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POPSIndigenous People The brand, Indian was placed upon us by the Spanish and has carried on since that time. This alone clouds our heritage. Cougar
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POPSEducation Education is vital for our survival, how ever the education provided is not up to standards with the rest of the world, you see the poor education programs provided to the Native communities lags far behind, for a reason, it's just another way the governments use to keep the Indigenous people under their control. Cougar
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POPSLaughter In this day and age, the one thing we Natives have learned is to laugh at our selves. Cougar
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POPSMother Earth Indigenous Peoples speak of the earth as their mother, while others walk on the earth as their trash. Cougar
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POPSSharing "INDIAN" This word is insulting, we are not Indians, Indians are from India, Christopher Columbus put this label on the Indigenous Peoples of the Americas because he didn't know where he was. So why should we live with a lable that is not our's. Sharing is part of our culture, as Indigenous people, it comes naturally to those who follow the Red Path. Cougar
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POPSBe an Indian Parents can only guide, if the children listen, that is up to them. Cougar
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POPSWilma P. Mankiller, Cherokee This is the 21st Century, but the 13th Century is still alive within us, the combination of both is what it will take to make us whole. Cougar
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POPSTewa Tewa, is a Pueblo American Indian that speak the Tewa Language Cougar
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POPSOren Lyons, Onondaga In the times before the white man, the peoples of the Turtle Island lived in relative peace with each other, Natives had their own laws and they were followed by all, the teachers were the elders. I know that if this was sill the norm today we would all be living in peace and harmony. Cougar
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POPSEarth If only all man could understand this, we may someday be able to save our selves. Cougar
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POPSMohawk Indian Prayer This prayer is not only for the Mohawk but for the European who came to there lands and were starving, without the Mohawks prayers and assistance the Europeans would have starved to death in their first winter. You can see from history how the Europeans repaid that trust.