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| One Spirit by � dreamcatcher19762000 I AM ONE PERSON, ONE BODY, ONE SPIRIT AND YET I AM MY FATHER, MOTHER, RELATIVES, CHILDREN, AND FRIENDS. I AM A PEICE OF EACH OF THEM AS THEY ARE A PIECE OF ME. AS A CHILD, I WAS TAUGHT TO PRAY, TO GIVE THANKS, AND ASK BLESSINGS UPON MY RELATIVES, FRIENDS, AND FOR THOSE THAT MAY BE IN NEED. IN ASKING I RECIEVED A BLESSING OF MY OWN. WE ARE TAUGHT TO RESPECT OUR ELDERS FOR IT IS THEIR WISDOM THAT HAS BUILT THE FOUNDATION OF OUR PEOPLE. WE TREASURE OUR YOUTH FOR THEY WILL BUILD ON THE FOUNDATION. WE DANCE IN CELEBRATION OF LIFE,THANKSGIVING, ASKING FOR A BLESSING, AND PRAISE OF WHAT WE HAVE BEEN GIVEN. AS CHILDREN WE LEARN TO DANCE AS WE WATCH THE BIRDS DANCE IN THE SPRING BREEZE, BY COURTSHIP, AND BY WATCHING THE GRASS WEAVE, BEND, AND BOW TO THE WIND. WHO HAS NOT WATCHED A TODDLER BEND AND BOB, BRINGING A SMILE AS WE WATCH THIS FIRST-SMALL JOYFUL CELEBRATION OF LIFE? THE BUFFALLO, DEER, AND CATTLE GRAZE UPON THE EARTH THAT THE WINDS HAS SEEDED AND THE RAIN HAS NOURISHED. IN TURN PEOPLE FEED UPON THE ANIMALS. A BLESSING TO BE CELEBRATED BY DANCING AND PRAISED BY SINGING. OUR TRIBAL AFFILIATIONS IS OUR RELIGION- THE FOUNDATION OF OUR BELIEFS AND CUSTOMS. MANY OF OUR PEOPLE ARE NOT FULL BLOODS BUT THIS IS NOTHING NEW. OLD TIMES MEN AND WOMEN WERE ADOPTED AND ACCEPTED INTO OTHER TRIBES BY MARRIAGE, SLAVERY, AND ACCEPTANCE OF THE TRIBE'S CUSTOMS AND BELIEFS. WE HAVE SEVERAL PEOPLE THAT ARE RED AND WHITE, RED AND BLACK, RED AND BROWN AND OTHER MIXES, BUT THEY ARE STILL OUR PEOPLE. IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN THAT WAY. MOUNTIANS ARE MADE OF SEVERAL STONES. THE STONES ARE MADE OF PEBBLES. THE PEBBLES ARE MADE OF DIRT AND CLAY, BUT IT IS STILL ONE MOUNTAIN. WE LEARN FROM OUR FATHERS AND MOTHERS WHO LEARNED FROM THEIR FATHERS AND MOTHERS. THEN WE BECOME PARENTS TO OUR OWN. WHO CAN SAY THEY'VE NOT LEARNED SOMETHING FROM OUR CHILDREN? WHOSOEVER CAN LIVES OUTSIDE THE CIRCLE OF LIFE. RAINBOWS ARE MANY COLORS BUT IS ONE. PEOPLE COME IN MANY COLORS, SHAPES, AND SIZES. WERE WE NOT MADE BY THE SAME CREATOR? WHO GAVE US MOUNTIANS, MANY COLORS OF THE RAINBOW, AND THE DIFFERENT CREATURES OF THE EARTH? I AM NO LESS OF A PERSON CAUSE FATHER IS RED AND MOTHER IS WHITE, BLACK, OR YELLOW. WE ARE ONE IN THIS LAND. THERE IS ONLY ONE CIRCLE. WE ARE THE CIRCLE. THE CIRLCLE IS EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US. I AM THE CIRCLE- THE CIRCLE IS ME. I AM MY FATHER, MOTHER, RELATIVES, CHILDREN, AND FRIENDS. AS I'M MOLDED AND TAUGHT BY THEM- I ALSO TEACH AND SHARE. I AM ONE PERSON, BODY AND SPIRIT. |
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