FATHER'S DAY ~~ NATIVE AMERICAN

I give full credit for this post from my dear Native American friend, Sheryl, aka Dandelion from care2.com who always shares with us a deep wisdom and love. May the Creator keep her in his healing hands!


All the Fathers and Grand Fathers need to be teaching the wisdom of important lessons to our children. In fact all Males, parents or not must rise up and start teaching all the children around the world about the respect to the Earth Mother, to their Women, their sisters, their wives.

The Father of Wolves

A pup went to his father with
questions in his mind,
about the world around him;
about life, nature and time.

First he asked about the
world, about how he came to be,
about how he knew right from
wrong and about the mystery
of the sea.

The father smiled and answered
his son in a riddled rhyme,
"Your life will go onward from
now and you shall know in time.

"But over the course of time
remember that you have in your paw,
the power to give life by mercy and
the power to kill by the claw.

"But always know you are no king,
for nature has given this power to others,
Though they shall not harm those who live a good life,
for all of nature is your sisters and brothers."

The pup nodded to his father
then asked him some other words,
About the bountiful river and
the mighty caribou herds.

The father smiled and answered his son again,
looking into the young pups eyes,
answering with the same soft spoken words,
in the same riddled rhyme.

"The water we drink and food we eat
is granted to us for life,
but each must only take as much as they need,
for that is only right.

"But each is destined to grow old,
and to soon after have all health gone,
So then they might fall prey to nature
so that others may live on."

The pup again nodded once
turning to his father to ask him of his life,
How he had come to know all he did
about his pain, suffering and strife.

"My son" he whispered to the pup
still gazing in his eyes,
"I know of what I speak my son,
through using my own mind.

I'll tell you of what I've seen my son
and of what the shamans preach,
Live your life well but harm no other,
for the purpose of life is to teach."

To this the pup just nodded,
making this knowledge his own,
he then sweetly nuzzled his father,
as the enlightenment in his eyes shown.

Then the father spoke unto his son
about the strangest of nature's clan,
Of the ones who've learned so very little,
he warned his son of man.

"Be fearful son of a race called man
for they know not what they do,
They have been gifted abilities far beyond our own,
yet utilize so few.

They act not for their brothers and sisters,
but for the betterment of one,
They've violated many of natures laws
but know not what they've done.

Man has abandoned the powerful mind he has
which first allowed him to thrive,
But he will reap what he has sewn
once he can no longer survive."

With that the father nuzzled his son
and bid him on his way,
knowing his son would lead a wealthy life
and pass his knowledge on one day.

by Kayotae Blackwolf

Sarah Winnemucca Paiute (1844-1891)

The traditions of our people are handed down from father to son. The Chief is considered to be the most learned, and the leader of the tribe. The Doctor, however, is thought to have more inspiration. He is supposed to be in communion with spirits... He cures the sick by the laying of hands, and payers and incantations and heavenly songs. He infuses new life into the patient, and performs most wonderful feats of skill in his practice.... He clothes himself in the skins of young innocent animals, such as the fawn, and decorated himself with the plumage of harmless birds, such as the dove and hummingbird ...

In American Indian community, roles of Fathers are important. The value of the male is realized in that society. The family is incomplete without them. They provide wisdom and knowledge to the family nucleus. They provide the balance needed in a family. Children look up to their fathers for guidance and validation. Children are more confident when they know their fathers are standing right beside them.

So it should be in all societies......

May my father look down upon me from the heavens and see the love I have for him. Our life together may not have been all smooth but in his last years he truly touched my heart!