Nourish the Word

I've been reading  Legends, Traditions, and Laws of the Iroquois, or Six Nations, and History of the Tuscarora Indians , by Elias Johnson. It has been a fascinating read so far, written by a Tuscarora man in 1881 about his tribe and from their perspective. I've particularly found his comparison to Catholic barbarism and that attributed to the Native Americans as enlightening. I recently also came across this passage: They knew nothing of the desire of gain, and therefore were not made selfish by the love of hoarding; and there was no temptation to steal, where they had everything in common, and their reverence for truth and fidelity to promises, may well put all the nations of christendom to shame. p.11 The current culture of America is based on possession, on having and getting things. More. Fancier. Bigger. Better. And this has toxic results. It leads to covetousness, jealousy, greed, pride, and inequality. As the author points out, this is not the way Christian nation...

I ended  Part 1  of the Seven Fires Prophecies topic with a note that there was more I hadn't addressed and that I had yet to understand how to explain. I think I am ready to do this now. This post also is Part 4 of my Re-creation and Rebirth series that I began with. It was originally going to be titled Turtle Island. Both these topics run together here, though, so they have been combined. The complete combined seven prophecies can be found in the video link in part 1, in Edward Benton Banai's The Mishomis Book , or found on different internet sites, including  this wikipedia page . One important part I have noticed in the prophecies begins in the very first prophecy. "In the time of the First Fire, the Anishinabe nation will rise up and follow the sacred shell of the Midewiwin Lodge. The Midewiwin Lodge will serve as a rallying point for the people and its traditional ways will be the source of much strength. The Sacred Megis will lead the way to the chosen ground...