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Massacre at Sand Creek
Wounded Knee Hearing Testimony
An Ojibwe Trail of Tears
Wisconsin Trail of Tears
Ojibwe Creation Story
Paleo-American Origins
The Wallum Olum: a Pictographic History of
the Lenni Lenape, Root Tribe from which the Ojibwe arose
A Migration Legend of the Delaware Tribe
Wallum Olum: The Deluge
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Part II
Winter Count: History Seen from a Native
American Tradition -
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The Story of the Opposition on the Road to
Extinction: Protest Camp in Minneapolis
Who Deems What Is Sacred?
Savage Police
Brutality vs Nonviolence of the People
Mendota Sacred Sites - Affidavit of Larry
Cloud-Morgan
Cloud-Morgan, Catholic activist, buried
with his peace pipe
Museum-quality
willow animal effigies
of the Southwest
Archaic culture, art from a 4,000 year-old tradition by Bill Ott
Indian Tribes and Termination
Ojibwe
Encampment on the Winnipeg River by Paul Kane
Ojibwe Art and Dance
Interpreting the Ojibwe Pictographs of
North Hegman Lake, MN
Ojibwe Forestry and Resource Management
Ojibwe Homes
Ojibwe Honor Creation, the Elders and
Future Generations
Ojibwe Indian Reservations and Trust Land
Ojibwe Language
Introduction to Ojibwe Language
Introduction to Ojibwe Noun and Pronoun Grammar
Introduction to Ojibwe Numbers
and Money
Introduction to Ojibwe Verbs
and Preverbs
Introduction to Ojibwe
Verb Grammar
Introduction to Ojibwe Command and Question Grammar
FREELANG OJIBWE DICTIONARY - free downloadable Ojibwe-English &
English-Ojibwe dictionary form
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Ojibwe Sovereignty and the Casinos
Ojibwe Spirituality and Kinship
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Family, Community, and School Impacts on
American Indian and Alaska Native Students' Success
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School Experience
Quantum Physics Leads Science Back to the Sacred Fire
Cultural Differences Can Lead to Misunderstanding
Ojibwe Tobacco and
Pipes
Traditional Ojibwe Entertainment
Myth of the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel
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The Wallum Olum: a Pictographic History of
the Lenni Lenape, Root Tribe from which the Ojibwe arose
A Migration Legend of the Delaware Tribe
Wallum Olum: The Deluge
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Part II
Winter Count: History Seen from a Native
American Tradition -
2 -
3
Ojibwe Creation Story
Paleo-American Origins
Soul of the Indian:
Foreword
The Great Mystery -
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The Family Altar -
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Ceremonial and Symbolic Worship
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Barbarism and the Moral Code
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The Unwritten Scriptures
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On the Borderland of Spirits
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Charles Alexander Eastman
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Gallery
Traditional Life of the Ojibwe
Aurora Village Yellowknife
The Making of a Man
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Friends in the Circle
Grass Dancer
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Jingle Dress Dancers
Fancy Shawl Dancer
Men Traditional Dancers
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Flowers of Crater Lake
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Gold Mantled Ground Squirrel
The Rogue River
Sacred Fire of the Modoc
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Most
of the great teachers have expressed their insight and wisdom by way of
stories. Stories use the common metaphor to take people beyond their
experience to a new understanding. Native American storytellers have done
this for centuries. The story originates manidoog, directly from spirit, and
in its retelling becomes a tradition. These stories were not intended only
for entertainment. Normally I would not be telling stories at this time of
the year. Traditionally the Aniishinabeg storyteller only told stories when
there was snow on the ground. But Giidzhii Manidoo, the Great Spirit, has
asked me to tell stories to unfold the Vision of the Seventh Fire. I speak
to you manidoog in the tradition of my people.
In this story of the making of a new earth, Way-nah-boo-zhoo is a man-god
who plays between the world of man and the world of spirit. He appears in
many of our stories as a hero who points the way for a good life. He is our
model for the Ogichidaag‘, the ones who show a new way using their strength
and power with gentleness and wisdom. This story is a traditional story of
the Aniishinabeg. It is for your ears and for your heart today. Hear me and
open your heart.
In the beginning, Giidzhii Manidoo, the Great Spirit, made all things and
gave them instructions how to share the earth in harmony. After a while,
many creatures forgot the Original Instructions—love, honor, and respect for
all beings in the circle of life. Unhappy with their behavior, Creator
loosed the waters of the earth in a great mush-ko'-be-wun and all the land was
covered by the ni-bi' (water).
The animals
could only swim around because they had no place to rest and sleep.
Way-nah-boo-zhoo took pity on them and told them what they had done. They
promised to change their ways and remember the path of the spirit. Then
Makinaak, the turtle had an idea. He would offer his back for the foundation
of a new earth. The other animals would have to swim to the bottom of the
waters and bring up mud to put on his back.
Makwaa, the bear, demanded the right to be the first to create the new
earth. "I am the most powerful of all the animals. I will bring the first
mud to make a new earth. He inhaled deeply and plunged toward the bottom of
the waters. He swam down with great power. But he could not get to the mud
at the bottom. By the time he reached the surface he was nearly dead and
Way-nah-boo-zhoo breathed life into him.
 Bizhoo, the bobcat demanded to be the next to try. "I am not as fat as
Makwa‘
the bear, and I am very powerful. I shall bring the first mud to make a new
earth." He inhaled deeply and plunged toward the bottom of the waters. He
swam down with great power. But he could not get to the mud at the bottom.
By the time he reached the surface he was nearly dead and Way-nah-boo-zhoo
breathed life into him.
Next Maa’ingan, the wolf, demanded to be the first to create the new earth.
"When there was land on which I could hunt, I could run and run and run and
not be without breath. I can swim to the bottom of the waters. I shall bring
the first mud for the new earth." He inhaled deeply and plunged toward the
bottom of the waters. He swam down with great power. But he could not get to
the mud at the bottom. By the time he reached the surface he was nearly dead
and Way-nah-boo-zhoo breathed life into him.
"I am the greatest swimmer of all the animals," said Amik,
the beaver. "My tail
is
powerful and my feet are webbed". Amik swam easily toward the
bottom of the waters. But it was very deep and he, too, failed. By the time
he came to the surface he was nearly dead and Way-nah-boo-zhoo breathed life
into him.
The animals were miserable at their failure. "Now who can reach the mud at
the bottom of the waters?" cried the animals. "Without mud from the bottom
of the waters we cannot create a new earth!"
Then little Waszhask, the muskrat, spoke. "I think that I might be able to
bring mud from the bottom of the waters," he offered quietly.
"You! ha! ha! ha!" the other animals shouted and laughed.
"You are not as powerful as me, little muskrat!" said the Makwa, the bear.
"What makes you think you can do what I could not?"
"Wazhask, You are not as strong as me!" said Bizhoo, the bobcat. "How could
a little muskrat do what I could not?"
"My lungs can hold much more air than yours, little Wazhusk!" said
Maa’ingan,
the wolf. "How could you do what I could not?"
"I am a much better swimmer than you, Wazhusk!" said Amik, the beaver. "How
could you do what I could not?"
Way-nah-boo-zhoo held up his hands to make them stop making such a noise and
said, "You have all puffed yourselves so full of air to make everyone think
you are great. Because of this you could not swim to the bottom of the
waters. In a new earth you must remember that you are all connected. Not one
of you is more important than another. You must learn to love, honor, and
respect each other in the circle of life. Each of you has some energy to
share with the others of the circle. And the circle finds a way for each to
make a contribution. These are the Original Instructions that you have
forgotten. Perhaps Wazhusk, the muskrat, can do what all of you wish. Would
you be happy to live on the new earth if the muskrat brought the first mud
from the bottom of the waters?"
"Yes!!" shouted all of the other animals. Each of them encouraged
Wazhusk to
do his best and muskrat dived to the bottom of the waters. He swam and swam.
It seemed to be so far down. Yet he remembered the words and the love of the
others and he swam deeper. His breath was nearly gone as he reached the
bottom. Scooping up a pawful of mud, muskrat brought it to the surface and
put it on the back of Makinaak, the turtle. All the other animals
cheered! Without puffing themselves full of air they, too, dived to the
bottom of the waters and brought mud up to the surface and put it on the
back of the turtle. Soon a small island was formed. As they swam around and
around the island, it began to grow larger. The animals crawled onto the
land and danced in a circle. They sang with so much
 freedom
and joy that the flowers, grasses, and trees began to grow. The
noo-di-noon' (winds) began
to blow from all four directions. Soon the water that had covered the earth
lived only in the Big Waters and the Little Waters and the Rivers. Then Giidzhii Makwaa, the Great
Bear, was asked to live in the far north to keep the water bound up in ice
and snow so that the water would not cover the land. Today they call their
land Turtle Island to remember the gift of turtle. And they remember the
Original Instructions.
Then new beings, Inini and Ikwe, human beings, were brought to play on
earth. These young ones were taught the simple rules of the game. After
many, many winters some of the humans began to forget the Original
Instructions. Giidzhii manidoo, the Great Spirit, was very unhappy at this
silly, selfish behavior and began to consider how he would destroy the earth
again and make a new creation. He asked a great being to destroy the earth
with fire. The white eagle soaring high in the sky overheard his thoughts
and begged the Great Spirit to have pity on the beings of earth, even the
silly Little Brother they called man. "He has much to learn, "said
Wabishkie
Ginu*, "and still some of them remember the Original Instructions. There is
hope that the others can also remember. If I can find one human who
remembers the Original Instructions, will you hold back the destruction one
more day?"
The Great Spirit agreed. So each day the eagle flies out of the dawn to see
if at least one human remembers. When he finds one, he flies up to the Great
Spirit to bring the news and the people of the earth receive one more day.
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Teamwork is the
Way of the Circle |
In the
circle each person cares for the whole circle and the whole circle cares for
each person. In the circle leadership is shared, rotated so that each
person learns to lead and to follow. As ducks and geese migrate between
their winter and summer homes they fly in a V-formation that takes
advantage
of an undulating flow of air, a vortex street, that begins with the wing
beats of the leader. The birds in the second position follow at the left
and right in the wake of the leader. They can fly with much less effort in
the rolling waves of the leader's rhythm. Their wing beats catch the wake
and stroke it to keep it rolling along the formation to the birds in the
third position and so on. When the leader tires she falls back in the
formation while another moves ahead to work at splitting the air for the
others. The formation rides along on the shared effort of all.
Life can be so
much easier for humans if they would learn from nature. For humans the
circle is a most natural and fulfilling way to live. In the circle we can
see that giving is the same as receiving. When the geese and ducks migrate
they give and they receive, receive and give. There is no difference. The
others in the formation are important to them. Each has value and worth.
Not all can fly with the same strength and endurance. Perhaps others are
more alert to danger when the flock is resting or sleeping. Others may be
better at identifying the landmarks or the best places to stop and eat. Who
knows?
We can create vortex streets like the wing beats of the birds, that can
carry each of us, all of us, to a deeper experience. There are many
leadership tasks in a dynamic circle. Some are good at talking to people.
Some are teachers. A few are good at selling. Everyone has some form of
creativity that has yet to be fully tapped and appreciated. Some are
effective communicators on the telephone or in a group. Others write well
or understand computers and internet access. We will discover the special
function of our being in the circle, like an organ in a body. Each of us
can learn from others in the circle. We learn how to fly together, to
travel beyond our limitations, to discover how unlimited we really are.
Soar with the White Eagle.
White Eagle Soaring: Dream Dancer of the 7th Fire

This is a crazy world. What can be
done? Amazingly, we have been mislead. We have been taught that we can
control government by voting. The founder of the Rothschild dynasty, Mayer
Amschel Bauer, told the secret of controlling the government of a nation
over 200 years ago. He said, "Permit me to issue and control the money of
a nation and I care not who makes its laws." Get the picture? Your freedom
hinges first on the nation's banks and money system. That's why we
advocate using the
Liberty Dollar, to understand the
monetary and banking system. Freedom is connected with
Debt Elimination for each individual. Not
only does this end personal debt, it places the people first in line as
creditors to the National Debt ahead of the banks. They don't wish for you
to know this. It has to do with recognizing WHO you really are in
A New Beginning: A Practical Course in Miracles.
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a
Treaty
Tribe of the Ojibwe Nation
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