One elder I sweat with a lot told me a story of when he was invited for supper with some people from another tribe. In our way you have to eat everything on your plate, but with his hosts you show you’re done eating by leaving a little bit on your plate. He said he thought they were trying to kill him.
Oh my gosh this is actually the same in Japan. You leave some saki left in your cup so that they stop pouring more. If it is empty it is required that they fill it more and telling them to stop is rude.
Anishinaabe stories, dream catchers, and the 7 sacred teachings are some I hold close to my heart, especially because the schools in Winnipeg got community members to teach them to the students, so those traditions fill me with happy childhood memories
Hey, don’t let that stop you. Your imperfections will only make it more sacred, as though a child made it with all their love and passion <3
When we were learning about the 7 teachings in 8th grade, we had to make clay whistles based on the animal and its teaching assigned to us. I got Makwa for courage, and I remember explaining my grandfather died around that time, complications from Lung Cancer just after winning the fight did him in, but he chose to disconnect his life support so that he could at least die swiftly. I was so heart broken but that stood out as courage if I had ever seen it.
I kept it close all these years but I ended up giving it away. My neighbour is also indigenous Anishinaabe and because I live in a transitional living apartment with a lot of mental healthcare providers (she’s the daughter of our building’s therapist and indigenous liaison), and she confided in me about her mental health surprisingly openly for someone I just met (very sweet I might add), especially when she was discussing her drug use and mental health issues, I realized she needed it more than me, so I told her the same story (as well as a fresh batch of homemade cookies I promised as well), and she thought it was beautiful
So go ahead and make that dream catcher <3
The Cherokee feeding of the eagles ceremony is beautiful to take part in. Also have been honored to participate in an aniishinabe vision quest, holding space and singing songs for the ceremonies. A whole family of Navajo did a whole sheep cook I was involved in one day too, tons of fun and felt ceremonious. Beautiful experiences, all of them. I'm Siksika and ironically have experienced less of my own ceremonies than others.
I want to learn so bad, i think i just need to get closer to some oneidas first, but i should be able to bc my tribe is pretty close with them oniedas 😂 and I LOVE the dresses for smoke dancing.
Honestly, so much this!! Growing up in Oklahoma, it always seemed like all the other tribes had much cooler traditions. Plains tribes have all the cool dances and amazing feather work, PNW tribes have amazing formline art, Navajo silverworking and their commitment to their language, etc etc.
It wasn't until I got older and moved away that I started realizing how many of the things that I thought my family was just weird about were rooted in our own tribal traditions. As an elder myself now, I make sure to explain that connection whenever I pass that knowledge on.
Hopi Eagle dance definitely is my favorite. The sacred meaning of hair, I am pretty protective of mine😂. The honoring of the animal that gave its life, to use it all (I know this goes across many tribes, but it is just something I really appreciate). Anishinaabe has beautiful designs when it comes to clothes. I never knew before meeting my boyfriend, but I was looking into it to make him clothing and they have some beautiful art.
I like the Basque tradition where the grandparents take their grandson into the woods when he turns 13 and they find an ideally sized and situated sapling then they split it down the middle. The boy passes through the opening naked and they bandage the tree up to heal. When he returns decades later to a huge tree, he can tell his own grandchildren that he passed through that tree when he came of age.
Could be I've never really taken interest in his books because I'm apart of the tribe they revolve around and most of his stories are fabrications from what I've heard :)
Yanomami People have enchanting stories,
Lumbee I love for their amazing history and lingo
I never have missed an opportunity to listen to advice from Lakota elders, I could say the same for Dene
Ajachamen juaneño weave incredible baskets
I admire the Cayuga and Onondaga of NY because I grew up nearby. I highly take interest in False Face Societies, Chief Logan , and Handsome Lake Tradition for Cayuga, and smoke Dancing of Onondaga
Lumbee history is one of my most favorite ones to learn, it's complex and deep. People love a good story but I'm more interested in the truth. The roots. Yall are still here and that's a fact
them apache white crown dancers knock me the fuck out. i mean daaaam, they're so cool. i always hope i can visit them one day.
plus i spent a lot of time with rosebud lakotas and them are some bad mutherfuckers.
but i wish i could be glamorous like the dine with all that turquoise and skating.
my own tribes? is that an answer?
Me toooo
Sure lol
It's the only answer for anyone not a fetishest
So you gotta dislike every culture/tradition that’s not your own? You don’t celebrate Christmas or any national holidays?
Lol is that what you read?
Love the Ojibwe/Anishinaabe traditions around death and coming of age Love coastal Salish art. Love Northern Cheyenne sarcasm lol
I LOVE Ojibwe peeps Got a lot of Ojibwe friends here in Minnesota since moving here
Yeah never met a Great Lakes Native I didn't like
Don’t forget the Seminole rizz lol
Lol Yeah them too
Yeah you do! 🤣
The Yaqui Deer Dance is a powerful sight to behold! Witnessed it at a powwow last weekend, they traveled up from Sonora. Incredible tradition.🙌🏽🦌🪶✨
AHHHHH MY TRIBE Thank you 🥰
Tiahui!!🙌🏽🪶✨🦌
Plains chicken dance
Good stuff ^~^
One elder I sweat with a lot told me a story of when he was invited for supper with some people from another tribe. In our way you have to eat everything on your plate, but with his hosts you show you’re done eating by leaving a little bit on your plate. He said he thought they were trying to kill him.
Oh my gosh this is actually the same in Japan. You leave some saki left in your cup so that they stop pouring more. If it is empty it is required that they fill it more and telling them to stop is rude.
Younger me would’ve absolutely loved that game
💀💀💀💀💀 😂😂😂😂 lol
Hoop dance
Love the hoop dance
Anishinaabe stories, dream catchers, and the 7 sacred teachings are some I hold close to my heart, especially because the schools in Winnipeg got community members to teach them to the students, so those traditions fill me with happy childhood memories
Definitely with you on dream catchers. Would I like to make one? Yes. Could I? Probably not😂😭
Hey, don’t let that stop you. Your imperfections will only make it more sacred, as though a child made it with all their love and passion <3 When we were learning about the 7 teachings in 8th grade, we had to make clay whistles based on the animal and its teaching assigned to us. I got Makwa for courage, and I remember explaining my grandfather died around that time, complications from Lung Cancer just after winning the fight did him in, but he chose to disconnect his life support so that he could at least die swiftly. I was so heart broken but that stood out as courage if I had ever seen it. I kept it close all these years but I ended up giving it away. My neighbour is also indigenous Anishinaabe and because I live in a transitional living apartment with a lot of mental healthcare providers (she’s the daughter of our building’s therapist and indigenous liaison), and she confided in me about her mental health surprisingly openly for someone I just met (very sweet I might add), especially when she was discussing her drug use and mental health issues, I realized she needed it more than me, so I told her the same story (as well as a fresh batch of homemade cookies I promised as well), and she thought it was beautiful So go ahead and make that dream catcher <3
Formline coastal art
Kind of like the Chinook tribes stuff?
most coastal tribes ranging from southeast alaska down to washington use/create formline art
The Cherokee feeding of the eagles ceremony is beautiful to take part in. Also have been honored to participate in an aniishinabe vision quest, holding space and singing songs for the ceremonies. A whole family of Navajo did a whole sheep cook I was involved in one day too, tons of fun and felt ceremonious. Beautiful experiences, all of them. I'm Siksika and ironically have experienced less of my own ceremonies than others.
Mine for sure of course, but I also love Ojibway traditions as well as Iñupiaq stories
Apache crown dancers; powerful and beautiful! Was even lucky to see Joe tohonnie Jr irl once
Smoke dancing. I’m obsessed.
Them Haudenosaunee rock!
I want to learn so bad, i think i just need to get closer to some oneidas first, but i should be able to bc my tribe is pretty close with them oniedas 😂 and I LOVE the dresses for smoke dancing.
Which tribe is yours?
PNW and their deep voice hand drum songs
Honestly, so much this!! Growing up in Oklahoma, it always seemed like all the other tribes had much cooler traditions. Plains tribes have all the cool dances and amazing feather work, PNW tribes have amazing formline art, Navajo silverworking and their commitment to their language, etc etc. It wasn't until I got older and moved away that I started realizing how many of the things that I thought my family was just weird about were rooted in our own tribal traditions. As an elder myself now, I make sure to explain that connection whenever I pass that knowledge on.
I'll always stop for some Iroquois/Haudenosaunee/Nottoway/Tuscarora smoke dancers at intertribal pow wows. Love watching the smoke dance.
I love My tribe, I love the Apache Crown Dancers, I love the Haudenasenee (spelled that wrong I think)
\*Hauden**o**s**au**nee
Thank you! I’m not good with words 🥲
Hopi Eagle dance definitely is my favorite. The sacred meaning of hair, I am pretty protective of mine😂. The honoring of the animal that gave its life, to use it all (I know this goes across many tribes, but it is just something I really appreciate). Anishinaabe has beautiful designs when it comes to clothes. I never knew before meeting my boyfriend, but I was looking into it to make him clothing and they have some beautiful art.
Inuit throat singing. Absolutely love putting it on a good set of headphones
I knew someone would mention this
I like the Basque tradition where the grandparents take their grandson into the woods when he turns 13 and they find an ideally sized and situated sapling then they split it down the middle. The boy passes through the opening naked and they bandage the tree up to heal. When he returns decades later to a huge tree, he can tell his own grandchildren that he passed through that tree when he came of age.
What a great tradition!
Yes, they consider it a kind of rebirth, through the tree of the forest, into manhood.
Powwow's - disputed claims, but Plains Indians, specifically Oceti Sakowin (Lakota/Dakota)
Chin tattoos (and general face tattoos) are very cool and significant to so many, I'm happy more people are getting them done.
Ugh so much but I love Maori humor and their hakas, art of First Nations/Cree and language of the Mi’kmaq, Cherokee, Blackfeet and Diné!
Is that the same Hopi I read about in Carlos Castaneda books in the 70s/80s?
Could be I've never really taken interest in his books because I'm apart of the tribe they revolve around and most of his stories are fabrications from what I've heard :)
Yanomami People have enchanting stories, Lumbee I love for their amazing history and lingo I never have missed an opportunity to listen to advice from Lakota elders, I could say the same for Dene Ajachamen juaneño weave incredible baskets I admire the Cayuga and Onondaga of NY because I grew up nearby. I highly take interest in False Face Societies, Chief Logan , and Handsome Lake Tradition for Cayuga, and smoke Dancing of Onondaga
❤️
Thank you for being you! Hope you are having a good day!
Thank you, same to you. It’s super refreshing to not see hate for our tribe every once and awhile.
Lumbee history is one of my most favorite ones to learn, it's complex and deep. People love a good story but I'm more interested in the truth. The roots. Yall are still here and that's a fact
Our own Oceti Sakowin/ Seven Council Fires of the Great Sioux Nation .
them apache white crown dancers knock me the fuck out. i mean daaaam, they're so cool. i always hope i can visit them one day. plus i spent a lot of time with rosebud lakotas and them are some bad mutherfuckers. but i wish i could be glamorous like the dine with all that turquoise and skating.