Who around me knows my passion for American Indians. I love the simplicity, courage, honesty that distinguishes them. I love the way they live in contact with nature, with full respect for human beings, of mother earth (animals, plants, rocks) and of all creation visible and invisible. A world based on the important values \u200b\u200bof the ancient wisdom that was handed down by elders of the group to their children and grandchildren, following the magic thread of folk traditions and culture of the place. A quiet life so different from our western world fast, marketed and superficial. My not meant as a swipe at our modern reality, but only a fraction reflection in favor of a culture that the settlers have destroyed in every possible way. * After the genocide of Native Americans there has been much controversy, but I think that judging the past is good for nothing, if not reopen old wounds that have not yet healed. For this reason I will not speak of the current situation which sees them involved, because the mere thought that it was deliberately removed their passage on earth, upsets me.
On them we would have to write long and wide, but in this small piece of my website I will write some short song about the way they deal with life, words that have touched the strings of my soul. Reading these stories you can feel a bit ' their virtues, but the principles enshrined in them are universal, you just hear them in your heart. How can one not be fascinated?! Princess
Photography is Ed Honowitz site GettyImages
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Genocide * = The term has been defined by the UN as " acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group." The intentional submission of a group conditions of life that lead to the disappearance of both physical and cultural, in whole or in part, is usually included under the definition of genocide. The term came into common use and has begun to be regarded as a specific crime, which is reflected in international law and domestic law of many countries. Genocide is one of the worst crimes that man can commit because it involves the death of thousands, sometimes millions, of people, and the huge loss of cultural heritage. It is therefore a crime against humanity as defined by case law.
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From the book:
"The Great Spirit speaks to our hearts" - Ed
Red Bud man
"Born of man on earth is a sacred task. We have a sacred responsibility, due to this exceptional gift that has been done, well above the wonderful gift that is the plant life, fish, forests, birds, and all living creatures on earth. We are able to take care of them. "
Audrey Shenandoah, Onondaga
Our need for love
"My friends, how desperately we need to be loved and to love. When Christ said that man does not live by bread alone, spoke of a hunger. This hunger was not that of the body. It was not the hunger for bread. He spoke of a hunger that begins deep within our being. He spoke of a need must like the air we breathe, spoke of the need for love. Love is something you and I must have. We need it because our spirit is nourished by it. We must have it because without it we lose our strength and weaken us. Without love our self-esteem is not. Without it our courage fails. Without love we deal with the security world. We turned in on ourselves and begin to find food in our own personality. And so, little by little we destroy. Through it we are creative. Through it tirelessly proceed. Thanks to it, and only thanks to it, we are able to sacrifice for others. "
Chief Dan George
Older Dakota
" The elders were wise Dakota. They knew that the heart of every human being that moves away from nature is worse. They knew that the lack of reverence for living things and everything that grows, quickly leads to a lack of respect for men. For this reason the contact with nature, which makes young people capable of deep feeling, was an important part of their training. "
Luther Standing Bear, Standing Bear
Education for silence
"You teach a child to sit and take taste properties. We taught them how to develop your sense of smell, to look where, apparently, there was nothing to see, and listen carefully to where it all seemed calm. A child who can not sit without moving a child is developed in half. We reject exaggerated and exhibitionist behavior because of him as false. A man who spoke without pause was considered rude and distracted. A speech was never started rushing nor carried out hastily. Nobody asked a question in a rash if it was very important. No one was forced to respond. The way courteous to begin a speech was to devote a moment of silence to reflect together. Even during the speeches we made sure every pause, in which the other person thinking. For Dakota, the silence was eloquent. In the accident, as in sorrow, in the turbulent times of illness and death, the silence was proof of esteem and respect. It was so when we have something great and worthy of admiration. "
Luther Standing Bear, Standing Bear
Wisdom
" Today people seek knowledge, not wisdom.
Knowledge is tied to the past, wisdom belongs to the future. "
Vernon Cooper, Lumbee
Four roads
"There are four roads that can take you wherever you go. The first takes you where you send your first thought. It is not the right way. Think a little. Then the second Face. Think again but do not choose yet. Finally, the fourth reflection you'll be on the right track. So do not be risking anything. Sometimes, it conducts a day before you solve your problem. "
Diablo, the White Mountain Apache
Man
"Man sometimes believed to have been created to dominate, to direct. But you are wrong. He is only part altogether. Its function is not to exploit, but is to monitor, to be an administrator. The man has neither power nor privilege. He has sole responsibility. "
Oren Lyons, Onondaga
Why
" Until now, I never asked my grandmother and my grandfather, or anyone else, "why?". This would have meant that I had not learned anything, that I was an idiot. But in Western society, if you do not ask "why", think you're stupid. So having been brought up not to ask the why of things but to listen, to acquire knowledge, mi sembra scontato che le persone abbiano qualche conoscenza di se stesse e anche di me stesso. Questa è una convinzione radicata. Inoltre, quando conosciamo noi stessi, possiamo unire i nostri pensieri e condividere questa conoscenza."
Soge Track, Taos Pueblo
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