Cherokee Prophecy
“The stone tablets of the yellow race of people are kept by the Tibetans. If you went straight through the Hopi Reservation to the other side of the world, you would come out in Tibet. The Tibetan word for sun…
Four Corners
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Cherokee creation legend
According to the Cherokee creation legend, the earth is a great floating island in a sea of water. At each of the four corners there is a cord hanging down from the sky. The sky is of solid rock. When the world grows old and worn out, the cords will break, and then the earth will sink down into the ocean. Everything will be water again.
The Legend of the Peacemaker
In an ancient time, the Haudenosauneewere ruled by warfare and anarchy, and people lived in fear and hunger, preyed upon by powerful warriors and tyrants.
One day, a canoe made of white stone carried a man, born of a virgin, across Onondaga Lake to announce the good news of peace had come, and killing and violence would end. "Peace," he said, "is the desire of the Holder of the Heavens. Peace comes when people adopt the Creator's mind, which is reason."
For years The Peacemaker traveled teaching the Path of Peace—that "all people love one another and live together in peace." One by one he convinced each person, village and nation to accept his teaching. Hiawatha, an Onondaga, was his spokesman.
Ute Mountain Tribal Park set to offer guided tours through ruins on Ute Mountain this summer
Visitors at the Ute Mountain Tribal Park, located south of Cortez, have a chance to see a rare location this summer — but spots on the limited tours are filling up quickly. Veronica Cuthair, director of the tribal park, said…
Cherokee Prophecy
AUTHOR: Lee Brown (Excerpted from a talk given at the 1986 Continental Indigenous Council in Fairbanks, Alaska) The stone tablets of the yellow race of people are kept by the Tibetans. If you went straight through the Hopi Reservation to…