Can You Lead?

North wind,East wind,South wind,West carry now a message blessed,Creator calls will you answer?
Mother Earth dressed in her best winter,spring,summer,fall each one knows the prayers written on our hearts.
What do I do,where do I go,seek the Elders they will know,open your heart and listen well.
Stories told by the fire teach the lessons you should know,reach out my spirit for this goal.
Speak to me of my ancestors tell me now what is best,seek for peace and healing powers warrior can you pass this test?
Clean your body then your soul sing the songs so you can know,reach for your vision spirit friends they will show you who you are.
Will you lead or will you follow can you reach outside yourself,you must put aside your ego what is best for the People must come first.
Seek your path then stay on it you can not look to either side,like the warriors who once led us even if it calls for death.
What is right and what is good will guide you if you seek your higher power,open now to Creator show respect as you should.
Humble heart,humble prayers give Creator all the credit,listen well to what He says then go forward in His light let Him lead us with His might!
granny!

Wake Up and Speak!

My mind is like an open book where the spirits write,not so much a dreamer as someone who is driven.
I feel it is my duty to share grandmothers stories,in the hope it will wake up the others who need to tell the stories of their own.
When Creator gives the dreams to you please my people listen,wake up and write them down they are blessings to the children.
Reach out today and shjow the way to those who may be lost,help them fight the guilty feelings caused by the white mans religions.
Grandfather who guards us all is angry,He stalks the skies and brings the storms trying hard to wake us.
Stand proud and tall be who you are learn true history,find your way and live today in the shadows of your ancestors.
The closeness of our hearts and minds to sweet Mother Earth was a gift from our Creator,take off your shoes and touch her flesh let your spirit feel connected.
Oh,so slowly the Circle turns and brings back our true nature,let your heart wake today and sing praises to Creator!
granny!

Stolen Souls!

Dream world wrapped in smoke fear so thick I start to choke,somethings wrong I can not wake up.
Screaming faces smeared with paint,red,yellow,blue,eyes glittering with hate can not run far too late.
Hands reaching grab my hair dragging me through the air,who is this what enemy chases me?
Shock like ice runs through my viens can not breathe through this pain,fire leaping in a dance everything is burning.
Who is this foe why are they here I see death through the tears,can not run no where to go.
Little ones on the ground only one kind would kill them,this should not have happened when will it end?
Strangers came dressed like friends how can this happen yet again,no chance to get away they wish to wipe us from this earth.
A dream like this can only say the enemy pretends,they could not kill us all so now they wish to steal our souls.
With all the hate they used to show,now I fear to use my name,why is it now they wish to be us?
granny!

Can You Hear It?

North star,pole star never moves find the lines of power,over our bones build the mounds dance the sacred dances.
Dream the dream medicine bring make sure it is the good one,smudge pots sacred smoke is it still the red one?
Seek it out find the guide spirits roam the old roads,find the oak build the fire signal to the old ones.
Stir the colors draw the lines messages sent through time to tell us,honored one serpents tongue back to the light climbs the ladder.
Star light points the site tell your ears to listen,stories told more than once how many do you remember?
Grandmother they dig up the bones all the spirits scattered,how long before anger turns to madness?
Earth shakes wind blows rivers wild out of control,pain comes mind breaks lost souls reaching out to find us.
Will it stop can they know where are the answers,could it be within you and me are all those things we need to seek to find us?
granny!

Creator Speaks!

Creator speaks a roaring sound as He turns the world upside down,desperate prayers now abound.
No one alive dare ignore the wrath that rages in this land,death and destruction all around better listen to Him now.
To each other show respect treat your brother as yourself,stop mistreating those less than reach instead a helping hand.
Spirits walk they are angry enough they say now is danger,power returns to the People use it wisely brothers and sisters.
Return to the ways of the Elders show your pride and say your prayers,care takers of Mother Earth now is the time to be heard.
Sacred places now are calling ancient ones are waiting,awaken children and go to them listen well then do it.
Are your dreams filled with ancestors telling you the truth,do you feel their touch their words?
Do not waste time thinking about it trust your heart and you win,walk the roads built by your kin of humble goodness.
This is our home,our land,our heritage do as you should grandmother says,we know we are Creators children we know the path we should be on.
When Creator stops speaking will the message dwell in your heart,what happens now has deep meaning will you stand and do your part?
granny!

Will You Listen?

From the long and long ago spirits calling out my name,where are the children where did they go we can feel them we need to know?
Why have they hidden from thier clans they should be living on this land,sacred places all are empty no one prays here anymore.
Who now teaches of our ways why is it no one talks and no one plays,the river still sings its song the mountians have waited for so long.
Gone now gone away sing of sadness sing of pain,what is left of our past is being stolen,broken,lost,why is nothing being done to stop this everyone?
What shall I tell them what can I say I try so hard to share the way,my people speak from long ago I feel the pain I feel their tears my heart hurts so.
Grandmothers voice in my mind telling me what I should say,how can I go on in this way how can I ever explain I can not make the people learn.
When the spirits call your name brothers sisters please do not turn away,listen to what your people have to say!
granny!

Still I Pray!

My heart weeps the tears my eyes can not,each day I watch and still things for my people do not change.
Five hundred years we have fought just to be seen as human,five hundred more we will fight they can not kill the heart of the People.
Still they kill and steal our children,still we are called heathen,still we are seen as smoke something for them to walk through.
I will not give up the fight my red heart will not let me,sunrise finds me facing East my bare feet connected to my Mother Earth.
Prayers sent on fragrant smoke in honor of my Creator,pouring out the hurt within my heart asking for guidence.
Grandfather guide my steps today help me to live the way that You want,do not let me become bitter and lost like the others.
Forever I keep hope,forever I give thanks for who and what I am,forever I am greatful for all that You have given.
Help me today Great Spirit to live in a way that will help them see,please let my loving heart help to change things for the better.
The worse that I am treated let me return good for all the bad I am given,please give to me the strength and wisdom I will need to live another day in this world.
Creator all I ask is to be able to live the way to show my love and greatfulness to you,please bless the hearts and lives of those who truely need You!
granny!

Nvwadohivnv!

From the begining,so long and long ago the rising of the sun brought forth great joyful prayers of thanksgiving.All knew and understood as it set the night before it may never rise again,only Creators love for the People He created gave us the chance to say these prayers of thanksgiving.
In those days the People lived not off the land,or on the land,but with the land,it was known that all things have spirits and should be treated with the same respect we treat each other.Today if only you will open eyes,ears,and heart a person can still know these things.
When this person plants a seed,a small offering and prayer is said to both Mother Earth and seed,asking Mother to give a good home to the seed and encouragement for the little seed to grow spread roots and live long.Should we not do the same for our children?
Friends just listen to all that is around you,hear the wind speak,the water sing,the plants breathe,see the animals as they talk together,watch as the birds interact,feel the love of Mother as things grow and live,giving forth good things.
The reach out to another show them,take them to a place that has a good spirit,one that makes you feel calm and good inside,this is a sacred place.The very stones of the ground hold a spirit,hold one in your hand,close your eyes and feel with heart and soul,it is good!
Donadgohvi!
granny!

Blessing!

May the Great Spirit guard your path,and always keep you safe.
May Grandmother Sun shine on your crops,what ever they may be.
May Brother Moon give you strength for he guides the minds of women.
May the rains come when you need them,and the four winds blow your cares away.
May you always look into the hearts of others,and see yourself as they see you.
May you know when it is your time to cross,Creator and the ancestors will lead you safely home.
May you be able to lift your voice in song,and say it is a good day to die,and mean it!
blessings granny!

Journey Prayer!

Great Spirit we come before you with humble respectful hearts,asking in our pain that you allow our ancestors to welcome our beloved child with open arms.
We know your mysteries are not for us to question,You will in Your own time allow us to understand why one so young myust be taken.
As our beloved child begins his long walk home we ask Creator for Your blessings on his journey.
Grandfather we ask of You please guard and guide this sweet and gentle spirit.
Father Sky we ask with love that you allow this precious soul to fly free and proud with his brothers the Eagles.
Sweet Mother Earth please accept this beloved gift fold him within your heart,hold him for the day we will all again meet him.
Too soon he left we know him blessed the winged ones have claimed him,with broken hearts and lonely tears we will never forget him!
granny!

No More!

Not one more time will I stand head bowed and listen,when someone says to me go back to your own country.
Ain't no real Amerikin got eyes like that,go on back where you belong,it's people like you comin here that brings our country down.
These words cause my soul to rage,from this day forward I say to you,it is you who are the fool blonde hair and round blue eyes are not truely this countries norm.
No more will you treat me as smoke look right through and tell your jokes,take back your hero colombus who you claim "found" us.
In all truth you are the joke no one "found" us it was not we who were lost,take back your trinkets and diseases that killed millions of my kin.
You are a disrespectful people with no history,no past,no true future,it is you who are the strangers here this land is my heritage my ancestors were here before your came to lie and steal so you go back to where you came from.
This time you have gone to far you destroy my Mother Earth with your factories and cars,then with your greed and selfish ways say to me,I do not belong?
You can not even speak your own language then make fun of mine,go back white man to your Europe,it is you who do not belong it is you who are ileagle immigrants my ancestors never invited yours to come here.
You will no more look down on me today you learn the truth,it is to a woman of the Tsalagi you speak,a woman both proud and free!
granny!

To Share The Song!

Have you ever seen the glory of the dawning sun,bright burst of colors brings tears to your eyes.
Do you hear the birds singing praises in their happiness,tree frogs,crickets,and other things sing along.
It is to great Creator this beauty belongs,a share in it is all I ask a chance to join the song.
This is what my spirit seeks it is this that brings true peace,to know you are a part of all Creator made.
Keeping Mother Earth in balance should be a joy not a task,cleaning away the old things making way for all the new.
Seeing the Eagle fly across the face of Father Sky,should lift your spirit with the dream of someday joining in his flight.
When you feel the wind blow do you listen for the song,does your heart whisper prayers for him to carry on?
If the thunder crashes and lightning splits the sky,the rain comes down in torrents and the winged ones breathe a sigh.
Do you understand this is a cleansing for us all,can you smell the freshness when the storm has passed and know the Circle is renewed you have another chance!
granny!

Cherokee Face!

Wild child free and proud across the hot sands run,turn the rocks do not get caught brother rattler lies in wait.
Ceremony sacred site brother rattler in my arms,never fear spirits near child never bitten.
Heart beats fast mine is last the diamond back streches out his tongue,he too feels no fear safely back to the sun.
Bare brown feet mountian stream in the sand find the rubies in the black streaks,turquois with silver streaks,midnight tears Apache maiden cried.
Feel the wind taste the sun,on my pony's back,follow trails ages old see the story as it unfolds.
Mountian pass will not turn back find a cave settle in,summer storm lightning torn dances through the sky.
Thunder brothers shake the ground red hair wet from rain,heart raging with the pain face the wind and scream aloud no one now to hear my cry.
Face the world nothing shows black eyes grandfather knows,let it go things do not change teach your face to hide the pain!
granny!

Stories!

http://public.csusm.edu/raven/cherokee.dir/cherolit.html

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0962863009/ravenstsalachero/102-6918762-9366553

http://www.gly.edu/railsback/CS/CSCorn&Medicine.html

http://www.cla.purdue.edu/waaw/Jensen/NAW.html

http://www.hanksville.org/storytellers/tocT2.html

http://www.biblio.org/storytelling.html

http://www.skynet.net/~myersdk/origins.html

http://walkswithhawsherbs.org/NativeAmericanStories.html

Places!

http://www.mayapaleolithicmuseum,org/The%20Galleries.htm

http://www.cafepress.com/bearbutte1

http://ckrz.com/

http://rednation.org

http://www.powwows.com/resource/view_arena.php?ArenaID=53

http://thepeoplespaths.net/events.html

http://cherokee.org/