THE OKANAGAN INDIAN BAND IS PART OF SEVEN BANDS. THEY ARE LOCATED AT THE HEAD OF THE OKANANGAN BAND NEAR VERNON. THEY HAVE 11,282 HECTARES. HALF OF THEIR 1690 MEMBERS LIVE ON THE RESERVE AND 1/2 LIVE OFF. THEY HAVE HEALTH SERVICES. SOCIAL SERVICES, EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION TO NAME A FEW OF THEIR SERVICES. THEY WANT TO PROMOTE THEIR LANGUAGE, CULTURE, AND HISTORY FOR ALL . THEY HAVE DEVELOPED A NATION DECLARATION AND A NATIONAL ALLIANCE MANDATE.
THEY HAVE SEVEN RESERVES OF 11,000 HECTARES. THEY FACE UNIQUE CHALLENGES WITHIN THEIR ORGANIZATION. THEY NEED TO BUILD CAPACITY FOR LABOR ORGANIZATIONS. THEY ARE WORKING FOR PROVIDING CULTURALLY APPROPRIATE SERVICES. ONE ANTHROPOLOGIST SAID THEY ARE DERIVED FROM A PLACE ON THE RIVER NEAR THE FALLS. THE SALMON ARE THERE AND THIS HELPS THEM SURVIVE.
OKANAGAN COUNCIL CHAMBER WAS ORIGINALLY BUILT ON ANOTHER SITE AND MOVED TO ITS CURRENT LOCATION, THE HEAD OF THE LAKE IN THE EARLY 1900'S. THEIR ELDER JOSEPHINE EDWARDS WAS ONE OF THE MAIN CONTRIBUTORS TO THE RESTRICTION OF THE NEW COUNCIL CHAMBER. THEY HAD BEEN BUILT NEXT TO THE COMMUNITY MEETING PLACE. IT WAS BUILT TO HOUSE CHIEF AND COUNCIL MEETINGS AND USED FOR STICK GAMES. THESE ENDED IN THE 1980'S. THIS WAS A CENTRAL MEETING PLACE FOR ALL NEIGHBORING TRIBES. THE STRUCTURE WAS BUILT AS A MEMORIAL TO SHOW WHERE OUR PEOPLE MET TO KEEP THEIR RICH CULTURE ALIVE.
THE COMMONAGE CLAIM OF 1877 - 2000
IN 1877 THE NORTHERN OKANAGAN COMMONAGE RESERVE WAS ESTABLISHED. IT STATED THAT THE JOINT RESERVE COMMISSION GAVE THE NATIVES PASTURE IN COMMON WITH ANGLO SETTLERS. THE COMMAGE AREA WAS SURVEYED AND APPROVED BY THE SUPERINTENDENT. IN 1889 THE GOVERNMENT HAD PRESSURE TO TERMINATE THE NATIVE LAND WITHOUT CONSULTING THE OKANANGAN. THE BAND NEVER RECEIVED COMPENSATION FROM THEIR LOSS.
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Tuesday, November 8, 2011
NAMGIS FIRST NATION IN CANADA
THE GWA'NI LEGEND
A LONG TIME AGO WHEN THE WORLD WAS YOUNG AND AND SPIRIT BEINGS WANDERED THE WORLD, GWA' NALALIS THIS FAMILY SETTLED AT XWALKX. A SUPERNATURAL BEING WHO ASKED HIM IF THE WORLD TO BE A MOUNTAIN. HE SAID NO AS MOUNTAINS CRUMBLE AND FALL DOWN. HE ASKED HIM IF HE WANTED TO BE A TREE AND HE SAID NO. CEDAR TREES GET STRUCK BY LIGHTENING. THEN HE ASKED IF HE WANTED TO BE A BOULDER AND HE SAID NO AS THEY MAY CRACK AND CRUMBLE. FINALLY HE ASKED IF HE WANTED TO BE A RIVER . YES, LET ME BE A RIVER AS LONG AS THE DAYS DAWN. SO THE SUPERNATURAL BEING PUT HIS HAND ON GWANALIS FOREHEAD AND PUSHED HIM DOWN AND SAID YOU WILL BE A RIVER FOREVER. YOU WILL BE FULL OF SALMON SO THAT YOUR DESCENDANTS MAY NEVER STARVE.
BY 1792 CAPTAIN GEORGE VANCOUVER ENCOUNTERED MAMGIS AT THE GWA'NI RIVER. THEY WERE CALLED NAMGIS AT THE GWA'NI RIVER. THEY WERE CALLED NAMGIS. THE MANGIS WERE FAMILIAR EUROPEAN TRADE GOODS AS THEY HAD WITH THEIR NEIGHBORS ON NORTHERN VANCOUVER ISLAND. THE NAMGIS WERE ONE NATION THAT HAD A LARGE POPULATION OF TO 10,000 FOLKS. THEY WERE ORGANIZED AS FAMILY UNITS EACH SHARING A BIG HOUSE. THE CEREMONIALS AND RITUALS OF THE POTLATCH REGULATED THE MAMGIS SOCIAL LIFE. THE MAMGIS ALWAYS THANKED THE SPIRITS FOR GIVING THEMSELVES UP FOR THEIR USE.
IN THE 1880'S THE FIRST ANGLOS ESTABLISHED A FISH SALTRY AT ALERT BAY. SINCE THAT TIME THE NATIVES HAVE BEEN INVOLVED WITH THE ECONOMIC LIFE OF THE NORTH ISLAND. THEIR TRADITIONAL TERRITORY AND RESOURCES HAVE BEEN A VITAL PART OF THEIR ECONOMY. THE POTLATCH WAS A WAY TO COMMEMORATE A MILESTONE IN ONE FAMILY AS THEY PERFORMED DANCES.
AFTER THE ARRIVAL AFTER THE ARRIVAL OF EUROPEANS THE THE KWAKWAKA'WAKU ADOPTED THEIR STYLE OF HOUSING. THEIR PLACE TO PERFORM CEREMONY AND RITUAL CHANGED TOO. WITH THE CHANGING WORLD, THEIR BELIEF SYSTEM WAS INSTITUTED SPECIFICALLY FOR CONDUCTING ANCIENT RITES TO KEEP HERITAGE ALIVE.
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A LONG TIME AGO WHEN THE WORLD WAS YOUNG AND AND SPIRIT BEINGS WANDERED THE WORLD, GWA' NALALIS THIS FAMILY SETTLED AT XWALKX. A SUPERNATURAL BEING WHO ASKED HIM IF THE WORLD TO BE A MOUNTAIN. HE SAID NO AS MOUNTAINS CRUMBLE AND FALL DOWN. HE ASKED HIM IF HE WANTED TO BE A TREE AND HE SAID NO. CEDAR TREES GET STRUCK BY LIGHTENING. THEN HE ASKED IF HE WANTED TO BE A BOULDER AND HE SAID NO AS THEY MAY CRACK AND CRUMBLE. FINALLY HE ASKED IF HE WANTED TO BE A RIVER . YES, LET ME BE A RIVER AS LONG AS THE DAYS DAWN. SO THE SUPERNATURAL BEING PUT HIS HAND ON GWANALIS FOREHEAD AND PUSHED HIM DOWN AND SAID YOU WILL BE A RIVER FOREVER. YOU WILL BE FULL OF SALMON SO THAT YOUR DESCENDANTS MAY NEVER STARVE.
BY 1792 CAPTAIN GEORGE VANCOUVER ENCOUNTERED MAMGIS AT THE GWA'NI RIVER. THEY WERE CALLED NAMGIS AT THE GWA'NI RIVER. THEY WERE CALLED NAMGIS. THE MANGIS WERE FAMILIAR EUROPEAN TRADE GOODS AS THEY HAD WITH THEIR NEIGHBORS ON NORTHERN VANCOUVER ISLAND. THE NAMGIS WERE ONE NATION THAT HAD A LARGE POPULATION OF TO 10,000 FOLKS. THEY WERE ORGANIZED AS FAMILY UNITS EACH SHARING A BIG HOUSE. THE CEREMONIALS AND RITUALS OF THE POTLATCH REGULATED THE MAMGIS SOCIAL LIFE. THE MAMGIS ALWAYS THANKED THE SPIRITS FOR GIVING THEMSELVES UP FOR THEIR USE.
IN THE 1880'S THE FIRST ANGLOS ESTABLISHED A FISH SALTRY AT ALERT BAY. SINCE THAT TIME THE NATIVES HAVE BEEN INVOLVED WITH THE ECONOMIC LIFE OF THE NORTH ISLAND. THEIR TRADITIONAL TERRITORY AND RESOURCES HAVE BEEN A VITAL PART OF THEIR ECONOMY. THE POTLATCH WAS A WAY TO COMMEMORATE A MILESTONE IN ONE FAMILY AS THEY PERFORMED DANCES.
AFTER THE ARRIVAL AFTER THE ARRIVAL OF EUROPEANS THE THE KWAKWAKA'WAKU ADOPTED THEIR STYLE OF HOUSING. THEIR PLACE TO PERFORM CEREMONY AND RITUAL CHANGED TOO. WITH THE CHANGING WORLD, THEIR BELIEF SYSTEM WAS INSTITUTED SPECIFICALLY FOR CONDUCTING ANCIENT RITES TO KEEP HERITAGE ALIVE.
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Monday, November 7, 2011
KITSELAS FIRST PEOPLE IN CANADA
THE PEOPLE OF KITSELAS CANYON HAVE THRIVED HERE SINCE OF KIT SELAS CANYON HAVE THRIVED HERE SINCE MANY THOUSANDS OF YEARS AGO WITH FERTILIZE RIVERS AND LAND. THEY ARE PROUD OF THEIR HERITAGE. ARCHAEOLOGISTS HAVE NOTED THEIR TOOLS DATE 5000+ YEARS AGO.
THEIR LANGUAGE IS TSIMSHIAN. THEY HAVE FOUR MAIN CLANS AS WELL AS AS SUBCLANS. THE KITSELA HAVE 500 PLUS PEOPLE. THEY LIVE ON NINE RESERVATIONS. THEY HAVE DEVELOPED AN HISTORICAL SITE WITH FOUR LONG HOUSES AND TOTEM POLES. THEY GIVE REGULAR TOURS. LITTLE ARCHAEOLOGICAL WORK HAS TAKEN PLACE HERE AS THE GRAND TRUNK RAILROAD BUILT OVER THE SITE. THE SITE IS LOCATED ON THE WEST SIDE OF SKEENA RIVER SOUTH OF THE CANYON. THEIR WORD FOR GRIZZLY BEAR IS "MEDEEK". ANOTHER VILLAGE IS GITAUS OR "THE PEOPLE OF THE SANDBAR". THIS VILLAGE WAS TESTED BY ARCHAEOLOGISTS BUT CAN'T BE COMPARED TO TSUNYOW BECAUSE THEY HAD NO TESTS THERE.
THE PAUL MASON SITE WAS DISCOVERED IN 1981, BUT THE VILLAGE WAS LOST FROM ORAL HISTORIES OF THE GITAUS. THERE WERE 10 HOUSE FLOORS DISCOVERED AND THE EARLIEST HUMAN OCCUPATION WAS RADIOCARBON DATED TO 5000 YEARS BEFORE PRESENT. tHEY FOUND MICROBLADES, FLAKED COBBLE TOOLS TOOLS. THEY PROCESSED LEATHER AND FISH HERE AND CUT UP MEAT. THE OBSIDIAN AND QUARTZ MATERIALS MAKE UP THE TOOLS. THIS DISCOVERY INDICATES THESE PEOPLE HAD TRADE NETWORKS A FEW HUNDRED YEARS BEFORE THE PEOPLE WERE AT GITAUS. 3200 YEARS BEFORE PRESENT THIS SITE HAD PERMANENT DWELLINGS BASED UPON PREPARED HOUSE FLOORS. DURING THIS TIME THEY STARTED DRYING FISH. BASED ON THE EVIDENCE OF TWO HEARTHS ON THE HOUSES THEY MAY HAVE HAD TWO FAMILIES EACH. ALL HOUSE SIZES ARE THE SAME. THE OTHER VILLAGE HAD DIFFERENT HOUSE SIZES.
THE VILLAGE OF GITLAXDZAWK IS ON A SMALL ISLAND IN KITSELEY CANYON. IN 1910 IT IS CONNECTED TO LAND BY FILL WHEN THEY BUILT THE GRAND TRUNK PAC RAILROAD TUNNELS. GITLAXDZAWK HAS THREE MEANINGS: 1) A PEOPLE OF THE PHASE PLACE WHERE THEY STEAL CANOE BOTTOM BOARDS. THEY OPERATED A TALL SYSTEM IN THE CANYON. LARGE BOULDERS WERE THROWN IN CANOES THAT DISREGARDED THE PAYMENT. IT WAS ALSO CALLED PEOPLE OF THE RAVINE AND THE FORTRESS. THEY HAVE TEN HOUSES THERE. A SITE ON THE ISLAND THERE. TODAY THERE IS NO ACCESS TO IT. THE MAIN VILLAGE WAS BUILT ON A HILL WHICH WAS FORTIFIED BY TIMBERS AND LOGS AND CONSTRUED WITH GREATER PROTECTION.
THE HOUSES WERE IRREGULARLY PLACED. IN EACH HOUSE THEY HAD 30 RESIDENTS AND 300 FOLKS IN A VILLAGE. BECAUSE OF IMMIGRANT CONTACT IN THE SKEENA VALLEY, THE NATIVES ABANDONED THIS AREA. SOME POSITIVE CONSEQUENCES OF IMMIGRANT SETTLEMENT SUCH AS THEIR ACTIVITY IN WANING FUR TRADE, TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS FOR THE GITSELASU AND LATER INVOLVEMENT IN THE COMMERCIAL FISHING ALONG THE COAST. THEY WERE AFFECTED BY SMALLPOX. THEY NO LONGER CONTROLLED MOVEMENTS THROUGH THE CANYON AFFECTING THEIR COMPETITION WITH SETTLERS FOR RESOURCES SUCH AS FISH, GAME, TIMBER AND OTHER JOBS.
THE ARCHAEOLOGISTS HAVE FOUND PETROGLYPHS OF HUMANS AND ANIMALS IN THE SKEENA VALLEY. NO ONE KNOWS THEIR MEANING. THEY MAY BE ASSOCIATED WITH SHAMANISM. THE SHAMANS CURED PEOPLE OF POSSIBLY MADE PETROGLYPHS AS PART OF THEIR ACTIVITY. THESE ACTIVITIES OCCUR ED AWAY FROM THE VILLAGES AND MAKING PETROGLPHS MAY BE ASSOCIATED WITH TRANFORMATION. SOME PETROGLYPHS MAY BE SUBMERGED IN WATER BY RISING RIVERS OR TIDAL LEVELS, OR MAY BE ASSOCIATED WITH SHAMANIC IDEA OF TRANSFORMATION.
THE MOST INTERESTING THING ABOUT THESE PETROGLYPHS IS THEIR IDEA ABOUT TRANSFORMATION. THIS IS A SPIRITUAL CONCEPT OF 'TSIMSIAN'. ONE CARVING HAS THE APPEARANCE OF A HUMAN FACE. OR MASK. WHEN VIEWED FROM THE OTHER SIDE THE FACE IS TRANSFORMED INTO THAT OF AN ANIMAL OR POSSIBLY ANOTHER MASK. OTHER PETROGLYPHS ARE FOUND IN THIS AREA.
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THEIR LANGUAGE IS TSIMSHIAN. THEY HAVE FOUR MAIN CLANS AS WELL AS AS SUBCLANS. THE KITSELA HAVE 500 PLUS PEOPLE. THEY LIVE ON NINE RESERVATIONS. THEY HAVE DEVELOPED AN HISTORICAL SITE WITH FOUR LONG HOUSES AND TOTEM POLES. THEY GIVE REGULAR TOURS. LITTLE ARCHAEOLOGICAL WORK HAS TAKEN PLACE HERE AS THE GRAND TRUNK RAILROAD BUILT OVER THE SITE. THE SITE IS LOCATED ON THE WEST SIDE OF SKEENA RIVER SOUTH OF THE CANYON. THEIR WORD FOR GRIZZLY BEAR IS "MEDEEK". ANOTHER VILLAGE IS GITAUS OR "THE PEOPLE OF THE SANDBAR". THIS VILLAGE WAS TESTED BY ARCHAEOLOGISTS BUT CAN'T BE COMPARED TO TSUNYOW BECAUSE THEY HAD NO TESTS THERE.
THE PAUL MASON SITE WAS DISCOVERED IN 1981, BUT THE VILLAGE WAS LOST FROM ORAL HISTORIES OF THE GITAUS. THERE WERE 10 HOUSE FLOORS DISCOVERED AND THE EARLIEST HUMAN OCCUPATION WAS RADIOCARBON DATED TO 5000 YEARS BEFORE PRESENT. tHEY FOUND MICROBLADES, FLAKED COBBLE TOOLS TOOLS. THEY PROCESSED LEATHER AND FISH HERE AND CUT UP MEAT. THE OBSIDIAN AND QUARTZ MATERIALS MAKE UP THE TOOLS. THIS DISCOVERY INDICATES THESE PEOPLE HAD TRADE NETWORKS A FEW HUNDRED YEARS BEFORE THE PEOPLE WERE AT GITAUS. 3200 YEARS BEFORE PRESENT THIS SITE HAD PERMANENT DWELLINGS BASED UPON PREPARED HOUSE FLOORS. DURING THIS TIME THEY STARTED DRYING FISH. BASED ON THE EVIDENCE OF TWO HEARTHS ON THE HOUSES THEY MAY HAVE HAD TWO FAMILIES EACH. ALL HOUSE SIZES ARE THE SAME. THE OTHER VILLAGE HAD DIFFERENT HOUSE SIZES.
THE VILLAGE OF GITLAXDZAWK IS ON A SMALL ISLAND IN KITSELEY CANYON. IN 1910 IT IS CONNECTED TO LAND BY FILL WHEN THEY BUILT THE GRAND TRUNK PAC RAILROAD TUNNELS. GITLAXDZAWK HAS THREE MEANINGS: 1) A PEOPLE OF THE PHASE PLACE WHERE THEY STEAL CANOE BOTTOM BOARDS. THEY OPERATED A TALL SYSTEM IN THE CANYON. LARGE BOULDERS WERE THROWN IN CANOES THAT DISREGARDED THE PAYMENT. IT WAS ALSO CALLED PEOPLE OF THE RAVINE AND THE FORTRESS. THEY HAVE TEN HOUSES THERE. A SITE ON THE ISLAND THERE. TODAY THERE IS NO ACCESS TO IT. THE MAIN VILLAGE WAS BUILT ON A HILL WHICH WAS FORTIFIED BY TIMBERS AND LOGS AND CONSTRUED WITH GREATER PROTECTION.
THE HOUSES WERE IRREGULARLY PLACED. IN EACH HOUSE THEY HAD 30 RESIDENTS AND 300 FOLKS IN A VILLAGE. BECAUSE OF IMMIGRANT CONTACT IN THE SKEENA VALLEY, THE NATIVES ABANDONED THIS AREA. SOME POSITIVE CONSEQUENCES OF IMMIGRANT SETTLEMENT SUCH AS THEIR ACTIVITY IN WANING FUR TRADE, TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS FOR THE GITSELASU AND LATER INVOLVEMENT IN THE COMMERCIAL FISHING ALONG THE COAST. THEY WERE AFFECTED BY SMALLPOX. THEY NO LONGER CONTROLLED MOVEMENTS THROUGH THE CANYON AFFECTING THEIR COMPETITION WITH SETTLERS FOR RESOURCES SUCH AS FISH, GAME, TIMBER AND OTHER JOBS.
THE ARCHAEOLOGISTS HAVE FOUND PETROGLYPHS OF HUMANS AND ANIMALS IN THE SKEENA VALLEY. NO ONE KNOWS THEIR MEANING. THEY MAY BE ASSOCIATED WITH SHAMANISM. THE SHAMANS CURED PEOPLE OF POSSIBLY MADE PETROGLYPHS AS PART OF THEIR ACTIVITY. THESE ACTIVITIES OCCUR ED AWAY FROM THE VILLAGES AND MAKING PETROGLPHS MAY BE ASSOCIATED WITH TRANFORMATION. SOME PETROGLYPHS MAY BE SUBMERGED IN WATER BY RISING RIVERS OR TIDAL LEVELS, OR MAY BE ASSOCIATED WITH SHAMANIC IDEA OF TRANSFORMATION.
THE MOST INTERESTING THING ABOUT THESE PETROGLYPHS IS THEIR IDEA ABOUT TRANSFORMATION. THIS IS A SPIRITUAL CONCEPT OF 'TSIMSIAN'. ONE CARVING HAS THE APPEARANCE OF A HUMAN FACE. OR MASK. WHEN VIEWED FROM THE OTHER SIDE THE FACE IS TRANSFORMED INTO THAT OF AN ANIMAL OR POSSIBLY ANOTHER MASK. OTHER PETROGLYPHS ARE FOUND IN THIS AREA.
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TRIONDEK HWECH'IN IN FIRST NATION
THESE FOLKS LIVED IN DAWSON CITY AND ARE WITH THE HAN LINGUISTIC GROUPING. THIS IS A LINGUISTIC TERM RECENTLY REPLACED BY THE TRONDECK HWECH'IN. IT MEANS THE PEOPLE OF KLONDIKE RIVER. THEY MOVED TO THE MOOSEHIDE RESERVATION DOWN RIVER FROM DAWSON AT THE TIME OF THE GOLDRUSH. IN THE 1950'S THEIR POPULATION DECLINED AND THEY MOVED BACK TO DAWSOM WHERE THEY REMAIN TODAY. BY 1999 THEIR POPULATION WAS 620, AND 420 LIVED OFF THE RESERVATION IN OTHER TOWNS. BY 1998 THE FIRST NATION OWNWED ABOUT 1000SQUARE MILES MILES OF LAQND IN THEIR TERRITORY. THEY WILL BE GIVEN $21,000,000 COMPENSATION OVER 15 YEARS.
THE TRONDECK HWICH'IN WERE ONE OF YUKON'S MOST AFFECTED TRIBE BY WHITE GOLD MINERS AND SETTLERS. THEY ARE ACTIVELY RECLAIMING THEIR CULTURAL WAYS. DURING GOLD RUSH CHIEF ISAAC TOOK SONGS AND DANCES OF HIS PEOPLE TO THE VILLAGE OF MANSFIELD ALASKA. THE DAWSON FOLKS ARE COMITTED TO REGAINING THEIR SONGS AND DANCES IN THIS AREA.
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THE TRONDECK HWICH'IN WERE ONE OF YUKON'S MOST AFFECTED TRIBE BY WHITE GOLD MINERS AND SETTLERS. THEY ARE ACTIVELY RECLAIMING THEIR CULTURAL WAYS. DURING GOLD RUSH CHIEF ISAAC TOOK SONGS AND DANCES OF HIS PEOPLE TO THE VILLAGE OF MANSFIELD ALASKA. THE DAWSON FOLKS ARE COMITTED TO REGAINING THEIR SONGS AND DANCES IN THIS AREA.
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WHITE RIVER INDIANS IN CANADA
BEAVER CREEK IS WHERE THE WHITE RIVER INDIANS LIVE. THEY ARE AFFILIATED WITH UPPER TANANA AND NORTHERN TUTLCHONE. IN 2000 THEY HAD 124 MEMBERS AND ABOUT 80 LIVED IN ANOTHER OTHER COMMUNITIES. THE UPPER TANANA LANGUAGE IS ATHAPASKAN DIALECT AND IS OF MANY GROUPS. THE WHITE RIVER PEOPLE INCLUDE NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN TUTCHONE. TODAY THE WHITE RIVER PEOPLE INCLUDE NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN TUTCHONE. TODAY THE WHITE RIVER NATION HAS NOT SIGNED THE FINAL AGREEMENT. THEY ARE IN THE PROCESS OF NEGOTIATING WITH THE FEDERAL AND YUKON GOVERNMENTS.
FROM TIME IMMEMORIAL THEY HAVE DEFINED THEMSELVES BY THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE ANIMALS. THEIR LAWS, SPIRITUAL BELIEFS, AND CLAN SYSTEM ARE BASED ON TREMEDOUS DEPENDANCE OF THE ENVIRONMENT. THEIR LEGENDS TELL THEM HOW THEY ORIGINATED IN THE WORLD. AND ARE TOLD TODAY BY OUR ELDERS AND YOU WHO LEARN CARRY ON THEIR TRADITIONS. THEIR ANCESTORS TELL HOW CROW STARTED THEY WORLD. HE BROUGHT FIRST LIGHT INTO THE WORLD. HE LET THE STARS, SUN, AND MOON ESCAPE FROM A WEALTHY MAN SO THAT THEY BELONGED TO EVERYONE.
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FROM TIME IMMEMORIAL THEY HAVE DEFINED THEMSELVES BY THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE ANIMALS. THEIR LAWS, SPIRITUAL BELIEFS, AND CLAN SYSTEM ARE BASED ON TREMEDOUS DEPENDANCE OF THE ENVIRONMENT. THEIR LEGENDS TELL THEM HOW THEY ORIGINATED IN THE WORLD. AND ARE TOLD TODAY BY OUR ELDERS AND YOU WHO LEARN CARRY ON THEIR TRADITIONS. THEIR ANCESTORS TELL HOW CROW STARTED THEY WORLD. HE BROUGHT FIRST LIGHT INTO THE WORLD. HE LET THE STARS, SUN, AND MOON ESCAPE FROM A WEALTHY MAN SO THAT THEY BELONGED TO EVERYONE.
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MY EXPERIENCE AS A BLM ARCHAEOLOGIST WITH A HORSE
WHEN I WAS AN ARCHAEOLOGIST WITH THE BLM IN PHOENIX I WENT INTO THE DESERT TO SURVEY A 10 MILE LONG LINEAR ROUTE. IT WAS OFTEN DIFFICULT TO FIND THE RIGHT ROAD AND LOCATION BECAUSE OF THE GENERAL FLATNESS OF THE DESERT. IN ANY CASE I USUALLY HAD AT THAT TIME A REMOTE RADIO TO CALL THE OFFICE IF LOST OR MY CAR BROKE DOWN. I REMEMBER ONE UNUSUAL TIME WHEN I MET A RANCHER WHO SADDLED A HORSE FOR ME ON A HOT SUMMER DAY AND I HAD 10 MILES TO SURVEY. THIS LONG LINEAR SURVEY WAS FLAGGED AND IN REMOTE TERRITORY. THE COWBOY RODE HIS HORSE WITH ME AS I VIEWED THE GROUND FOR PREHISTORIC AND HISTORIC ARTIFACTS. I COULD ACTUALLY VIEW SEVERAL KNAPPING AREAS WHERE THE NATIVES LEFT OBSIDIAN REMAINS.
INTERESTING ENOUGH AT ONE POINT MY HORSE GOT A CHOLLA IN HIS TALE AND LEG! HE REARED UP WITH A WHELP. I THOUGHT I WAS DEAD. BUT LUCKILY THE COWBOY WAS ABLE TO CALM HIM AND REMOVE THE CHOLLA FROM HIS LEG...
INTERESTING ENOUGH AT ONE POINT MY HORSE GOT A CHOLLA IN HIS TALE AND LEG! HE REARED UP WITH A WHELP. I THOUGHT I WAS DEAD. BUT LUCKILY THE COWBOY WAS ABLE TO CALM HIM AND REMOVE THE CHOLLA FROM HIS LEG...
CENTER FOR SPIRITUAL LIVING
THIS WEEK'S TOPIC WAS UNCONDITIONAL LOVE AND THAT WE CAN ALL WAKE UP TO LEARN TO LOVE ALL. OUR MINISER SAID TO BELIEVE IN DIVINITY. WE HAVEN'T YET LEARNED TO LOVE THIS WAY. WE ARE WAKING UP TO TO WHO WE ARE THAT IS HIDDEN IN WHOLENESS TO US. YOU ARE SELF GIVING TO GOD WHEN WE REALIZE OUR RELATIONSHIP TO THOUGHT IS LOVE FOR US.
HE ASKED HAVE YOU EVER PRAYED FOR WHOLENESS OF THE EARTH? WE CAN USE GUIDING PRINCIPALS OF THE EARTH AND YEARN FOR THE WORLD HEART. PRAY FOR THE HOMELESS ANSD BORDERS ARE IRRELEVANT. FELLOWSHIP CONNECTS IN OUR WORLD AS ONE GLOBAL ONE. EACH OF US BECOME POINTS OF ADVOCATES FOR ADVANCING OUR WORLD. HE MENTIONED A CHINESE STORY THAT THEY SAY THEIR TEA POTS ARE SEASONED AFTER 100 YEARS , AND THE THE TEA POT WILL MAKE ITS OWN TEA. USE HIGHER THOUGHTS AND EVERYONE WINS. IMAGINE THAT THOUGHT UNTIL POT MAKES TEA BY ITSELF!
HE ASKED HAVE YOU EVER PRAYED FOR WHOLENESS OF THE EARTH? WE CAN USE GUIDING PRINCIPALS OF THE EARTH AND YEARN FOR THE WORLD HEART. PRAY FOR THE HOMELESS ANSD BORDERS ARE IRRELEVANT. FELLOWSHIP CONNECTS IN OUR WORLD AS ONE GLOBAL ONE. EACH OF US BECOME POINTS OF ADVOCATES FOR ADVANCING OUR WORLD. HE MENTIONED A CHINESE STORY THAT THEY SAY THEIR TEA POTS ARE SEASONED AFTER 100 YEARS , AND THE THE TEA POT WILL MAKE ITS OWN TEA. USE HIGHER THOUGHTS AND EVERYONE WINS. IMAGINE THAT THOUGHT UNTIL POT MAKES TEA BY ITSELF!
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