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The Animal Odd CoupleFreeRange KidsWe thought this is an interesting movement, and good food for thought. Check it out! http://freerangekids.wordpress.com/ Change is Needed By All
CHANGE IS NEEDED BY ALL
Victor S. Gonzales, Principal La Luz Elementary School The year 2009 looks to be an unprecedented time in American history! A very important election has just passed and we, educators, are anxiously waiting to see if our elected officials will actually “walk the walk”. Change was the term used by most, if not all politicians spoken across our country. Our economy
Indian Education fom A to Z – ZZuni Tribe from www.crystalinks.com/zuni.html The Zuni or Ashiwi are a Native American tribe, one of the Pueblo peoples, who live in the Pueblo of Zuni on the Zuni River, a tributary of the Little Colorado River, in western New Mexico. Zuni is 55 km (35 miles) south of Gallup, New Mexico and has a population of about 6,000, nearly all Native Americans, with 43.0% of the population below the poverty line. Many… >> Continue reading: Indian Education fom A to Z - Z Indian Education fom A to Z – YYou already possess everything necessary to become great. (Crow Proverb)
Indian Education from A to Z – XX – The Four Directions – X
Native American Medicine Wheels teach people about their place in the universe and their relationship to all things on Earth. The Four Directions, inherent within medicine wheels, represent East, West, North, and South each have their own meanings. There are many interpretations, and they may vary from tribe to tribe. Here are a few aspects, according to our… >> Continue reading: Indian Education from A to Z - X Indian Education from A to Z – W
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Very seldom now do I catch one familiar note from those early warblers of the woods. They have all passed away … I now listen to the songs of other birds that have come with the advance of civilization … and, like the wild wood birds our fathers used to hold their breath to hear, they sing in concert, without pride, without envy, without… >> Continue reading: Indian Education from A to Z - V Indian Education from A to Z – U
Ute Prayer Earth teach me stillness Indian Education from A to Z – TThose who have one foot in the canoe and one foot in the boat
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When you were born, you cried
Silence was meaningful with the Lakota, and his granting a space of silence before talking was done in the practice of true politeness and regardful of the rule that “thought comes before speech.”
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Praise, flattery, exaggerated manners, and fine, high-sounding words were no part of Lakota politeness. Excessive manners were put down as insincere, and the constant talker was considered rude and thoughtless. Conversation was never begun at once, or in a hurried manner.
Native American Prayer
Grandfather, Great Spirit, once more behold me on earth and lean to hear my feeble voice. You lived first, and you are older than all need, older than all prayer. All things belong to you — the two-leggeds, the four-leggeds, the wings of the air and all green things that live. You have set the powers of the four quarters to cross each other… 