“The wise man believes profoundly in silence, the sign of a perfect equilibrium.

Silence is the absolute poise or balance of body, mind, and spirit.”

~ Ohiyesa, Charles Eastman Alexander, Santee Sioux-(1858-1939)

We each have a lot of electricity (energy). And it’s not hard to find.

“I can still see the butchered women and children lying heaped and scattered all along the crooked gulch as plain as when I saw them with eyes still young. And I can see that something else died there in the bloody mud, and was buried in the blizzard. A people’s dream died there.…

“Silencing the mind is a skill — it centers a person into the present moment.”

~ Lakota,

'Indigenous people believe that Man belongs to the World; civilized people believe that the World belongs to Man.'

~ Daniel Quinn

Roughly half of Tribal households lack access to clean drinking water or adequate sanitation. Our Administration is investing over $1 billion to accelerate the delivery of drinking water and community sanitation infrastructure projects in Indian Country.

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“When the restless activity of your mind slows down, and when your thoughts stop rushing like waves on a windy day — then you will start getting glimpses of the sweet taste of inner peace.”

–R. Sasson,

I feel like Native women, even after so much Native literary greatness, still need someone to write for them. The truth is every Native woman alive should write. We are shunned and silenced at every turn because they're scared of the consequences of our truth.

“I had assumed that the Earth, the spirit of the Earth, noticed exceptions — those who wantonly damage it and those who do not. But the Earth is wise. It has given itself into the keeping of all, and all are therefore accountable.”

~ Alice Walker,

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“Mankind went to the Moon and from there gazed at the Earth with admiration!

Mankind will go to Mars and from there they will gaze at the Earth with admiration!

Unless we find a beautiful place like the Earth, our eyes will always look for the Earth!”

~ M. M. ildan,

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“Sometimes dreams are wiser than waking.”

~ Black Elk, Oglala Lakota, (1863-1950)

“Hardships often prepare ordinary people for an extraordinary destiny.”

~ C.S. Lewis,

“When you rise in the morning, give thanks for the light, for your life, for your strength. Give thanks for your food and for the joy of living. If you see no reason to give thanks, the fault lies in yourself.”

~ Tecumsh, (1786-1866)

The hardest path in life is not following your own but following the path of others — every person is born with a song, yet so many will go to their graves with their song still inside them!

Always live the song that the Great Spirit gave to you, it is your song!

“Beautiful things happen when you distance yourself from negativity.”

Energy Never Dies It Just Changes Form!

How cool is this. My aunt got to put on my great grandfather’s headdress from the late 1800s

“Our first teacher is our own heart.”

~ Cheyenne,