It is in peace only that our women and children can enjoy happiness,
and increase in numbers.
CHIEF JOHN ROSS,
CHEROKEE, 1790-1866

On This Date in
Native American History

August 20, 1994: Miracle, the first white female buffalo calf in over a
century, was born in
Janesville, Wisconsin, to non-Native ranchers. The birth of a white buffalo
calf was prophesied by
Native people generations ago, and she is seen as a sign of tribal unity and
peace by believers
all across the country. Thousands pilgrimage to see her, and Miracle received
worldwide media
attention.

Elder's Meditation of the Day
   
"...remember and think about the closeness of Wanka-Tanka. If they live in this wisdom, it will give them endless strength and hope."
--Fools Crow, LAKOTA
The value of staying close to the Creator is the immediate help we have available to us whenever we need it. I can listen to the whisper of my heart for this is the place He communicates with me. Staying close helps me remember that we are here to serve Him and to help other people. The Grandfathers are my direct access to wisdom. He who has wisdom has everything. If we have wisdom, then we will see our lives become more effective in the areas of jobs, relationships, family, friends and finances.

My Creator, today grant me the wisdom to seek Your wisdom. Help me to Walk of the Red Road.



A Cherokee Feast Of Days

Chief Luther Standing Bear said his Lakota people
loved to worship. Contact with the Spirit was
immediate and personal, and blessings flowed over them
like rain showered from the sky. Can worship really
produce such blessings? Indeed, yes. Indian people
were born to believe this. To the Indian, Spirit is
not aloof, not a figment of the imagination, but real
life and real power. How sad that lukewarm attitudes
silence those who do not want to be known as
religious. It is not religious at all, but faith,
Spirit, and something to rely on when life goes dry.

I was not lost. I knew where I was going all the time.
SITTING BULL, SIOUX