It came to me that my post Friday had one glaring omission: the Native American spirituality.

A Native American friend of mine gave me this prayer once:

Great One,

Please guide my thinking today.

Please help me to be still and listen to your wisdom.

Help me to love my brothers and sisters and help me to respect all that you’ve made. 

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I think this is the same as “do unto others…”, including nature, as well.

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Onto other Native American issues, Turtletalk has this up on the question of what is the definition of being Native American?  As the story illustrates, someone may belong to a tribe because they are one-quarter Native blood, but their child cannot belong because they are less than that.  The concern is that the tribes are self eliminating themselves by such restrictions.  It’s an interesting and complex topic.