Walking Spirit in a Native Way

  ACCEPTANCE People are seldom what we want them to be  ~ ~ ~ unless ~ ~ ~ we want them to be what they are!   MAANG   James Beard aka Noodin                Cultural Storyteller, Educator, Speaker,                Author Walking Spirit in a Native Way James Beard is a speaker on topics such as traditional...

  DECEPTION Photo by: James B Beard aka Noodin Deer is still Every sound a sign A stick that snaps Deer are running  Wolf pauses in his step Every scent is telling A foe might be present Wolf is on the move  Trees are bending Bows break and miss-shape What was up is down What was calm is disturbed  Wind is blowing Messages travel Leaves swirl Invisible motion  Snake slithers in the grass Silent and foreboding Curled up under a rock Ready to strike  Earth seems to move Shadows fool the ground A stream takes new form Everything changes  Crow calls loudly Gathering the murder What do they hide Following the motion  Blue Jay sounds an alarm Something is coming What does he know Does anyone hear  Eagle looks down Watches all things Watches all things Watches all things   January 26, 2018  Noodin Buy this book        Walking Spirit in a Native Way James Beard is a speaker on topics such...

  Honoring the Spirit of the Fire Honoring the Spirit of Native American Traditions By: Cheryl Roth ~ http://nhfaithfusion.com/2015/10/native-american/ Earlier this week I was invited to a Native American fire circle. I really didn’t know what to expect but I said yes right away. As a matter of fact I didn’t even completely read the description my friend sent me, I trusted her, and the first four words sounded good to me: “  To honor all life , all Veterans and warriors, all people, and all those who are traveling to the next realm. Sit by the fire and share in the stories told by the Native American Elders and by the storytellers. Come and hear stories told to share the values that sustain a culture.” Hidden Beauty and Virtue As I drove through the countryside just west of Manchester toward my friends house I marveled at the life that is hidden in these woods. Sometimes I feel like living in New Hampshire is like being part of some secre...

  PROTECTING THE LAND Submit to tyranny, oppressive power exerted by a government. The use of power without restraint. You then will become the oppressed. The Constitution was drawn by the people for the people to insure against repression. Allowing certain individuals in power to take away those laws will take away a quality of life enjoyed by the people. It is the laws, the treaties agreed to by the majority that have protected the people. A few years ago, I watched as a small community of First Nation people stood up for their rights. They refused oppression by Corporate interests reinforced by government authorities. They were successful because they were within the rights of their treaty. Had they not stood up for those rights in protest the outcome would have been very different. The feather represents truth and preservation of life. First Nation MicMac woman facing RCMP Taking away the rights of the people who have lived on the land for thousands of years is typical of gove...

  MIGIZII ~ BALD EAGLE In Ojibwe: D'baad end’zin (humility).    Humility to allow that we are equal to everyone else. No more and no less. Take pride in what we do, but the pride that we take is only in the sharing of the accomplishment with others. To be right size means dropping the mask that we wear to impress others. Step forward to do the work regardless of the credit.    One of the seven gifts brought to the people by the First Elder.  The Seven Grandfathers Told the First Elder  Wisdom, Respect, Honesty, Humility, Bravery, Love, Truth   The seven teachings must be used together as one. You cannot have wisdom without love, respect, bravery, honesty, humility, and truth. To leave one out is to embrace the opposite of what that teaching is. If one of these gifts is not used with the others, we will not be in balance. We must remember these teachings, practice them, and teach them to our children    Buy this book here   ...

  Telling Stories rather than Reading Stories                 Excerpts of interview with Hannah Thomas of HeartRising.com When telling stories that have happened to me, I am speaking of the stories from the experience as spirit gave it to me. When telling the stories of the people, the Native stories, stories about the seven grandfathers that creator put on this earth to watch over us and try to help us to understand and follow guidance, or the four chiefs that brought us the medicines to help to heal the people and other stories that I tell. I tell them as I heard them at the fire. What that means is when I go to ceremonies or I visit communities of the Native people that are still in this country practicing their traditional beliefs, I listen to the old story tellers as they tell the stories. The stories that I tell are those stories, the ones that I have heard and very often, when I am telling them, people will say; You don’t sound like ...