Thank
you for so many visits to one of our past posting
Teaching
Native American respect of elders
Usually
I like to remind my visitors of the distance from your state to our
village however, I believe that respecting our elders is, or should
be a (Give-me)? In other words, every
day you become an elder to someone and every day you could meet
someone your elder. We humans on ‘Mother Earth’ seem to have
forgotten who or what an elder is. My elders, now ancestors, gave me
a lesson in humility when answering the question, “Just who is an
elder?” You are an elder young Fox,
that’s what they
called back then. Look around, how many children are younger then
you? O. K. How many at this meeting, one of my grandfathers monthly
meetings, are older then you. Remember
that each time you teach, how many elders are around you? Now, for
me, my elders are now ancestors. So, when I teach I must remember my
ancestors, the Great Spirit, Father Sky, and last however never least
(Creator)! So I try to teach with the humility of those elders that
were teaching me.
Teaching
Native American respect of elders
Welcome
me
to the visitor to some of my teaching websites and blog postings
looking for answers to their questions about
Respect
your elders?
When
you hear or read about an elder saying that we must get back to the
old ways, they are not asking you to do away with anything, just
learn how they lived before this extremely fast moving lifestyle.
Just
a short 76 years ago in the land of Uncasvillage, as I was growing
up, every person, man, woman or child was the elder of anyone in the
tribe younger than they were.
Even
a 5 or 6 year old seeing a child younger about to get in trouble or
get hurt would come to the rescue by teaching, why it would be wrong.
One
should always teach with a loving heart, not a big stick!
Starting
today, stop, sit and listen to an elder speak about life as they were
growing up around their elders.
Let
us remember all of our elders, native and non natives if not for
elders we would not be here.
If
not for the teaching of our elders, we would still be living in
trees.
Native
Americans honor your elders at celebrations.
What
a great idea, Respect our elders?
I
am pleased to be able to teach as much as possible about my
traditional ancestors.
As
you may or may not see while traveling around the internet, some
teaching about our people will not compute with what the elders
taught as the truth, many times often taught by non native people or
not from my tribe!
Please
remember that all questions about the websites and blogs will be
answered by
Shechaim Ohjieshan
Walkingfox
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