~Welcome To My Native American Page


~With in this page you will learn of some of our nations greatest people~





I am proud of the heritage of the native american people and to be a part of this has been a true learning experience!! I will be learning for the rest of my life of the history of these people as a nation!!! Be Proud of who you are always!!!






I have lived in Washington State right on the border of the Confederated tribes of the Colville Reservation. There are twelve tribes that make up the Colville nation, they are The Okanogan, Lakes, Colville, San Poil, Nespelem, Methow, Entiat, Chelan, Wenatchee, Moses-Columbia, Palouse, and the Nez Perce. These tribes are what is refered to as the Plateau tribes and their language is either Salish or Saliaptian. The Twelve tribes traditional lands srteched out from the Cascades east to the Rockies, North to the top of Okanogan Valley and Arrow Lakes in Brithish Columbia and South to the Columbia Basin of present day Washington, Idaho, and Oregon!!








The ancestors of the Colville Tribes followed the seasons of nature over the mountains and valleys of this region...hunting, fishing, gathering foods and medicines... trading and bartering. Each person performed a certain role or task which contributed to the survival of the bands



















The Colville Reservation size is at 1.4 million acres or 2,100 square miles covering parts of Ferry and Okanogan Counties





Salish --- Everything on the earth has a purpose, every disease an herb to cure it, and every person a mission. This is the Indian theory of existence. 1888-1936 Mourning Dove




Remember the words of our ancesters !!!






Remember the customs and ways of our people!!!





"It does not require many words to speak the truth" Cheif Joseph, Nez Perce



"I have seen that in any great undertaking it is not enough for man to depend simply upon himself" Lone Man (Isna-la-wica) Teton Sioux



~~The Sacred White Buffalo~~

One summer a long time ago, the seven sacred council fires of the Lakota Sioux came together and camped. The sun was strong and the people were starving for there was no game. Two young men went out to hunt. Along the way, the two men met a beautiful young woman dressed in white who floated as she walked. One man had bad desires for the woman and tried to touch her, but was consumed by a cloud and turned into a pile of bones. The woman spoke to the second young man and said, "Return to your people and tell them I am coming." This holy woman brought a wrapped bundle to the people. She unwrapped the bundle giving to the people a sacred pipe and teaching them how to use it to pray. "With this holy pipe, you will walk like a living prayer," she said. The holy woman told the Sioux about the value of the buffalo, the women and the children. "You are from Mother Earth," she told the women, "What you are doing is as great as the warriors do." Before she left, she told the people she would return. As she walked away, she rolled over four times, turning into a white female buffalo calf. t is said after that day the Lakota honored their pipe, and buffalo were plentiful. (from John Lame Deer's telling in 1967)










In 1994, a white buffalo calf named Miracle was born on the Heider's farm in Wisconsin. Many of the Native American visitors at the farm where this great buffalo was born, they spoke of the hope of a return to a way of life that honors the Great Spirit in all of nature. Buffalo Medicine, or power, is a reminder to many that one achieves nothing without the aid of the Great Spirit, and one must be humble enough to ask for that assistance and then greatful for what is received.




~Cherokee Prayer Blessing~

May the warm winds of heaven Blow softly upon your house. May the Great Spirit Bless all who enter there. May your Moccasins make happy tracks in many snows, and may the rainbow always touch your shoulder





"Treat the earth well: it was not given to you by your parents, it was loaned to you by your children. We do not inherit the Earth from our Ancestors, we borrow it from our Children." Ancient Indian Proverb





The Sacred Eagle Feather




When the world was new, the Creator made all the birds. He coloured their feathers like a bouquet of flowers. The Creator then gave each a distinct song to sing. The Creator instructed the birds to greet each new day with a chorus of their songs. Of all the birds, our Creator chose the Eagle to be the leader. The Eagle flies the highest and sees the furthest of all creatures. The Eagle is a messenger to the Creator. During the Four Sacred Rituals we will wear an Eagle Feather in our hair. To wear or to hold the Eagle Feather causes our Creator to take immediate notice. With the Eagle Feather the Creator is honored in the highest. When one receives an Eagle Feather that person is being acknowledged with gratitude, with love, and with ultimate respect. That feather must have sacred tobacco burnt for it. In this way the Eagle and the Creator are notified of the name of the new Eagle Feather Holder



What is life? It is the flash of a firefly in the night. It is the breath of a buffalo in the winter time. It is the little shadow which runs across the grass and loses itself in the sunset
Crowfoot, Blackfoot warrior and orator





Grandfather Great Spirit
All over the world the faces of the living ones are alike. With tenderness they have come up out of the ground. Look upon your children that they may face the winds and walk the good road to the Day of Quiet.
Grandfather Great Spirit
Fill us with the Light. Give us the strength to understand, and the eyes to see. Teach us to walk the soft Earth as relatives to all that live
Sioux Prayer









~The Legend of The Dream Catcher~
It is believed that dreams both good and bad float through the air all day and night searching for their destination. While sleeping under a Dreamcatcher, one may feel secure that bad dreams being confused and ill-intentioned get caught in the web to perish with the first light of day, while the good dreams, knowing the right way, easily slip through the center hole, work their way down the web catching all the good energies of the stones and adornment, floating down the feathers and onto the dreamers head One never need fear bad dreams again while sleeping under a smudged, or blessed Dreamcatcher.



Well I do hope that you have enjoyed this page and that it has shown you the ways, stories and the legends of the Native American People. I had fun searching for the right Legends and words to explain their ways and feelings of our great Native American Ancestor's.






Wisdom of the Wolf:Facing the end of one's cycle with dignity and courage Death and reincarnation, Spirit teaching, Guidance in dreams and meditations,Instinct linked with intelligence,Social and familial values,Outwitting enemies,Ability to pass unseen, Steadfastness,Skill in protection of self and family,Taking advantage of change




I would like to thank all of those who have shared their gifs with me.

To the Native American People who have been there and live it. Have come back fighting and are stronger for it! May you live your heritage and be proud to be who you are always!! Carry on our Native American traditions teach the young the ways of our Ancestor's



Special thanks to the Colville Confederated tribes for some of the information about the reservation and their Native American People



More to be added later so Keep coming back to visit from time to time. Thank you for your visit I do hope that you have enjoyed it!!! *G*

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