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• THE SHRIVER REPORT: A WOMAN'S NATION PUSHES BACK FROM THE BRINK

  by kiwani [e.lawson] January 13, 2014
  Hope some may be interested in this important report that has vital information that is currently impacting many lives (women, children, parents, families) of those we serve in our ministries.    A WOMAN'S NATION has released its third in a series of Shriver Reports, A Woman’s Nati...
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• DANCE TO HEAL THE EARTH - by Dee Smith

  by kiwani [e.lawson] December 3, 2013
  This is for all of us.. but it is especially for Michelle, because as soon as I read it, it recalled her to my mind in how she said she 'Loves to Dance'... and to honor her courage in recovering from her injury and now celebrates & embraces life so fully...   ~Namaste Michelle  ...
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• THE INVITATION - by Oriah Mountain Dreamer

  by kiwani [e.lawson] December 3, 2013
  From the moment I read this, it captured me.. it struck me that this is what is important in life if we really want to get to know another... I hope you enjoy this and may find you like it as I do... The Invitation -By Oriah Mountain Dreamer  ~   It doesn't interest me what you...
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• THE OTHER WAY OF KNOWING

  by kiwani [e.lawson] November 14, 2013
  THE OTHER WAY OF KNOWING  --by Lilian Na’ia Alessa     Western science and Indigenous worldviews are often seen as incompatible, with the Indigenous view usually being far less valued by society at large. But an inside look at Indigenous ways of knowing shows that they offer ...
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• INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE SYSTEMS / ALASKA NATIVE WAYS OF KNOWING

  by kiwani [e.lawson] November 14, 2013
  INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE SYSTEMS / ALASKA NATIVE WAYS OF KNOWING By Ray Barnhardt and Angayuqaq Oscar Kawagley     NOTE: This is an excerpt from a longer paper which is available, along with many other excellent resources, on the Alaska Native Knowledge Network .  The complete ar...
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• CHILDREN AS SACRED BEINGS

  by kiwani [e.lawson] November 4, 2013
  Learn something new for Native American Heritage Month - November 2013   Children as Sacred Beings - By  Robert Atkinson and Patricia Locke   "Father, Great Spirit, behold this child! Your ways shall he see!"  Lakota (Sioux) prayer   * My Note:  In our...
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• NATIONAL NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH - November 2013

  by kiwani [e.lawson] November 3, 2013
  EVERYONE - November 2013 is proclaimed NATIONAL NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH!!!! Celebrate & Honor this wonderfully diverse and vibrant culture by learning a little something more about the First Americans who have contributed so much to our society & culture with little recognition or acknowledg...

• People of the Wolf

  by kiwani [e.lawson] September 7, 2013
  People of the Wolf - North America's Forgotten Past - Excerpt by W. Michael Gear & Kathleen O'Neal Gear    ....Carried on the wind, a faint whimpering came from behind the shelters. Some animal scratched for food scraps the People had long chipped from ice. Wolf?   Heart pounding...