NATION OF SHAWLS

The next time you clean your house, for your final chore, light some sage (or whatever your favorite cleansing herb is), and go from room to room. Smudge the room and say a short prayer made specifically for that room. For instance, in the bedroom make a prayer for complete rest at night for your body. In the kitchen, you might pray for good, healthy foods to be cooked and served from this room. Your home will be completely cleansed

Inuit Story
The Hunter and the Polar Bear
Once there was a poor hunter. He always went out but never got anything. Finally one day he saw a polar bear. As he crawled toward it over the ice, the bear said to him, "Don't shoot me. If you follow me and do what I say, I will make it so you will always be able to get whatever animals you think about."
The bear told the man to climb on his back and close his eyes. "Do not open them until I tell you to." Then, the man and the bear went down into the sea a long way. 'Do not open your eyes,' the bear reminded him. Finally, they came back up and the man saw an igloo along the edge of the pack. They went inside and the man saw another bear with a spear in his haunch. The first bear said, "If you can take that spear out of the bear and make him well, you will become a good hunter." The man broke off the shaft, eased the spear point out of the bear's haunch, and the wound began to heal. Then the first bear took off his bearskin "parka" and became a man.
After the wound was healed completely, the bear-man put back on his bearskin "parka," told the poor hunter to climb on his back and close his eyes, and together they went back into the sea. When the bear finally stopped he asked the man to open his eyes. Looking around, the man realized he had been returned to the spot from which he began his journey. He thought he had only been gone a day, but on arriving home he found that he had been away a month. From then on, the man was always a good hunter.

The Talking Sticks

Definition of Talking Sticks: What are Talking Sticks? Talking Sticks has been used for centuries by many Native American tribes as a means of an orderly, just and impartial hearing. Talking Sticks were most commonly used at major events such as tribal council meetings and Pow-Wow gatherings and important ceremonies but their use was also extended to storytelling circles and teaching children. Talking Sticks allow people to present and express their Sacred Point of View.

Description of Talking Sticks

The people responsible for holding any type council meetings were required to make a Talking Stick specifically for the event. Talking sticks were therefore made from carefully selected materials that had a special meaning and significance to the maker. The size of Talking sticks was usually taken from the measurement between the elbow to the tips of the fingers. Talking Sticks were usually long, narrow, brightly colored and adorned with furs and or feathers.

Symbolism associated with Talking Sticks

Talking Sticks are decorated with paint, carvings and occasionally wrapped in buckskin or other leather materials. The ornamentation, colors and painted decorations on talking sticks had special meanings, as did the wood they were made from and any fur or feathers that were used. The symbolism associated with the fur, skins, feathers or symbols of animals used in the decoration of talking sticks were also highly significant due to the belief that they brought the attributes, characteristics and medicine of the creatures to the event.

The brain can’t tell the difference between something real or imagined. This means you can take an imaginary field trip at any moment in your day - a place, or a sanctuary, where you can go to calm down if feeling stressed or dis-ease.
Give this a try, for just one minute, imagine yourself stepping into this serene scene. Imagine sitting on this tree swing, and gently rocking yourself back and forth as you gaze out at the expansive scene before you, a sea breeze gracing your skin. With each swing back and forth, you let go of any tension you may be holding in your body, releasing the stresses of your day. Know that anytime you need to return to this serene state, you can simply think "Swing" and it will be there for you, within you always.
Auntie Gloria

It is through pain that pleasure is born. It is when you are engulfed in sorrow that you are nearest the light and it is those who are not hardened by the hurt, who take off their Armour that are reborn in Love. These are the true warriors and the ones who will inherit the earth. Auntie Gloria

If you listen hard enough,you can hear every living thing breathing together, you can feel everything growing. We’re all living together, even if some people may not act like it. We all have the same roots, and we are all branches of the same tree.

auntie Gloria

Wild Horse Immediately Recognizes His Girlfriend After Years Apart | The Dodo Faith = Restored Wild horse sprints to his girlfriend after 2 years apart 💕Keep up with Phoenix and Ghost at Skydog Sanctuary on Instagram: https://thedo.do/skydogsanctuary....

Precious, we all need a hug sometime.I think beig a hug giver would be a great thing to be----

Sometimes you just need a hug ❤

Free Leonard Peltier ✊🏽

Wilma Mankiller Quarter to be released during June 6 ceremony - The Cherokee One Feather On June 6, a limited number of the 2022 Wilma Mankiller Quarters will be released to the public in Tahlequah, the capital of the Cherokee Nation.

RARE Footage Of A Snow Leopards Call Into The Wild Most people haven't heard the call of the rare snow leopard. If you were to guess what it sounded like, chances are you would compare it to the sound of a lion's roar, or a tiger's snarl.

“Whether we laugh or cry, the days are anyway going to pass by. So why not choose to laugh?”–Amma (Sri Mata Amritanandamayi Devi)

This beautiful mustang I first met last year during what I call the great Incentive program abuse rescue. The killpen name of this stunning Mustang was Smoky #2, he has grown in even greater beauty over this past year and that warms my heart to see him flourishing here at the Sanctuary.

Here he is living the good life with a band created by many of the rescues. Their common bond was that painful journey of being torn from their homelands and dumped into the slaughter pipeline.

They found a new home and peace and formed a new family together here at the Sanctuary. Free at last never to know the pain of round ups and other betrayals, free at last and forever safe.
Thank you for making these happy endings possible with your generosity, it would be impossible without you.
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Photo: Natalie Cota-Garcia

“We can get through this by walking together in kindness and love."
-Uncle Eddie Little Crow

Photo by Mark Colson

From Darla Banks page