A Prophecy To Heal The Nations
by Jacob Devaney: The Ancient Wisdom Of The Drum… As social creatures, we humans depend on connection with others and when it is missing, we instinctively search for it. Stories are a powerful way to...
View ArticleThe Art Of Smudging – A Shamanic Cleansing Ritual
If you grew up religious, you probably witnessed the ritualistic use of smoke in ceremony… For me it was frankincense and myrhh being burned during Sunday mass. For others it might be smoldering...
View Article11 Plants Native Americans Use To Cure Everything ( From Joint Pain To Cancer)
The Cherokee is a Native American tribe that is indigenous to the Southeastern United States… They believe that the Creator has given them a gift of understanding and preserving medicinal herbs.The...
View ArticleThe Energy Of Hair!
Is it a coincidence that both men and women had long hair during the ‘Summer of Love‘? What tests did the government run after Viet Nam that proves how hair has energy? This information about hair has...
View ArticleBlack Elk, The Lakota Medicine Man Turned Catholic Teacher, Is Promoted For...
by Damian Costello and Jon M. Sweeney: In Our Lady of the Sioux, a small Catholic church in Oglala, S.D., George Looks Twice is waiting… Looks Twice, 83, holds a stick next to a drum that sits beneath...
View ArticleThe Native Americans Code Of Ethics For Humanity To Live By
by Sandra E. Yeager: The Traditional Indian Code of Ethics is a set of rules that the Native American community choose to live by… The earliest written source for this code is from 1982, taken from the...
View ArticleAs A Native American, Here’s What I Want My Fellow Americans To Know About...
by Corinne Oestreich: Native Americans don’t just live on reservations, we live in cities, and we live internationally… I grew up in the Silicon Valley of California. I was born in the city and have...
View ArticleMiracles in Native Medicine: Seven Keys to Healing Yourself
by Lewis Mehl-Madrona: I trained as a conventional physician… I attended Stanford University School of Medicine, completing residencies in family practice and in psychiatry, and achieved added...
View ArticleMy First Experience In A Native American Sweat Lodge
by Lousie Baker: I threw on my thin, strappy dress, grabbed the sage offering and a pile of firewood, and stepped out into the unknown… As I entered the grounds, it was obvious that I had no idea what...
View ArticleNative Americans Coyote
Seven Principles of Distraction… I use the analogy of the Native Americans Coyote – the Trickster to teach this philosophy and drive home the understanding. The coyote is really a teacher who teaches...
View ArticleMiracles in Native Medicine: Seven Keys to Healing Yourself
by Lewis Mehl-Madrona: I trained as a conventional physician… I attended Stanford University School of Medicine, completing residencies in family practice and in psychiatry, and achieved added...
View ArticleMy First Experience In A Native American Sweat Lodge
by Lousie Baker: I threw on my thin, strappy dress, grabbed the sage offering and a pile of firewood, and stepped out into the unknown… As I entered the grounds, it was obvious that I had no idea...
View ArticleNative Americans Coyote
Seven Principles of Distraction… I use the analogy of the Native Americans Coyote – the Trickster to teach this philosophy and drive home the understanding. The coyote is really a teacher who teaches...
View ArticleWhat We Can Learn About Resilience & Community From Indigenous Leaders
by Caitlin Yoshiko Kandil: Germaine Omish-Lucero’s ancestors were taken from their homes and forced to build California’s Mission San Luis Rey de Francia—a mission in what is now Oceanside,...
View ArticleHow To Be Stewards Of The Land
by Nicole Horseherder: I’m Diné and live on Black Mesa in the Navajo Nation. Traditionally, our people were sheepherders and moved with the sheep to a new location when the seasons changed… When I was...
View ArticleHeal The Wounds Of The Past With The Munay-Ki
by Dr. Alberto Villoldo: The prophecies of the ancient Americas speak about a period of great transformation, and foretell of new humans appearing on the planet… persons of wisdom and power who live...
View ArticleTraditional Native Concepts Of Death
by (Native American Roots): Many religious traditions, but not all, put forth an explanation about what happens after death… There are many religious traditions which claim there is an afterlife of...
View ArticleMy First Native American Sweat Lodge Experience Taught Me This Huge Life Lesson
by Louise Baker: It was a hot Saturday afternoon and I was crawling into a hut that just minutes earlier… I’d been covering up in blankets. I crawled in the ritualistic fashion to my spot and waited...
View ArticleThis Little-Known Native American Society Was Once As Powerful As The Aztecs...
by Heinde Brandes: The Spiros were once “the single most powerful group ever to exist” in North America. This groundbreaking new exhibit in Oklahoma shares their story… Shell cups carved with...
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