"This is why as humans we must live by laws, not laws to
make us less but laws that help us serve our higher purpose.
We marvel at how the creatures live together, how the earth
has a balance. Each creature lives out its life’s purpose in
accord with the Creator’s will. There is little choice for a
tree or a bear. They must live and grow within the laws of
Nature. SO must we, but we have to learn these laws for
ourselves. We hold within us the gift of all nature. We can
be like a tree and root ourselves in the ground, and we can
soar in our thoughts and feelings like the mightiest of
eagles. But if we are only eagle like we are of no use in
our roles on earth, and if we are only rooted then we cannot
fly to our highest challenged We must develop all our gifts.
That is our true nature." (Qtd???? Archibald, Coyote Learns
230).
The Prevention of
Stupidity or Foolish Actions by Band Members
Interviewer - Earle Waugh, PhD.
Limitations are the
Result of Natural Laws
Interviewer - Earle Waugh, PhD.
"In the beginning, we were told that the human beings who
walk about on the Earth have been provided with all the
things necessary for life. We were instructed to carry a
love for one another, and to show a great respect for all
the beings of this Earth. We are shown that our life exists
with the tree life, that our well-being depends on the
well-being of the Vegetable Life, that we are close
relatives of the four-legged beings. In our ways, spiritual
consciousness is the highest form of politics." (Hau De No
Sau Nee (Iroquois) Nation, 52)
"The Canadian legal system has been separated from the
rest of normal, everyday living, and much of how it worked
cannot be understood by the average person … we need a
lawyer to represent us in a court of law, someone who
understands how the system works (qtd). In contrast, in some
First Nations societies, traditional law is internal, known
and embedded in cultural ways through stories and ceremonies
such as feasting/potlatching where ‘rights’ to territories
or names may be given, exercised, and witnessed by the
guests." (Archibald, Coyote Learns 151) |