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Information on the Longest Walk II

http://longestwalk.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=28&Itemid=27

Voices of people who will walk

http://www.sacredrun.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=41&Itemid=73

Woohooooooo, they are on their way!!!



Get your banners here:

http://longestwalk.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=17&Itemid=14

Follow the walk by reading "Voices" already posted above.

Anyone who has tried to view the Longest Walk 08 site and found that it was offline - it was probably because they were updating the page, which will be happening a lot now that the Walk has started. Go back again later and it will probably be up and running, with something added. Lots of photos so far.

The lastest news from The Longest Walk 2008 is that they are currently designing a new website interface where you will be able to see the exact location for the walk. It will be live in the next day or two.

I'm pretty tired, I think I'll go home now...

California trying to stop the walkers.

http://longestwalk.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=41&Itemid=125

Native American Prayer Song

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAiGsSKtqlI

The Walkers will be at a pow-wow today in Carson City, Nevada. You can hear some of the walkers talking, and stay tuned for live broadcasts here:

http://www.earthcycles.net/

Heroes welcome at Carson City Nevada

http://www.bsnorrell.blogspot.com/

Traditional Navajo Walking Song

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENkuW0uBTms

Today the southern route Walkers will be at Fresno, CA and the northern route at Fallon, NV. You can check the live webcasts from 10 - 2 daily so far.

Indigenous Native American Prophecy (Elders Speak part 2 & 3)

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=tqfvUA2vRAM

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=9piIziXU9RE


The Seventh Generation

"Oren Lyons observes that the first mandate of traditional Haudenosaunee [Iroquois] chiefs is to ensure that their decision-making is guided by consideration of the welfare and well-being of the seventh generation to come:  'What about the seventh generation?  Where are you taking them?  What will they have? (Lyons 1980, p. 174).' 

"The seventh generation principle applies to the ancestors as well.  In honoring the ancestors, one expresses gratitude to them as the seventh generation, which they kept foremost in their decision making and for whom they sacrificed.  As a general injunction to live responsibly and respectfully, and as a practical guide to specific moral decision-making, the seventh generation principle may be without equal:

"'We say that the faces of coming generations are looking up from the earth.  So when you put your feet down, you put them down very carefully - because there are generations coming one after the other.  If you think in these terms, then you'll walk a lot more carefully, be more respectful of this earth (Lyons 1995).'"

- Oren Lyons
Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Chief

Quoted from Whitt et al. (2001).

The My Hero Project - Chief Oren Lyons

http://www.myhero.com/myhero/hero.asp?hero=o_lyons

The Medicine Wheel - 1 - 3

Doctor

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=fIGrFHy463g

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=tK-RdmQwIvI

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=3HF1UBY2vjQ

Writer

From the book Seven Arrows (Plains Indians)

http://www.geocities.com/soho/lofts/4414/storm.html

by Hyemeyohsts Storm (1973)

The Four Powers of the Medicine Wheel of Life

"Among the People, a child's first Teaching is of the
Four Great Powers of the Medicine Wheel.

To the North on the Medicine Wheel is found Wisdom.
The Color of the Wisdom of the North is White, and
its Medicine Animal is the Buffalo.

The South is represented by the Sign of the Mouse,
and its Medicine Color is Green. The South is a
place of Innocence and Trust, and is for perceiving
closely our nature of heart.

In the West is the Sign of the Bear. The West is the
Looks-Within Place, which speaks of the Introspective
nature of man. The Color of this Place is Black.

The East is marked by the Sign of the Eagle. It is
the Place of Illumination, where we can see things
clearly far and wide. Its Color is the Gold of the
Morning Star.


At birth, each of us given a particular Beginning
Place within these Four Great Directions on the
Medicine Wheel. This Starting Place gives us our
first way of perceiving things, which will then be
our easiest and more natural way throughout our lives.

But any person who perceives from only one of these
Four Great Directions will remain just a partial man.
For example, a man who possesses only the Gift of the
North will be wise. But he will be a cold man, a man
without feeling. And the man who lives only in the
East will have the clear, far sighted vision of the
Eagle, but he will never be close to things. This
man will feel separated, high above life, and will
never understand or believe that he can be touched
by anything.

A man or woman who perceives only from the West
will go over the same thought again and again in
their mind, and will always be undecided. And if
a person has only the Gift of the South, he will see
everything with the eyes of a Mouse. He will be too
close to the ground and too near sighted to see
anything except whatever is right in front of him,
touching his whiskers.

There are many people who have two or three of these
Gifts, but these people still are not Whole. A man
might be a Bear person from the East, or an Eagle
person from the South. The first of these men would
have the Gift of seeing Introspectively within
Illumination, but he would lack the Gifts of Touching
and Wisdom. the second would be able to see clearly
and far, like the Eagle, within Trust and Innocence.
But he would still not know of the things of the North,
nor of the looks-Within Place.

In this same way, a person might also be a Golden Bear
of the North, or a Black Eagle of the South. But none
of these people would yet be Whole. After each of us
has learned of our Beginning Gift, our First Place on
the Medicine Wheel, we then must Grow by Seeking
Understanding in each of the Four Great Ways. Only
in this way can we become Full, capable of Balance and
Decision in what we do. Seven Arrows speaks of this
Growing and Seeking.

Doctor and Writer

http://www.kstrom.net/isk/stories/authors/eastman.html

Charles A. Eastman, Ohiyesa (Winner), Wahpeton Dakota (Eastern Woodland Sioux), 1858-1939. Physician, autobiographer, legend re-teller, essayist, lecturer.


http://www.mountainman.com.au/eastman.html

In The SOUL of the Indian by Ohiyesa (Dr Charles A. Eastman) First Published 1911, Read his book on line here. In Chapter 4 - Barbarism and the Moral Code he writes:

Silence the Corner-Stone of Character

LONG before I ever heard of Christ, or saw a white man, I had learned from an untutored woman the essence of morality. With the help of dear Nature herself, she taught me things simple but of mighty import. I knew God. I perceived what goodness is. I saw and loved what is really beautiful. Civilization has not taught me anything better!

As a child, I understood how to give; I have forgotten that grace since I became civilized. I lived the natural life, whereas I now live the artificial. Any pretty pebble was valuable to me then; every growing tree an object of reverence. Now I worship with the white man before a painted landscape whose value is estimated in dollars! Thus the Indian is reconstructed, as the natural rocks are ground to powder, and made into artificial blocks which may be built into the walls of modern society.

The first American mingled with his pride a singular humility. Spiritual arrogance was foreign to his nature and teaching. He never claimed that the power of articulate speech was proof of superiority over the dumb creation; on the other hand, it is to him a perilous gift. He believes profoundly in silence -- the sign of a perfect equilibrium. Silence is the absolute poise or balance of body, mind, and spirit. The man who preserves his selfhood ever calm and unshaken by the storms of existence -- not a leaf, as it were, astir on the tree; not a ripple upon the surface of shining pool -- his, in the mind of the unlettered sage, is the ideal attitude and conduct of life.

If you ask him: "What is silence?" he will answer: "It is the Great Mystery!" "The holy silence is His voice!" If you ask: "What are the fruits of silence?" he will say: "They are self-control, true courage or endurance, patience, dignity, and reverence. Silence is the cornerstone of character."

"Guard your tongue in youth," said the old chief, Wabashaw, "and in age you may mature a thought that will be of service to your people!"

VANISHING PRAYER 1-2

http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=zs2DXHUKASA

http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=lpM6nFWqaQI


http://www.cain2008.org/?gclid=CKyZkZ7J5JECFQcKGgodjU-lfA

I wanted to know what happened to the Dineh so, I sent a note to the person who posted the videos. He sent me a link about the video, and the following note.

Ive heard the Bennett Freeze is lifted but no one has
money to build anyway. Some grants are being sought by
Marsha Monestersky (she is in the video...white woman
with bandana...talking about US pointing the finger
etc.,,,)

Also Black Mesa mine shut down, Mojave and slurry shut
down...only because the water was almost gone and the
tribes had to do something....not because of the
grandmothers etc.

Elders have died...old age, cancer and Jun died
defending his well head as the police were welding it
shut...he stroked right on the well head. Blessings to
Rena Babbit Lane...his wife.

Grampa Greyeyes died too. Broke alot of hearts
there...he was really loved.

Thats all I know for now....they are calling for more
ceremony out there (they want to do the
ceremony...,not have a bunch of people come in and do
their own ceremonies), there is talk of the sundance
starting up again at Anna Mae Camp...

I am helping with that if you are interested, we are
looking for a buffalo robe and travel money so people
can meet and discuss it face to face,

Hope that helps, bless you for asking

mauro


http://www.blackmesais.org/index.htm

Black Mesa Latest Information.


http://www.indians.org/welker/navajo.htm

Literature: Read "Holy and Natural Law" and more.

More destruction...

http://www.sacredrun.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=41&Itemid=73

http://www.geocities.com/navajonation1/Yeha-Noha.html

Yeha-Noha Native American chant
Wishes of Happiness and Prosperity

To me, this elder's voice is time riding on the wind. I dedicate this chant to the walkers, may they have success in this very important endeavor.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gCu-wTrgMs

http://www.law.harvard.edu/students/orgs/hrj/iss15/booknotes-Resource.shtml

Harvard Human Rights Journal: Read more here.

Resource Rebels: Native Challenges to Mining and Oil Corporations, By Al Gedicks. Cambridge, Mass.: South End Press, 2001. Pp. 241. $18.00, paper.

Our planet is on the brink of ecological disaster. Fossil fuel emissions and rainforest destruction have combined to release enough carbon dioxide into the atmosphere to significantly warm the climate. Toxic chemicals pollute the air, ground and water that sustain us. Delicate ecosystems that nurture the diversity of life are being eradicated. In the existential struggle between human progress and the natural world, native peoples are on the front lines. In this struggle, as Al Gedicks tells it, the native peoples are the "miner's canaries" warning the rest of us that the destruction of our environment will ultimately lead to the destruction of ourselves.

http://ftp.halcyon.com/pub/FWDP/International/transnat.txt

Read the paper: TRANSNATIONAL CORPORATIONS AND THEIR EFFECT ON THE RESOURCES AND LANDS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES Presented To International NGO Conference on Indigenous Peoples and the Land September 1981 Prepared by World Council of Indigenous Peoples.

http://narfnews.blogspot.com/

Native American Rights Fund: Friday, February 29, 2008 NARF & Alaskan Native Village Sues 24 Oil and Energy Companies for Destruction Caused by Global Warming

People from all over the world join the walk...

http://www.sacredrun.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=41&Itemid=73

Native Wisdom

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cLbbMUM_UA

http://www.ilhawaii.net/~stony/quotes.html

Native American Quotes, and Proverbs.

Black Elk Oglala Sioux Holy Man
1863-1950

You have noticed that everything as Indian does is in a circle, and that is because the Power of the World always works in circles, and everything tries to be round..... The Sky is round, and I have heard that the earth is round like a ball, and so are all the stars. The wind, in its greatest power, whirls. Birds make their nest in circles, for theirs is the same religion as ours....

Even the seasons form a great circle in their changing, and always come back again to where they were. The life of a man is a circle from childhood to childhood, and so it is in everything where power moves.

http://www.love-quotes-and-quotations.com/native-american-quotes.html

More Native American Quotes

"The old Lakota was wise. He knew that man's heart away from nature becomes hard."

~Luther Standing Bear, Oglala Sioux~

http://longestwalk.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=309&Itemid=138

THREATENED SACRED SITES

http://longestwalk.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=7&Itemid=121

Longest Walk in the News

Angelique - thanks for posting this thread. I'm enjoying it.

Buffy Ste Marie - My Country 'Tis of Thy People You're Dying

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tl08n8_b3Sw

http://www.creative-native.com/biograp.htm

LYRICS:

Now that your big eyes have finally opened
Now that you're wondering how must they feel
Meaning them that you've chased across America's movie screens
Now that you're wondering how can it be real
That the ones you've called colorful, noble and proud
In your school propaganda
They starve in their splendor
You've asked for my comment I simply will render

My country 'tis of thy people you're dying

Now that the longhouses breed superstition
You force us to send our toddlers away
To your schools where they're taught to despise their traditions
You forbid them their languages, then further say
That American history really began
When Columbus set sail out of Europe, then stress
That the nation of leeches that conquered this land
Are the biggest and bravest and boldest and best
And yet where in your history books is the tale
Of the genocide basic to this country's birth
Of the preachers who lied, how the Bill of Rights failed
How a nation of patriots returned to their earth
And where will it tell of the Liberty Bell
As it rang with a thud Over Kinzua mud
And of brave Uncle Sam in Alaska this year

My country 'tis of thy people you're dying

Hear how the bargain was made for the West
With her shivering children in zero degrees
Blankets for your land, so the treaties attest
Oh well, blankets for land is a bargain indeed
And the blankets were those Uncle Sam had collected
From smallpox-diseased dying soldiers that day
And the tribes were wiped out and the history books censored
A hundred years of your statesmen have felt it's better this way
And yet a few of the conquered have somehow survived
Their blood runs the redder though genes have paled
From the Gran Canyon's caverns to craven sad hills
The wounded, the losers, the robbed sing their tale
From Los Angeles County to upstate New York
The white nation fattens while others grow lean
Oh the tricked and evicted they know what I mean

My country 'tis of thy people you're dying

The past it just crumbled, the future just threatens
Our life blood shut up in your chemical tanks
And now here you come, bill of sale in your hands
And surprise in your eyes that we're lacking in thanks
For the blessings of civilization you've brought us
The lessons you've taught us, the ruin you've wrought us
Oh see what our trust in America's brought us

My country 'tis of thy people you're dying

Now that the pride of the sires receives charity
Now that we're harmless and safe behind laws
Now that my life's to be known as your "heritage"
Now that even the graves have been robbed
Now that our own chosen way is a novelty
Hands on our hearts we salute you your victory
Choke on your blue white and scarlet hypocrisy
Pitying the blindness that you've never seen

That the eagles of war whose wings lent you glory
They were never no more than carrion crows
Pushed the wrens from their nest, stole their eggs, changed their story
The mockingbird sings it, it's all that he knows
"Ah what can I do?" say a powerless few
With a lump in your throat and a tear in your eye
Can't you see that their poverty's profiting you

My country 'tis of thy people you're dying

Buffy Sainte-Marie on Rainbow Quest with Pete Seeger (Episode 38) (less)


The Protest Song

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umHhIrY06vE


Buffy Sainte-Marie - Up Where We Belong

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLCk066o9sU


Who knows what tomorrow brings
In a world, few hearts survive
All I know is the way I feel
When it's real, I keep it alive

The road is long, there are mountains in our way
But we climb a step every day

CHORUS:
Love lift us up where we belong
Where the eagles cry on a mountain high
Love lift us up where we belong
Far from the world we know, up where the clear winds blow

Some hang on to "used to be"
Live their lives, looking behind
All we have is here and now
All our life, out there to find

The road is long, there are mountains in our way,
But we climb them a step every day

CHORUS

Time goes by
No time to cry
Life's you and I
Alive, today

CHORUS