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Note CardsSong of the Oak
The moon waxes and wanes
as the acorn grows into the oak
as leaves bud, grow and fall again
and the dance of life continues…-Dawn Dark Mountain
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Note CardsThe Three Sisters
Among the Iroquois, it is believed that when the First Mother died, from her body grew the sacred plants: corn, beans and squash. They were planted together in small hills: the beans would twine around the corn stalks as they grew and the squash leaves would shade the earth and keep it moist and free of weeds. Protective spirits, the …
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Note CardsHomelands
Eagle is our messenger to the Creator and
Symbol of the Great Peace of the Iroquois Nation.
We honor him, he who flies the highest
Eagle remembers and always longs
for the Homelands,
Half-remembered, waiting in the past. -
Note CardsA Song for Kateri
Kateri Tekahkwi:tha, known as the Lily of the Mohawks, will be canonized in October 2012, becoming the first American Indian to achieve sainthood. Kateri lived from 1656 to 1680. When she died, it is said that her face, once disfigured by smallpox, became beautiful, her first miracle. We honor her and reclaim her as a woman of the Iroquois nation, …