Native American Quotations, Sayings, and Thoughts
(Cherokee)
O'siyo Oginalii
Tsilugi
Hello Friends
Welcome!
Wakan Tankan Nici Un
(May the Great Spirit walk with you)
(Cherokee)
Yigaquu osaniyu adanvto adadoligi nigohilvi nasquv utloyasdi nihi
May the Great Spirit's Blessings Always Be With You
(Cherokee) Afrika
Ho! Mitakuye Oyasin
"We Are All Related"
(Cherokee)
Ea Nigada Qusdi Idadadvhn
"All My Relations In Creation"
Trouble no one about their religion;
respect others in their view and demand that they respect yours.
~Chief Tecumseh~
"When the Earth is sick, the animals will begin to disappear, when that happens, The
Warriors of the Rainbow will come to save them.
~Chief Seattle ~
Brother, you say there is but one way to worship and serve the Great Spirit.
If there is but one religion, why do you white people differ so much about
it? Why not all agreed, as you can all read the Book?
~Sogoyewapha, "Red Jacket" - Senaca~
"Lose your temper and you lose a friend; lie and you lose yourself."
~Hopi ~
"We who are clay blended by the Master Potter, come from the kiln of Creation in many hues. How can people say one skin is colored, when each has its own coloration? What should it matter that one bowl is dark and the other pale, if each is of good design and serves its purpose well."
~Polingaysi Qoyawayma, Hopi ~
"There is no such thing as 'part-Cherokee.' Either you're Cherokee or you're not.
It isn't the quantity of Cherokee blood in your veins that is important, but the quality of
it . . . your pride in it. I have seen full-bloods who have virtually no idea of the great
legacy entrusted to their care. Yet, I have seen people with as little as 1/500th blood
quantum who inspire the spirits of their ancestors because they make being Cherokee a
proud part of a their everyday life."
~Jim Pell: Principal Chief of the North Alabama Cherokee Tribe ~
This quote is taken off the Memorial Wall dedicated to the Women and Men who lost their lives to the Salem Witch hunt mania of the 17th century.
I know it is not a Native American oriented quote, but in the air of potential "witch hunts" going on today, spurred on by some christian fundamentalists trying to ban non-christian worshipping on military bases and elsewhere, I thought it was appropriate. If they get their way, not only will Pagans and Wiccans suffer, but Native Americans following their own paths, and Muslims, and Jews, etc., until no one is left...
