we are all one
spinning though mother sky
a good chief
he does not
TAKE
MOHAWK
territory: upstate new york and canada language: kanien’keha
biography: the mohawk are the most easterly tribe of the iroquois confedera-
tion. they called themselves kanien’gehaga, “people of the place of flint.” the mohawk are an iroquoian-speaking indigenous people of north america orignally from the mohawk valley in upstate new york. their territory ranged to presentday quebec and eastern ontario. their current settlements include areas around lake ontario and the st. lawrence river in canada. their traditional homeland stretched southward of the mohawk river, eastward to the green mountains of vermont, westward to the border with the oneida nation traditional homeland territory and northward to the st. lawrence river. as original members of the iroquois leage, or haudenosaunee, the mohawk were known as the “keepers of the eastern door” for hundreds of years they guarded the iroquois conferderation against invasion from that direction by tribes from new england and lower new york areas. the mohawk religion is primarily animist.
& cannot dwell together
DUWAMISH
territory: washington state language: lushootseed
biography: the duwamish are a luhootseed native american tribe in western
washington and the indigenous people of metropolitan seattle, where they have been living since the end of the last glacial period (c. 8000 b.c.e. or 10,000 years ago) . the duwamish tribe dedcends from at least two distinct groups from before intense contact with people of european ancestry-- the people of the inside (the environs of elliot bay) and the people of large lake (lake washington)-- and continues to evolve both culturally and ethnically. by historic language, the duwamish are lushootseed; lushootseed is a salishan language. adjacent tribes throughouth the puget sound-strait of georgia basin were, and are, interconnected and interrelated, yet distinct. the present0day duwamish tribe developed in parallel with the times of the treaty of point elliott and its aftermath in the 1850’s although not recognized by the u.s. federal government, the duwamish remain an organized tribe with roughly 500 enrolled members as of 2004.
those that lay with dogs
get up with fleas
those who have foot in the canoe
&
foot in the boat
will fall into the river
don’t let yesterday use up too much of
it is less of a problem to be poor than to be
each bird loves to hear himself sing
EVERYONE WHO IS MUST HAVE OF SOMETHING
we will be known forever by the tracks
the rain falls on the just and
the frog does not drink up the pond in which he lives
is always out there waiting and
is always hungry
a hungry
makes a short prayer
IF YOU SEE NO REASON FOR GIVING THE FAULT LIES WITHIN
you already possess
everything you need to
become
IT IS BETTER TO HAVE LESS THUNDER IN THE MOUTH AND MORE LIGHTENING IN THE HAND
Most of us do not look as handsome to others as we do to ourselves