Listening to the Great Spirit
(Red Jacket)
The Native American is a spiritual being with a deep rooted faith in a "higher power" who is the creator of all things. Called the Great Spirit, Grandfather, and tribal names such as Wakan Tanka by the Sioux, the Indian has always honored the ultimate power of their supreme being. They believed in an order to things and taught their children from birth to follow the beliefs of their ancestors. When the white race overtook the land they also attempted to convert the Native Americans to their own religious views. This was met with great resistance from the People and they held tightly to their faith in the Great Spirit. Ceremonies were banned, religious artifacts were burned and the People were forbidden to worship in the ways of their ancestors but still they cried out to the only god they''''d ever known. I often wonder what will happen when we stand before our creator and discover that the "God" of the whites and "The Great Spirit" are one and the same. Who will explain what was done to His red children in His name? The following statements and prayers serve as testimony to the great faith our ancestors had in the religion of their ancestors.
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