Why you should never touch a natives pouch?
Elder traditional American Native’s go through many years of prayer
with our Creator and other Elders and it
is at this time that sacred things are placed into a prayer pouch.
This pouch is not the problem it is the Medicine inside that is
extremely sacred to this Elder!
Some of this medicine dates
back hundreds of years.
Any and all American Natives, given the chance can and should readily
explain about this belief.
It is what is inside that
should not be abused!
Yes, knowledge is the best way to counter ignorance, which leads to
hatred and disrespect that is why
I try to spend as much time
as possible doing just that,
Teaching!
What is a Native American
prayer pouch?
Not to be confused with a Medicine pouch however, almost as sacred as
one, a prayer pouch worn by our people is one of the many ways to help us
remind our friends to send a prayer to our Creator.
Each time one sees a prayer pouch one should stop and say a prayer.
I see nothing wrong with that?
I cannot believe that in this day and age of enlightenment non native
women
still think, or do not think, or do not care, that it is O.K. for them
to reach out
and grab our sacred pouch and ask,
“so what do you have in
this thing”?
While teaching why it is that I step back and cover up.
I get something like,
“well you should keep it covered inside of
your shirt”?
My guess is that doing so would kind of defeat the main reason for
wearing it in the first place,
what do you think?
No traditional American
native would never question one about their beliefs,
in fact we would be pleased just knowing that you had beliefs.
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