "Indian" can conjure up a multiplicity of images, from the barbaric, blood-thirsty savages straight out of a western movie, to the more romantic image of a noble, intelligent, and tribal people, living in harmony with nature. These extremes in the modern stereotyping of the American Indian and all of their various moderations are wrong for a very important reason: They are rooted in the past.
People Of Native American Indian Heritage In America native americans have a holistic approach to healing and bereaved person's spiritthrough native American ceremonies and seek happiness and harmony with nature http://www.aarp.org/griefandloss/articles/46_e.html
Extractions: Many traditions of the Native American Indian cultures, including Alaskan Natives, have been lost, sublimated or modified since the arrival of Europeans in North America hundreds of years ago. More than 500 tribal entities are now recognized by the federal government. These tribal traditions, combined with those of the many tribes that are not officially recognized, represent a rich and varied cultural history. Yet, Native American Indian culture has continued many traditions around the celebration of life and the mourning of death from one generation to another. Although most Native American Indians are now Christians, their individual tribes' ancient beliefs and practices affect how they express their grief today. Traditional Native Americans have ceremonies and ways of proceeding through life's major events: birth, marriage, death and bereavement. Native Americans have a holistic approach to healing and health, seeking harmony of body, mind and spirit through the use of both modern medicines and traditional medicines and practices. Baptism of the bereaved person's spirit through Native American ceremonies is thought to help relieve bereaved persons of the depression that follow the loss of a loved one. The ceremonies include rituals, chants and traditional songs that soothe the bereaved person's spirit and encourage the bereaved to return to full health.
NORTH CAROLINA INDIANS There are more than 80,000 native americans living in native American Associationand Triangle native American Society of life was to live in harmony with nature http://www.doa.state.nc.us/doa/cia/flyer.htm
Extractions: INDIANS LONG AGO Indians were the first people to live in our country. Indians gave modern Americans many gifts and taught the settlers many new ways of doing things. Each year in North Carolina, we celebrate Indian Heritage Month in November to recognize the many contributions of this population to our state. FOOD Indians taught the settlers new ways to hunt and fish when they came to North Carolina many years ago. The Indians caught their fish in nets called weirs that were made from reeds, woven or tied together. They would place the weir across the stream and anchor it with rocks or poles that stuck into the sand. Another way Indians caught fish is with spears. Indians hunted big animals mostly with bows and arrows. They hunted deer and bear. Some Indians used blow guns for hunting smaller animals such as rabbit and squirrel. The Indians cooked the fish and meat over a grill made of reeds or sticks. But, most of the cooking was done in clay pots. They would put the pot on the fire and boil different foods. In this way they would cook vegetables, fruits, nuts, roots and meat. American Indians planted gardens much like gardens are planted today. They grew beans, peas, melons, pumpkins, sunflowers, potatoes and other foods. The men took turns guarding the fields and scaring away the birds and wild animals. They were probably some of the first scarecrows!
Extractions: Editor's Introduction What did Amerindians do before they began to make big money by running casinos and selling tax-free cigarettes? Well, for starters, they devised unique agricultural techniques indeed, they were the folks who invented irrigation. (Fortunately for us, they disclosed their amazing innovation to "modern society," which is why we are able to practice irrigation today.) This is the sort of phony-Injun stuff that Addison-Wesley is peddling in a high-school book. This article ran in The Textbook Letter, November-December 1994. the Panderer's Friend You probably haven't seen the name of Chief Thunderbottom until now, but you may well have encountered some of his work. The Chief is the proprietor of Thunderbottom Public Relations, Inc., a company that cranks out press releases telling phony stories about American Indians. The stories are becoming increasingly conspicuous nowadays, because unscrupulous writers are copying them and putting them into textbooks. The writers evidently believe that printing the Chief's ready-made rubbish is an easy way of pandering to the multi-culti mob. A lot of the stories that the Chief peddles are clever-aborigine tales. These are similar to noble-savage fantasies, but they have imaginary scientific or technical elements. Each clever-aborigine story seeks to convince readers that some group of aborigines made great scientific or technological discoveries, and the story may also claim (implicitly or explicitly) that the aborigines' achievements contributed mightily to the development of modern civilization. Clever-aborigine tales come from various sources and involve various groups of people, but the ones that glorify American Indians seem to be especially popular with textbook-writers.
Barbara Sharp Unfortunately, the general attitudes of the Puritans and other Europeansinvaded this harmony the native americans had with nature. http://www.cl.uh.edu/itc/course/LITR/4231/midsharp.htm
Extractions: LITR 4231: Literatures of Early America Sample Midterm, 2000 Barbara Sharp Dr. Craig White Litr 4231 Literatures of Early America 27 September, 2000 Start time: 8:50 Duality Invades, Harmony Falls The central feature dividing the Puritans and the Native Americans is in how each group perceives the world: the Puritans have a dualistic attitude in their view of human nature and society, whereas the Native Americans see all conditions in equilibrium. "[D]istinctions of birth, education, and wealth" were conditions that established the Puritans "religious and patriarchal hierarchy" (Rombes 225). This hierarchical view of society is pervasive in all Puritan ideology. According to John Winthrop, "God designated that "some must be rich some poor, some high and eminent in power and dignitie; others mean and in subjection" (224). Nicholas Rombes notes how "[t]his conflict between physical and incorporeal reflects the paradoxical Puritan concept of freedom and authority" (224) But, this "freedom" and "authority" is seen as good only when it is about them; the Native Americans are intrinsically free from this dualistic manner of thinking, but not free from the Puritan influences that eventually override their harmonious existence.
Untitled For native americans, the self is seen as an integral part of the universe and todo what one wants as long as it is in harmony with nature (Deloria, 1973 http://iml.umkc.edu/casww/natamers.htm
Extractions: NATIVE AMERICAN ELDERLY Native Americans are a very heterogeneous group, made up of approximately 530 different tribes. VALUES AND CHARACTERISTICS: Given the identified differences both within and between Native American people, there remain a few generally agreed upon values and characteristics applicable to the traditional Native American experience as a whole (Axelson, 1985). Understanding these values can greatly facilitate interactions and service provision regarding Native American elderly. According to Bryde (1971), the majority of Native American values and actions relate to four universal objects that have been important in the culture for thousands of years. These include God, as the great power above everything, including one's destiny. The spiritual God of the native Americans is positive, benevolent, and part of daily living (Axelson, 1985). God is part of everything; thus all of nature's objects are to be respected as both spiritual and physical entities. For Native Americans, the self is seen as an integral part of the universe and total workings of the world Valued attributes of self include bravery, endurance of pain and suffering with patience and silence, controlled emotions, honesty and strength, self-respect and self-worth, respect for others, and individual freedom meaning to do what one wants as long as it is in harmony with nature (Deloria, 1973).
New Page 1 ancestral ways of the Indigenous americans (native americans), and the the healingpractices of the native American and a response, move in harmony with nature http://www.yeyemi.com/magazine.htm
Extractions: Quarterly Magazine Awaken your soul and hearts! Hear the voices of the ancestors! Listen to wisdom of the "old ones" and the Ancestral ways of the Indigenous Americans (Native Americans). Learn about the spiritual and cultural ways of the African (primarily Yoruba). It combines the Native American and Yoruba Ancestral wisdom to counsel people who are in need of spiritual healing and well being. Topics include healing practices of the Native American and African people; ways to reconnect with the Earth Mother; natural remedies for spiritual and emotional healing; environmental issues; self-healing affirmations; historical data; spiritual poetry; tribal beliefs; movements for the body, mind and spirit; guidance for women (ie. child bearing years); simple essence of life; Orisa and ancestral worship, art; music and dance as a tool for healing and nature worship.
Herbal Remedies In Native American Cultures a part. That is why native americans spend a great deal of time restoringbalance and harmony with nature. native americans believe http://keller.clarke.edu/~english/honors/liz/
Extractions: Dr. Chemical, Dr. Earth: Remedies From Native American Cultures Liz Serflek Dirt in the Disk Drive Homepage "Mike Spring, paralyzed from the waist... down and in constant pain, sailed to the Azores and back. On his return, he confounded his TV interviewer with the statement that the only way he was able to obtain relief from the pain that continually racked his body was to press his back to an oak tree. This simple and cost-free action would then afford him several hours of complete relief and helped him to carry on in life. When asked for a scientific explanation, Mr. Spring replied that he had none it simply worked! He had heard of the treatment from an American Indian source and had been using it successfully for years" (Psychology of Healing- Murry Hope 89). How can that possibly be? A tree curing backaches? He must have been taking some aspirin, too, many of us assume. It is not uncommon for a person in Western culture to be thinking this way. We were raised with the belief that our medical society largely based on chemical concoctions is powerful because it has cures for everything from various cancers all the way down the list to the common cold. Don't get me wrong, the medical profession is quite effective, but for several generations, Native Americans have been using herbs to cure aches and pains, and various other illnesses. Many of the herbs used by Native Americans are the ones you can actually find in aspirin and other medications today. In fact, many ingredients used in various modern medications are actually derived from
98-3 This past is characterized as a period in which native americans had freedom ofmovement, had control over their destiny, and lived in harmony with nature. http://www.si.edu/iso/98-3.htm
NATIVE-L (May-June 1991): Re: Turtle Island And Ecology how they learned to live in harmony with nature on the excellent Spirit and nature program), there that often when discussing native americans, and one http://nativenet.uthscsa.edu/archive/nl/91a/0088.html
