Give Thanks

Show respect to all people and bow to none. When you arise in the morning, give thanks for the food and for the joy of living. If you see no reason for giving thanks, The fault lies only in yourself.

Tecumseh - Shawnee-(1768-1813)

All is Sacred

"Every part of the earth is sacred to my people. Every shining pine needle, every sandy shore, every mist in the dark woods, every meadow, every humming insect. All are holy in the memory and experience of my people."


Chief Seattle

Mother Earth

The Great Spirit is in all things: He is in the air we breathe. The Great Spirit is our Father, but the Earth is our Mother. She nourishes us; that which we put into the ground She returns to us.

- Big Thunder (Bedagi) Wabanaki Algonquin

Prayer and Meditation

Kauila Clark adding handle to a large vessel

"Prayer is talking to God;
Meditation is listening to God"

Kauila Clark

Cornerstone of Character

The Wise Man 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 the shinning pool - his, in the mind of the unlettered sage, is the ideal attitude and conduct of life. Silence is the cornerstone of character.

Ohiyesa (Charles Alexander Eastman) - Santee Sioux