If there were ever a time when we need healing at a personal, national, and planetary level it is now. There is no greater wisdom to help achieve such peace than that found in Native American culture.
A culture that Western Civilizations tried desperately to destroy.
Yet Indigenous people survived.
The U.S. Constitution was modeled after the government in place amongst Native Peoples. Why did it work for them for millennia while it’s falling apart here after a few hundred years?
Where did we go wrong?
Reverence for the Earth Mother and all creation were integral to their culture. Resources, whether animals, vegetation, or minerals were treated with respect. Our efforts to achieve a “green” society is laughable by comparison. Our power grid can’t even withstand a hot summer day or winter storm. How will it handle millions of electric cars?
The way history is taught, Native Americans are represented as ignorant savages. Christian missionaries were sent to teach Indigenous people about God. Navajo elder, Wally Brown, sums up his culture’s beliefs in the Great Spirit and the existence of an evil one in the following video.
Maybe we should have been listening instead.
The Great Spirit and his messages were seen everywhere. The symbolism behind their ceremonies, dress, and practices is deep, often sacred, and served as a constant reminder to keep watch for messages from the world around them. In addition to physical senses they had spiritual senses, which have been beaten out of today’s “modern” culture by fake science.
People seeking the meaning in life with the desire to expand their spirituality are returning to Native American philosophies. Even science is turning to them for answers as it admits “paranormal” phenomena are real.
How ironic that so many answers lie with the very people governments tried to destroy.
On this special day may we admit the wrongs of the past and listen as we should have centuries ago.
The Curse of Dead Horse Canyon 