Welcome to the visitor from
the City of Saint Louis Missouri
To a couple of my postings
about pre wedding customs
Native American Wedding
Ceremony (Traditional)
Native American pre marriage
ceremonies
First, if I may be so bold, I
must make a correction being spread across the internet?
The sites that you are reading
are of my people along the East coast of Indian Country.
A Pre Marriage ceremony is not
now nor has it ever been a practice of my relations across the Pequot river.
The New Pequot Nation.
As usual what goes on at all
of our Sacred Ceremonies will never be written because of the phonies and
wannabe's that steal and misuse for profit.
Goods, other than Kinnick,
Kinnick are never be exchanged at a Sacred Ceremony, period!
It is true that my ancestors
were first known as the Mohiingans and did use this practice however, it was
lost until our ancestor Shechaim Unkas (Sachem Uncas) started it back up again
as soon as he and his people crossed the river now known as the Thames.
The Pre Marriage ceremony as
with all of our ceremonies originally came from Kiehtan our Creator.
We must remember that a
Matriarch Society is built around total respect to our females.
A Patriarch society is built
around the interests of man.
The pre marriage meetings for
our people is not a requirement for marriage, it is a request from Kiehtan
through the spiritual leader.
At this meeting the couple and
any member of the soon to be wedding, will learn everything that will take
place on that blessed day, the couple and any person directly involved will
then know what is expected of them by Creator during the wedding.
The couple will learn where to
stand and why, will learn about the regalia and why it is used and all of the
sacred blessings from Kiehtan through your ancestors.
That said, please remember,
whatever happens during the wedding will not be judged, after all it is a fun,
loving, first day for the rest of your lives.
A Matriarch Society
Matriarchal is when women have
control of a community.
Matriarchal societies do not
mean that the women hold more power than the men. Inheritance and lineage does
not equal power.
Matriarchal is the gravitating
toward or centering on the mother.
Native American's were well
known to have a matriarchal system.
Most early societies were
organized around Matriarchal lines.
Women were the center of
society, before agriculture, women generally raised children, cooked, gathered
fruits, vegetables, etc.
Men hunted.
In this role, women were the
first scientists.
They learned how to cultivate
plants, and domesticate animals.
They learned methods of food
preservation.
They learned how to build
better home.
A Patriarch society
In a system based on
patriarchy, not only the social system is male dominated.
As a rule, the government is
male dominated as well.
The practical impact of a
patriarchal system is that women are frequently considered second-class
citizens and often exploited.
In a patriarchy, women are
often not allowed to hold positions of power, vote, or own property,
male-dominated societies can be found from cultures dating back thousands of
years.
Just about all of the tribes
up and down the east coast were of a Matriarchal societies.
It is sad to say that in
modern time members of tribes of the Patriarch society have been allowed to
take control of many older eastern tribes?
