How come everyone on here talks about the Great Spirit?

[usditsiyvwiya (deleted)]

I'd bet 99% of you don't even know what the Great Spirit is or represents or even know how to say it in "your" language without using google.

[usditsiyvwiya (deleted)]

`My only retort: If you saw people screwing over your culture making up "indian names" and babbling on about fake Cherokee shamans and other absurdities which are obviously MOCKING my culture, you'd be angry too. And what are these REAL Native American morals do tell? I don't want these peoples knowledge unless they ACTUALLY have something legitimate to share which they haven't learned on google. I'm proving people like you allow people to exploit my culture and for that, in all honesty, you disgust me.

If standing up for my culture is wrong, I don't want to be right.

[nuunetmogoni (deleted)]

`stfu Chitsa. What the ---- does acting "cock" mean? HAHAHAHA.
And usditsiyvwiy does share stuff with other people, but no one has a right to anyone's culture or knowledge. If she doesn't want to share something with you or if she has something that isn't Native rainbows and unicorns to say, that's her right.

[usditsiyvwiya (deleted)]

`@ chitsa Why the eff are you sticking up for these exploiting people anyway? It's funny you'd actually attack the Natives on this site instead of the people exploiting and fetishizing Native Americans. Shows how much you actually care.

[chitsa (deleted)]

`My post wasn’t meant to excuse lying or people behaving in offensive ways. I don’t support those things.

[usditsiyvwiya (deleted)]

`Obviously you are. Seriously, do you have ANY respect for Native American cultures? or are you just another culture vulture trying to rationalize the exploitation of Native peoples?

[walkingbadger (deleted)]

`ya'at'eeh Usditsiyvwiya,
are you the guru teacher of intellectual guide in the matters of fundamental cultures or one who is an acknowledged leader or chief proponent & a person with knowledge or expertise. are you the self-proclaimed guru of the traditions. me thinks not. you need to sit back & enjoy what is happing here. sure there are some that want what we got but hey consider it a gift. if they learn the ways of Dine' (The People) & i use that in context with all nations, then maybe the wars & genocide will stop. everyone on this site has a lot of respect for the traditional ways of all our nations or why would they be here. be proud of this & teach them your knowledge & how to live with all our relations. bikaa’gi lina’naanasdlaadoo ha’nilgo biniiye’ da’jitl’o (on its life there will be life again, this is what they say for this reason they are weaving).

[usditsiyvwiya (deleted)]

`Can someone please explain to me how it is respecting indigenous cultures when they ravage the actual Native American cultures? Respecting us is NOT skewing the actual culture.

[walkingbadger (deleted)]

`seems to me you want to blame the non-native ones that come to this site for the s--- that happen back in the day. i'm just saying maybe they want what we have. maybe you don't have it cuz all i see is a lot hatin coming outta your hole. i'll tell you what sister when you have lived as long as i have & seen the s--- that i saw, not only to the Indigenous Nations but to other societies then you can cry ravage & not everyone distorts as you say, the actual culture. i been there & i tasted it point blank. if your gonna pull the trigger then do it.

[usditsiyvwiya (deleted)]

walkingbadger wrote: `seems to me you want to blame the non-native ones that come to this site for the sh*t that happen back in the day. i'm just saying maybe they want what we have. maybe you don't have it cuz all i see is a lot hatin coming outta your hole. i'll tell you what sister when you have lived as long as i have & seen the sh*t that i saw, not only to the Indigenous Nations but to other societies then you can cry ravage & not everyone distorts as you say, the actual culture. i been there & i tasted it point blank. if your gonna pull the trigger then do it.



Really now? Did I EVER say anything like that, or are you just putting words in my mouth? Because I'm mad about the CURRENT exploitation of indigenous cultures, don't even get me started on the past 500 years, because I'm not talking about that. I'm talking about the people screwing us over now and people like you accepting that as an okay thing. The exploitation of Indigenous people is NEVER okay.

If they wanted to learn correctly they would, but they never do OR try. All they do is google cultures listening to other dumb non-Natives talk about what they all THINK Native culture is. Tell me how promoting lies and fake crap about us is respecting us, please do.

I find it absolutely appalling you're even sticking up for these people.

[fourshields]

`Great spirit, god, buda, dose it really matter. Being anger will only bring more anger. Ive walked the ways of my people for over 25yrs, people I have met during the time. Some were real, some full of s---, but its not our place to say. We are the ones who must be true to our own walk, walk in & with truth. Do not speak ill of others or repeat what others have heard. Stop being angery, you only hurt your own spirit

[shewolfe (deleted)]

`I think usid. has a alot of anger in her Look i dont know much about native culture becuase i dont have anyone in my family that is fullblooded which was my great grand mom. to teach my the ways so if i ask questions.

[walkingbadger (deleted)]

`hit the nail on the head Ironshields. the only thing appalling is your hate & anger toward these people that only want to learn & be accepted. thing is you haven't been thru the wars of time or been where i've been. i went to Vietnam, i was at Alcatraz, Woundknee, & my own country of Big Mountain, or Black Mesa area, the Dine'-Hopi existence in this area, the murderous and genocidal practices of the BIA, and Peabody Coal, and of course - the U.S. Government. i was ready to give my life for a cause. i did the longest walk in 1978 & 2008. why don't you educate these people on the Great Spirit since you talk like you got the medicine, instead of spewing your posion all over the place. you sound like a hater who can't find your own true medicine.

[shewolfe (deleted)]

` walkingbadger well said i want to be accepted ^^

[usditsiyvwiya (deleted)]

walkingbadger wrote: `hit the nail on the head Ironshields. the only thing appalling is your hate & anger toward these people that only want to learn & be accepted. thing is you haven't been thru the wars of time or been where i've been. i went to Vietnam, i was at Alcatraz, Woundknee, & my own country of Big Mountain, or Black Mesa area, the Dine'-Hopi existence in this area, the murderous and genocidal practices of the BIA, and Peabody Coal, and of course - the U.S. Government. i was ready to give my life for a cause. i did the longest walk in 1978 & 2008. why don't you educate these people on the Great Spirit since you talk like you got the medicine, instead of spewing your posion all over the place. you sound like a hater who can't find your own true medicine.


Okay then, PRACTICE WHAT YOU PREACH.

Come on now, I want to hear ALL about your tribe, tell me EVERYTHING.
Lets start with how you go about a smudging ceremony. Tell me your story about how your tribe believes the world was created. And give me an indepth view at how you see the world and the spirits within it.
Tell me EVERYTHING. And I want you to post it all publicly on the forum.