anyone follow native american path?

[swapmeetmomma]

Anyone here follow a native american path? I want to know more about mother earth, father sky, and the great spirit. Links would be very much appreciated. Or if you want to discuss it with me that would be great too. PS Im Mohawk Indian

[Shanti]

I do but I dont follow one way. I do what I was told from when I was a child on the Munsee Res....follow the beat of your own drummer.
Mother earth and father shy and all our brothers and sisters, winged, 4 legged and scaled, all are our individual teachers.
The wind, water and all around are teachers.

The only actual work I did in a particular path was with a NA medicine man for my personal spirit work. But that was between us.
I am a keeper of a pipe through that working and was taught all I need for that particular honor.

Other than that, daily life is guided by spirit, wind, brothers, sister, and all that is around and in us.

Follow your heart and you wont be guided wrong. It will also be for you and you alone.

[swapmeetmomma]

Thank you!:thumbsup:

[GEBS]

My great grandma was Lenape & Nanticoke.


I was never formally taught anything. Everything I learned was just a part of daily life. I think I felt my way through things rather than being taught by someone in the traditional sense.

The lessons of most importance to me are the Earth provides us with everything we need. We should treat her with reverence. Without her providing for us we could not be.

We are not greater than other creatures. To think so shows human arrogance.

We have much to learn by sitting quietly and listening.


I'm sorry I don't have anything more to offer. I don't have links to share or books to recommend. To me, it was more a lifestyle than a formal path.

[swapmeetmomma]

no apologies needed, I appreciate you sharing with me :uhhuhuh:. My tribe is from the new york area so its a little hard to get any info lol. And anyone in the family who would know anything is deceased. Is the path or religion more or less the same for each tribe?

[citrinedream]

My sister in law follows a more native american path, I believe she is Lakota. I'll PM you the titles of some books she's given me, but I haven't read any myself yet personally.

[parallax]

Hi! I don't follow a NA path at all but I do happen to live in the Mohawk Valley and know a bit about the history of the various tribes here.
The Mohawk are members of the Haudenosaunee/Iroquois Confederacy, which is comprised of six different Indian nations - the other five being the Oneida, Cayuga, Onondaga, Seneca and Tuscarora.
A little time on Wikipedia and Google can find you some of the basic myths - I love the Iroquois story of creation. Here's the Wiki page on Iroquois myth: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iroquois_mythology

I know a bit more about the Oneida nation than any of the others because of where I live. They have a nice web site here: http://www.oneidaindiannation.com (http://www.oneidaindiannation.com/) with information on their history, language, culture and such. They run the Shako:wi Cultural Center locally and while I realize you probably can't make a trip cross country to visit, you can contact them via e-mail or phone for more info. While they are not the Mohawk Tribe, you may be able to find more information through them.
Good luck!

[swapmeetmomma]

Hi! I don't follow a NA path at all but I do happen to live in the Mohawk Valley and know a bit about the history of the various tribes here.
The Mohawk are members of the Haudenosaunee/Iroquois Confederacy, which is comprised of six different Indian nations - the other five being the Oneida, Cayuga, Onondaga, Seneca and Tuscarora.
A little time on Wikipedia and Google can find you some of the basic myths - I love the Iroquois story of creation. Here's the Wiki page on Iroquois myth: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iroquois_mythology

I know a bit more about the Oneida nation than any of the others because of where I live. They have a nice web site here: http://www.oneidaindiannation.com (http://www.oneidaindiannation.com/) with information on their history, language, culture and such. They run the Shako:wi Cultural Center locally and while I realize you probably can't make a trip cross country to visit, you can contact them via e-mail or phone for more info. While they are not the Mohawk Tribe, you may be able to find more information through them.
Good luck!
Wow thanks!

[watersprite]

My great grandma was Lenape & Nanticoke.


I was never formally taught anything. Everything I learned was just a part of daily life. I think I felt my way through things rather than being taught by someone in the traditional sense.

The lessons of most importance to me are the Earth provides us with everything we need. We should treat her with reverence. Without her providing for us we could not be.

We are not greater than other creatures. To think so shows human arrogance.

We have much to learn by sitting quietly and listening.


I'm sorry I don't have anything more to offer. I don't have links to share or books to recommend. To me, it was more a lifestyle than a formal path.

Interestingly enough, that's what my grandmother told me. She also told me that the natives revered the land that the white man wanted. The "red skinned savage was more political and land grabbing with total disrespect to the people who were merely stewards to the beauty and the great spirits.

[omar]

My Shawnee - Wyondot blood is too far back to have learned from anyone local. So I got mine from a book about the Shawnee, Cherokee & Lakota. But I also a'm studying Wicca, Taos & Buddhisum.

[MonSno_LeeDra]

Well if you go by family lore I'm supposed to have Choctaw & Powhattan way back on my father's side and Seneca way back on my mother's side. Yet it is so far removed that I really do not claim it as positive nor can I find proof to actually confirm it.

Yet I do know some facets of things have come down through the family though I could not tell you from what nation or tribal group within a nation it originated from.

Saddly when I do hear of NA traditions it seem's they are always from a plains tribe along with all the head dress and clothing. The most common seeming to come from the Lakota / Dakota / Uglala branches of the Sioux nation.

I've been placing links to NA items under the shaman sub-category as I find them so you may want to check there.

[Cunae]

I do but I dont follow one way. I do what I was told from when I was a child on the Munsee Res....follow the beat of your own drummer.
Mother earth and father shy and all our brothers and sisters, winged, 4 legged and scaled, all are our individual teachers.
The wind, water and all around are teachers.

The only actual work I did in a particular path was with a NA medicine man for my personal spirit work. But that was between us.
I am a keeper of a pipe through that working and was taught all I need for that particular honor.

Other than that, daily life is guided by spirit, wind, brothers, sister, and all that is around and in us.

Follow your heart and you wont be guided wrong. It will also be for you and you alone.

My father's mother was Cheyenne and lived on a reservation. Her name, Aneahtae (woman in silence), is the basis of my name, Anita. I wish I did know more about her faith. Like so many families with First Nation roots, the path was all but lost to us.

[Sitalique]

That link to the Iroquois mythology is something I've been looking for. Glad I saw this thread.

My mother's side of the family has Iroquois (great great grandmother, who I am named after) but where never able to find out exactly what tribe.

I have always had a pull toward NA beliefs, and it's grown moreso the last few weeks. So the timing of me seeing this thread is amazing.