Nov. 21st. 2012

When Uncle Bob and some of the other elders were teaching us boys and girls to shoot a bow they did it by steps. First they took a small hoop and placed it at our feet until we could put the arrow in it every time. Then they moved it further away.  By the end of the day we were shooting the length of the yard at a hoop they rolled in front of us and hitting it. The same can be said for anything you want to learn or do. Break it up into simple steps and take each step in turn. After a while you also will be hitting a 8" hoop rolled a hundred feet away.

Big Tree 11/21/12

Nov. 18th 2012

"Yesterday is a memory. tomorrow may not be yours. That leaves today as the canvas on which you can paint anything you want."

Uncle Gus 1953

Nov. 17th. 2012

I can't remember who first taught me this or what the occasion was, but the words still ring inside me. "Remember no matter where you go or what you do, your thoughts and dreams are the prayers which carry you in life."

Many elders in the nineteen fifties. 
Big Tree 11/17/2012

Nov. 2nd. 2012

I once again must speak out for the elders, the medicine people, the story tellers, the water pours, the singers and the herb medicine people of all the nations. If you go to them for help you take tobacco or one of the sacred herbs as a contract between you and them. After they have helped you however much you gift them with frog skins today. It used to be these people were a resource for the tribe and were provided with food, clothing lodging and what ever other needs they had because they were available to everyone 24/7. They are no less valuable today then they were a century ago.

Big Tree 11/2/2012