Native American Teachings

In the 2nd Edition of "Cherokee Wisdom 12 Lessons for becoming a Powerful Leader", Cynthia M. Ruiz has partnered with Abraham Bearpaw as a co-author. In Cherokee culture, everything is about harmony and balance. Abraham brings the balance of the male perspective on these concepts. Both Cynthia (Lion Mother) and Abraham (Yona/Bear) are registered citizens of the Cherokee Nation. Abraham is the nephew of Wilma Mankiller who served as the only female Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation from 1985 to 1995. He carries the wisdom of her teachings and the wisdom of his Cherokee lineage. Having ...

: "Echoes of the Sacred Land" is a captivating exploration of the intricate tapestry of Native American tribal religions and rituals. Immerse yourself in the worldviews, beliefs, and practices that have bound indigenous communities to their environments, ancestors, and the spiritual realm for generations. This illuminating journey takes readers beyond the surface, delving into the heart of Native American spirituality, where the rhythms of the earth and the whispers of ancient spirits intertwine. From the Lakota Sioux's Sun Dance to the Hopi's reverence for Katsinam, this book offers a ...

Most people think of spirituality as something you believe. The Ojibwe understand it as something you live—every day, in relationship with the land, the community, and the unseen forces that shape the world. Exploring Ojibwe Spirituality: Traditions, Teachings, and the Sacred Way of Life opens the door to that living tradition with clarity, depth, and respect. This is not a romanticized overview or a collection of vague ideas. It is a carefully written guide that explains how Ojibwe spirituality actually works—how stories teach ethics, how ceremonies restore balance, and how ...

With eloquent simplicity, one of the world's last Native American medicine men demonstrates how traditional tribal wisdom can help us maintain spiritual and physical health in today's world. 

Discover indigenous wisdom for a life well lived in "The Seven Generations and the Seven Grandfather Teachings." Based on ancient teachings from the Anishinaabe / Ojibwe people, this spiritual translation of the sacred laws guides us toward Mino-bimaadiziwin, "the good life" – a life of harmony, free from contradiction or conflict.

A comprehensive guide to the foundations of Toltec wisdom, Beyond Fear is essential reading for fans of Don Miguel Ruiz’s New York Times best-selling book, The Four Agreements, which has sold over 8 million copies and has been translated into 46 languages worldwide. Providing instruction in the basic elements of the Toltec spiritual practice, this collection of ceremonies, wisdom, and prophecies empowers readers to shed their fears, judgments, and guilt - an essential step before practicing the Four Agreements.

Two manuscripts in one audiobook! In Native American Shamanism, you will learn the core shamanic beliefs of different Native American tribes, know the shaman’s toolkit and how to perform shamanic rituals, discover the Native American dreamwork, and learn about animal medicine, guides, and totems. In Animal Spirit Guides, find out all you need to know about Animism in Shamanism, understand the difference between spirit guides and totem animals, explore the world of healing with animal medicine, and uncover a list of animal spirit guides and find out their meanings.

You may have asked yourself whether there is some effective method that can make you speak English fluently, efficiently and with confidence. Well, there is such a method! Advanced English Conversations will first and foremost help you gain mastery and command of those tricky idioms and phrases that are so common in English. In this book you are going to be acquainted with 45 active dialogues that present the language functionally. In other words, you are going to learn exactly where and how to use the phrases effortlessly and with ease. All you need to do is to do the exercises below the ...

In Life Stages and Native Women, Kim Anderson shares the teachings of fourteen elders from the Canadian prairies and Ontario to illustrate how different life stages were experienced by Metis, Cree, and Anishinaabe girls and women during the mid-twentieth century.

Featuring biographies of Fred Begay, Karletta Chief, Cathlene Johnson, Mary Golda Ross, Krystal Tsosie, Maria Yellow Horse, Captain John Herrington, Pastor Sir Douglas Nicholls, Karlie Noon, Maxida Märak, Sara Wesslin, Burnum Burnum, Nemonte Nenquimo, Platon Oyunsky and Sardana Platonovna Oyunskaya, Douglas Ross Hyde, William Buffalo Tiger and Shigeru Kayano - Indigenous History is so much more than Pocahontas and Thanksgiving!

Here is the amazing personal story of Joseph Rael, Beautiful Painted Arrow, from his birth on the Southern Ute reservation, through his childhood at Picuris Pueblo, to his work today as a healer, visionary and man of peace. It is a story of the power of Native American ceremonies, both ancient and contemporary, of visions, miracles, and mystical knowledge.

AN INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER This teaching memoir by an Indigenous spirit talker includes stories about the author’s reconnection with his Mi’kmaq heritage along with techniques for connecting to Spirit and developing your own intuition and psychic abilities. In this teaching memoir, Shawn...

Shows how to relate to and receive help from the elements, reconnect with nature to access abundance and joy, connect with plants, animals, water, air, and fire Explores don Alberto’s upbringing in a family of yachaks, his initiation, and his personal work to fulfill the Andean...

Original tales inspired by Native American and Norwegian folklore that highlight the wisdom of the divine natural world Shares unique stories about Earth Medicine and animal magic, inspired by the author’s unusual Native American (Hopi) and Norwegian upbringing Interwoven with ancient...

Across deserts, forests, mountains, and hidden cities, there are spiritual lineages that survived by vanishing. They were driven underground by conquest, scattered through diaspora, or disguised in song, story, and symbol. They endure in exile — not as museum relics, but as living fires guarded by a few. In this third volume of the seven-part initiatory series 105 Esoteric Traditions of the World, Laing Z. Matthews brings 15 such lineages into view. These are not tourist curiosities or academic abstractions. They are transmissions — intact or fragmentary — that carry precise spiritual...

This original compilation--a small treasure--offers a concise and contemporary compendium of some key North American (Turtle Island) wisdom teachings, offered to help guide people through an era of transition. An ideal gift. "I ask you to listen, not just with your minds. I ask you to listen with your hearts, because that's the only way you can receive what it is, what we are giving. These are the teachings of our hearts." - Frank Decontie, Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg What do some of the deeply rooted and venerable wisdom teachings of the Americas offer in our era of transition? This Soul*...

Some visions choose you. The crows make sure you never forget. When college freshman Alex agrees to drive a visiting medicine man to his professor's new home in the Texas borderlands, he expects nothing more than an errand after class. Instead, a stretch of empty highway fills with crows, a fallen bird is lifted to the sky in prayer, and Chief Reymundo Tigre Perez tells him, without ceremony, that he has been chosen. What follows is a night of fire, prophecy, and promise—the Sun Dance, the sacred land of Mescalito, and the first steps on the path of the shaman. Then, almost as suddenly as...

Modern fitness culture obsesses over aesthetics, extremes, and optimization. But what if movement was never meant to be about domination—or data—but devotion? In Keep Your Fire Strong, Indigenous wellness advocate and functional fitness coach Thosh Collins blends Native teachings with...

This unit plan provides an introduction to Native American Literature for high school students. Students are encouraged to make cross-cultural connections as they analyze the stories, answer questions, and write essays. The author of this publication will contribute one hundred percent of the proceeds that he receives to a scholarship for high school students or to a charity.

What does it mean to live a worthwhile life? What is the purpose of knowledge? What is the "shaft of light" that may come in later life? These are not modern questions. They are ancient ones — asked first in the agora, civic center of Classical Greece, debated by Socrates and Aristotle, woven into the epics of Homer, and carried forward across millennia by those rare individuals who refuse to let the great questions of human existence fade into silence. Classical Considerations is the intimate account of independent journalist Steven McFadden's extraordinary encounters with John H. Finley...