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Storytelling,
passed down through the generations, teaches valuable lessons by example. This
precious oral history of stories, legends, and the teachings of the Elders is
now being written down and recorded in order to preserve it for posterity.
Elders are men and
women, regardless of age, who have been infused with Wisdom and other spiritual
gifts from the Great Spirit such as: sweat lodge ceremony healer abilities and
herbal remedies skills.
For the Native Americans all
creatures are kin (two legged, four legged, winged, and finned); everything in
nature is imbued with Spirit; and guardian spirits empower, teach, guide, and
assist everyone.
All people are related and all things connected in the mystery of
the Great Spirit. All beings are sacred and worthy of respect and to be treated with reverence and
dignity.
Native Americans communicate with the spirits by singing traditional,
ceremonial, and medicine songs accompanied by drums and sometimes also by
rattles, flutes, and whistles. Ceremonial teachings are strictly an oral tradition passed down from Elder to Elder to ensure their authenticity and integrity. The ceremonies are a way to commune with Spirit through prayers, offerings, and ritual... Go back  Explore Native American ArticlesAll are Kin Clans and Making Relatives, Clans Giveaways and the Keeping of Souls, Cosmology of Sacred Hoop Great Spirit, Drumming Smudging and Sweat Lodges, Glossary Terminology, Goddesses Gods and Star Teachers, Medicine Wheels and Four Directions, Native American Indian Spiritual Beliefs, Sacred Pipe Ceremony and Powwows, Visionquests and Power Animal Totems, Wakan Tanka and White Buffalo Woman
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