What does it mean to be a woman? Are we weak and frail, small and meek? Do we hold a place in this world of men? What place does the woman have in a world that treats physical inability as a disability...Oh man from whence did you spring? From the loins of woman..for a woman conceived you in weakness, she carried you in weakness, and she bore you in weakness, she held you up when you were to fall, she called your name and gave you strength, she let her body be used and destroyed by the very act that gives life..so then is woman weak? Sni....(no) she is strength, deep strength, WASHAKA and in her all life begins and to her all life returns. For when man dies does his body find respite and becomes woman as he is turned to the great Maka...called earth...the Holy Mother..INA. Unci Maka!
"Honor the Women and the Children and the next Seven Generations is secured......" Lakota Proverb
"For what the people do we do as if for the next Seven Generations."
"Honor the Women and the Children and the next Seven Generations is secured......" Lakota Proverb
"For what the people do we do as if for the next Seven Generations."
Lakota Instructions for Living
Friend do it this way - that is,
whatever you do in life,
do the very best you can
with both your heart and mind.
And if you do it that way,
the Power Of The Universe
will come to your assistance,
if your heart and mind are in Unity.
When one sits in the Hoop Of The People,
one must be responsible because
All of Creation is related.
And the hurt of one is the hurt of all.
And the honor of one is the honor of all.
And whatever we do affects everything in the universe.
If you do it that way - that is,
if you truly join your heart and mind
as One - whatever you ask for,
that's the Way It's Going To Be.
~White Buffalo Calf Woman to the Lakota People~
Friend do it this way - that is,
whatever you do in life,
do the very best you can
with both your heart and mind.
And if you do it that way,
the Power Of The Universe
will come to your assistance,
if your heart and mind are in Unity.
When one sits in the Hoop Of The People,
one must be responsible because
All of Creation is related.
And the hurt of one is the hurt of all.
And the honor of one is the honor of all.
And whatever we do affects everything in the universe.
If you do it that way - that is,
if you truly join your heart and mind
as One - whatever you ask for,
that's the Way It's Going To Be.
~White Buffalo Calf Woman to the Lakota People~
A beautiful and touching look at the understanding of a Matriarchial way of life...from one of the most leading warrior activists, of the Modern Lakota Times....Russel Means....