Thanksgiving through the eyes of Native Americans

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Thanksgiving through the eyes of Native Americans
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Copper	Nov 20 2012, 05:29 PM Post #26
Shortstop Posts: 29,905 Group: Members Member #426 Joined: February 14, 2007	There isn't a "native" of any real estate in the world whose ancestors weren't slaughtered by invaders. Who were in turn slaughtered by even more invaders. And so on.
	The Confederate soldier was peculiar in that he was ever ready to fight, but never ready to submit to the routine duty and discipline of the camp or the march. The soldiers were determined to be soldiers after their own notions, and do their duty, for the love of it, as they thought best. Carlton McCarthy


Larry	Nov 20 2012, 08:24 PM Post #27
Mmmmmmm, pie! Posts: 47,996 Group: Members Member #113 Joined: April 22, 2005	Dave, did you know that native americans were monotheistic? Yep - even that has been erased by white people. They speak of the "3 great monotheistic religions of the world" and never once mention that there was a fourth monotheistic religion. Indians call it the Great Spirit. "Grandfather". "Wise One". The only place native americans have multiple gods is on the TV westerns..... Edited by Larry, Nov 20 2012, 08:27 PM.
	Of the Pokatwat Tribe


Dave Spelvin	Nov 20 2012, 10:25 PM Post #28
Fulla-Carp Posts: 2,582 Group: Members Member #208 Joined: May 18, 2005	Larry Nov 20 2012, 08:24 PM Dave, did you know that native americans were monotheistic? Yep - even that has been erased by white people. They speak of the "3 great monotheistic religions of the world" and never once mention that there was a fourth monotheistic religion. Indians call it the Great Spirit. "Grandfather". "Wise One". The only place native americans have multiple gods is on the TV westerns..... I didn't know that, Larry, and it's surprising because I thought there was great variety of practices among tribes. I would have thought that some tribes believed in one god and others believed in multiple gods. Why don't you worship the Great Spirit? This sounds every bit as worthy and as real as Jesus Christ, Adam/Eve, Abraham, etc. Do you have any thoughts about that?



JBryan	Nov 21 2012, 04:17 AM Post #29
I am the grey one Posts: 28,082 Group: Members Member #32 Joined: April 19, 2005	The Lakota had Wakan Tanka.
	"Any man who would make an X rated movie should be forced to take his daughter to see it". - John Wayne There is a line we cross when we go from "I will believe it when I see it" to "I will see it when I believe it". Henry II: I marvel at you after all these years. Still like a democratic drawbridge: going down for everybody. Eleanor: At my age there's not much traffic anymore. From The Lion in Winter.


Dave Spelvin	Nov 21 2012, 05:10 AM Post #30
Fulla-Carp Posts: 2,582 Group: Members Member #208 Joined: May 18, 2005	JBryan Nov 21 2012, 04:17 AM The Lakota had Wakan Tanka. Fascinating stuff. It certainly seems to track Christianity, where god is in everything.



Renauda	Nov 21 2012, 06:58 AM Post #31
HOLY CARP!!! Posts: 10,507 Group: Members Member #505 Joined: September 5, 2007	Dave Spelvin Nov 20 2012, 10:25 PM I would have thought that some tribes believed in one god and others believed in multiple gods. You are correct. Tribes along the Pacific Northwest were not monotheist.

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