"They gave us many promises, more than I remember,

but they only kept one - they promised to take our land - and they did it."

Children of one God

" I cannot think that we are useless or

God would not have created us.

There is one God looking down on us all.

We are all the children of one God"

Geronimo

SIOUX PRAYER

Grandfather Great Spirit all Over the World
The faces of living things are alike.
With tenderness, they have up out of the ground.
Look upon your children that they  may face the wind,
and walk the good road to the day of quite.
Grandfather Great Spirit fill us with the light.
Give us the strength to understand and the eyest o see.
Teach us to walk the soft Earth as relatives
to all that live.

CHEROKEE PRAYER BLESSING

May the warm winds of Heaven
blow softly upon your house.

May the Great Spirit
bless all who enter there.

May your mocassins
make happy tracks in many snows,

and may the rainbow
always touch your shoulder.

Lila wo waste waka

(Love is good)

The arrowheads are made of my dear friend David in USA

and he is, as you maybe understand, a real

Native American   

 

1. Remain close to the Great Spirit
2. Show great respect for your fellow beings
3. Give assistance and kindness wherever needed
4. Be truthful and honest at all times
5. Do what you know to be right
6. Look after the well being of mind and body
7. Treat the earth and all that dwell there on with respect
8. Take full responsibility for your action
9. Dedicate a share of your efforts to the greater good
10. Work together for the benefit of all mankind

Detta är min egen äkta andesköld

Here are some photos of my favorite object

Hide tipi

Sioux tipi 1870

Black foot Curtis and Comanche camp

Indianwomen

Sitting Bull

        

Chief Joseph

I am grateful to Linda Holley who let me use her photos. If you are interested please pay her a visit but I'll have to warn you... there are so much to se and learn so you will need lots of time

The Tipi

The Sioux word tipi is formed of ti, meaning to dwell or live, and pi meaning used for; thus tipi means used to live in. It is well named.

The word wigwam refers to a dome-shaped or oval shelter covered with bark or reed mats. Tipi is the plains type shelter as you see here, with the correct Sioux spelling.

Sioux Tipi

When the Indian people were forced by the government to give up everything that represented their culture, many forgot the ways of their fathers. "The tipi represented savagery," and the Indian people were encouraged to live in uncomfortable wall tents, and eventually crude little houses foreign to their lifestyle and beliefs.