Wisdom of The Elders

By Carl Ellis

6" x 9" (15.24 x 22.86 cm) 
Black & White on Cream paper
40 pages

Their words are simple; their voices, soft.  For centuries, we have not heard them - 
 
BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT TAKEN THE TIME TO LISTEN! 
 
Perhaps now is the time to open our ears -- hear the echoes of the land... open our hearts and minds... 
 
See the pain of fresh-baked uneaten fry bread as children were ripped from their mother's arms to be “assimilated” 
 
…. Hear the cries of the wind along the Trail of Tears 
 
…. Feel the words of the Creator always watching. 
 
NOW is the time to learn the wisdom and teachings of our Native American aboriginals. 
 
The “Wisdom of The Elders” is a compilation of selected tribes and their brief histories, proverbs, sayings – A history of the folk wisdom of the Sages.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Carl Ellis
• Release date: Jan 10, 2018
• ISBN: 9781511774581

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By: Carl Ellis

Their words are simple; their voices, soft.

For centuries, we have not heard them -

BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT TAKEN THE TIME TO LISTEN!

Perhaps now is the time to open our ears—hear the echoes of the land;

open our hearts and minds...

See the pain of fresh-baked uneaten fry bread as children were ripped from their mother's arms to be assimilated...

Hear the cries of the wind along the Trail of Tears...

Feel the words of the Creator always watching...

NOW is the time to learn the wisdom and teachings of our Native American aboriginals.

Teach Your Children

You, who are on the road must have a code that you can live by.

And so become yourself because the past is just a good bye.

Teach your children well, their father's hell did slowly go by,

And feed them on your dreams, the one they fix, the one you'll know by.

Don't you ever ask them why, if they told you, you would cry,

So just look at them and sigh and know they love you.

And you, of the tender years can't know the fears that your elders grew by,

And so please help them with your youth, they seek the truth before they can die.

Teach your parents well, their children's hell will slowly go by,

And feed them on your dreams, the one they fix,the one you'll know by.

Don't you ever ask them why, if they told you, you would cry,

So just look at them and sigh and know they love you. 

—Graham Nash

WITH A LONG HISTORY, rich culture, and more than 300 spoken languages, the wisdom of Native American tribes has been passed down through the centuries.

THIS WORK IS A BRIEF compilation of that history and a brief compilation of the folk wisdom of the Sages.

The Anishinabe

CHIEF LITTLE BEAR

● "It is less of a problem to be poor,

than to be dishonest."

● No one else can represent your conscience.

● What the people believe is true.

● "Most of us do not look as handsome to others

as we do to ourselves."

● Not every sweet root gives birth to sweet grass.

The Seven Teachings of the Anishinabe

IT IS SAID THAT THE Anishinabe — the Ojibwe, Odowa and Potawatome — came to earth born of the fifth element, the breath of the great spirit itself.

Known as the the good people, theirs is a path that extends the clarity of vision to others simply through the walking of it themselves.

Here, then, are the Seven Teachings of the Anishinaabe.

~ Honesty ~

To achieve honesty within yourself,

To recognize who and what you are ,

Do this and you can be honest with all others.

~ Humility ~

Humble yourself and recognize that

No matter how much you think you know,

You know very little of all the universe.

~ Truth ~

To learn truth,

To live with truth, and

To walk with truth,

To speak truth.

~ Wisdom ~

To have wisdom is to know the difference between good and bad, and

To know the result of your actions.

~ Love ~

Unconditional love to know that when people are weak

They need your love the most,

That your love is given freely, and

You cannot put conditions on it

Or your love is not true.

~ Respect ~

Respect others, their beliefs, and

Respect yourself.

If you cannot show respect,

You cannot expect respect to be given.

~ Bravery ~

To be brave is to do something right,

Even if you know it’s going to hurt you.

The Apache