"From Wakan Tanka, the Great Spirit, 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 into the first man. Thus all things were kindred, and were brought together… Continue reading Wakan Tanka – the Great Spirit
Category: First Nations – Canada
Residential Schools – Canada – Kamloops
If anyone thinks the damage to the Americas First Peoples by the immigrants from Europe was/is minimal, or is being overblown, they need to realize the huge ongoing effect of the residential schools on those children, and their children and their children's children. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-57291530
Sentience
Its strange, (if we practice "being present in the moment"), how sometimes the most common of events can cause a huge shift in the way we see things........ and can cause a domino effect through our awareness...... (This required no drugs, alcohol or other mind altering substances...... just practicing attention and presence of mind..... )… Continue reading Sentience
Chief Dan George
Five Hundred Years of Injustice – The Doctrine of Discovery in U.S. Law
http://ili.nativeweb.org/sdrm_art.html Excerpt:In a country set up to maintain a strict separation of church and state, the Doctrine of Discovery should have long ago been declared unconstitutional because it is based on a prejudicial treatment of Native American people simply because they were not Christians at the time of European arrival. By penalizing Native people on… Continue reading Five Hundred Years of Injustice – The Doctrine of Discovery in U.S. Law
Genetic history of indigenous peoples of the Americas
Several summaries of migrations and genetics of the indigenous peoples of the Americas. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetic_history_of_indigenous_peoples_of_the_Americas https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Settlement_of_the_Americas#Genomic_age_estimates
Indian Treaties – Canada and USA
Peepeekisis Reserve - Chief Can-ah-ha-cha-pew - Treaty 4 on September 21, 1874 https://teaching.usask.ca/indigenoussk/import/peepeekisis_first_nation.php
Reality is Dharma 