" Native American Tribes "

A
Abenaki, Akimel O'Odham (Pima)
Alabama-Coushatta, Aleut, Apache
Apalachee, Arapaho, Arikara
Arkansas (Quapaw), Assiniboin

B
Babine, Bannock, Barbareño, Bari, Bear River, Beaver, Bella Bella, Bella Coola, Beothuks (Betoukuag), Bidai, Biloxi, Black Carib, Blackfoot (Blackfeet), Blood Indians, Bora

C
Caddo, Canarsee, Catawba
Cayug, Cayuse, Cherokee
Cheyenne, Chickasaw, Chinook
Chippewa (Ojibwa)
Choctaw, Coeur d'Alene
Colville, Comanche
Cree, Creek, Crow

D
Dakota (Sioux), Delaware
Diné. See Navajo

E
Eastern Inland Cree, Eastern Pomo, Eel River Athabascan, Eenou (Eeyou), Eskimo, Esselen, Etchemin (Etchimin), Euchee, Eudeve (Endeve), Excelen, Eyak, Erie

F
Fernandeno (Fernandeño), Flathead Salish, Fox

G
Gabrielino (Gabrieleño), Gae, Gaigwu, Galibi, Galice, Garifuna, Gashowu, Gitxsan (Gitksan), Gosiute (Goshute), Gros Ventre, Guarani, Guarijio (Guarijío), Gulf, Gwich'in (Gwichin, Gwitchin),

H
Haida, Hidatsa, Hoopa
Hopi, Huron

I
Illini (Illiniwek, Illinois), Inca, Ineseño (Inezeño), Ingalik (Ingalit), Innoko, Innu, Inuktitut (Inupiat, Inupiaq, Inupiatun), Iowa-Oto (Ioway), Iroquois Confederacy, Ishak, Isleño, Isleta, Itza Maya (Itzah), Iviatim, Iynu, Inuit

J
James Bay Cree, Jemez, Juaneno (Juaneño), Juichun

K
Kalispel, Kansa (Kaw)
Kickapoo, Kiowa, Klallam
Klamath, Kootenai, Kwakiutl

L
Laguna, Lakhota (Lakota), Lakmiak (Lakmayut), Lassik, Laurentian (Lawrencian), Lecesem, Lenape (Lenni Lenape), Lillooet, Lipan Apache, Listiguj (Listuguj), Lnuk (L'nuk, L'nu'k, Lnu), Lokono, Loucheux (Loucheaux), Loup, Lower Chehalis, Lower Coquille, Lower Cowlitz, Lower Tanana, Lower Umpqua, Luckiamute (Lukiamute), Luiseño, Lumbee, Lummi, Lushootseed, Lutuamian

M
Mahican, Maidu, Makah
Malecite, Mandan, Manhattan
Maricopa, Massachusett
Menominee, Miami
Micmac, Mission Indians
Modoc, Mohave, Mohawk, Mohegan
Montagnais and Naskapi
Muskogee

N
Narragansett, Natchez
Navajo, Neutral Nation
Nez Perc, Nootka

O
Ojibwa (Chippewa)
Okanogan, Omaha
Oneida, Onondaga
Osage, Oto, Ottawa

P
Paiute
Papago (Tohono O'Odham)
Pawnee, Pennacook
Penobscot, Pequot
Pima (Akimel O'Odham)
Pomo, Ponca
Potawatomi, Pueblo
Puyallup

Q
Quapaw (Quapa), Quechan, Quechua, Quilcene, Quileute, Quinault, Quinnipiac (Quinnipiack), Quiripi

R
Raramuri, Red Indians, Restigouche, Rumsen, Runasimi

S
Sac and Fox, Salish
Santee, Sarsi
Sauk, Seminole
Seneca, Shawnee
Shoshone, Shuswap
Sioux (Dakota)
Spokan, Stockbridge

T
Teton, Tillamook
Tlingit, Tobacco Nation
Tohono O'Odham (Papago)
Tsimshian, Tuscarora

U
Uchi (Uche, Uchee), Ukiah (Ukian, Uki, Ukia), Ukomnom, Umatilla, Unami, Unangan (Unangax), Unkechaug (Unquachog) Upper Chehalis, Upper Chinook, Upper Cowlitz, Upper Tanana, Upper Umpqua, Ute

V
Ventureño, Virginian Algonkin

W
Wampanoag, Wappinger
Washo, Wichita
Winnebago, Wyandot. See Huron

Y
Yakima, Yamasee
Yankton, Yokuts
Yuma, Yurok

Z
Zapotec, Zia, Zimshian, Zoque, Zuni


" The Cry of The Native American "

We were here first.
(i-gv-ya o-gi-lu-tsv a-ha-ni)
Maybe the Cherokee cry.
But we wanted their land.
So they had to die.
How could their rights.
Have been explained?
The bow and arrow -
Against the gun ordained?
We took their homes -
(Do-ge-nv-sv do-ge-gi-gi-e-lv).
They were mostly dead - when the deeds were done.
What was theirs is ours - Yes! we have won.
They had to die - we had no choice.
Their punishment for owning - our land first.
The Indians had been the custodians of the land.
(a-ni-yv-wi-ya o-s-da i-yu-nv-na-de-ga ga-do-hi).
But the cowboy turned the pastures into sand.
And buffalo herds - very soon were damned.
Sustainability was more the Indians way.
a-ni-yv-wi-ya u-nv-sv a-na-li-s-de-li-s-gv.
But luxury to excess was more our "cup of tea".
We brought the Indians smallpox, pollution and T.B.
After two Hundred years we now see our wrongs.
And we begin to listen to the Indian Songs.
na-quu-no a-nv-da-di-s-do-di-quu i-ga.
di-ga-ka-no-gi-s-do-di a-le i-ga-da.
da-ni-na-s-da-tli tsu-na-ni-gi-da.
But sadly most of their tribes are gone.
Now in the souvenir shops throughout the U.S.A.
Indian proverbs are on display.
Pictures of Geronimo, Sitting Bull and Chief Joseph.
Are sort by tourist looking for proverbs and Indian motifs.
Sayings of American Presidents are not bought.
But Chief Red Cloud of the Sioux is eagerly sought.
Why do we see the wisdom - yet our ancestors couldn't?
Or is it that they could - but wouldn't.
The American Indians say .
"There is one God looking down on us all".
(sa-quu u-ne-la-nv-hi)
Has the Native American salvation come at last.
And will the "Great One" now be just.

" Indian Prayer "

Oh Great Spirit, whose voice I hear in the winds
And whose breath gives life to everyone,
Hear me.
I come to you as one of your many children;
I am weak... I am small...I need your wisdom
and your strength.
Let me walk in beauty, and make my eyes ever
behold the red and purple sunsets.
Make my hands respect the things you have made,
and make my ears sharp so I may hear your voice.
Make me wise, so that I may understand what you
have taught my people and
The lessons you have hidden in each leaf and each rock.
I ask for wisdom and strength,
Not to be superior to my brothers, but to be able
to fight my greatest enemy, myself.
Make me ever ready to come before you with
clean hands and a straight eye,
So as life fades away as a fading sunset,
My spirit may come to you without shame.


" Native Commandments "

Treat the Earth and all that dwell thereon with respect.
Remain close to the Great Spirit.
Show great respect for your fellow beings.
Work together for the benefit of all Mankind.
Give assistance and kindness wherever needed.

Do what you know to be right.
Look after the well being of mind and body.
Dedicate a share of your efforts to the greater good.
Be truthful and honest at all times.
Take full responsibility for your actions.
Let us greet the dawn of a new day
when all can live as one with nature
and peace reigns everywhere.

Oh Great Spirit, bring to our brothers
the wisdom of Nature and the knowledge
that if her laws are obeyed
this land will again flourish
and grasses and trees will grow as before.

Guide those that through their councils
seek to spread the wisdom of their leaders to all people.
Heal the raw wounds of the earth
and restore to our soul the richness
which strengthens men's bodies
and makes them wise in their councils.

Bring to all the knowledge that great cities
live only through the bounty
of the good earth beyond their paved streets
and towers of stone and steel.


" Great Spirit "

Give us hearts to understand;
Never to take from creation's beauty more than we give;
Never to destroy wantonly for the furtherance of greed;
Never to deny to give our hands for the building of earth's beauty;
Never to take from her what we cannot use.

Give us hearts to understand
That to destroy earth's music is to create confusion;
That to wreck her appearance is to blind us to beauty;
That to callously pollute her fragrance is to make a house of stench;
That as we care for her she will care for us.

We have forgotten who we are.
We have sought only our own security.
We have exploited simply for our own ends.
We have distorted our knowledge.
We have abused our power.

Great Spirit, whose dry lands thirst,
help us to find the way to refresh your lands.

Great Spirit, whose waters are choked with debris and pollution,
help us to find the way to cleanse your waters.

Great Spirit, whose beautiful earth grows ugly with mis-use,
help us to find the way to restore beauty to your handiwork.

Great Spirit, whose creatures are being destroyed,
help us to find a way to replenish them.

Great Spirit, whose gifts to us are being lost
in selfishness and corruption,
help us to find the way to restore our humanity.


" Grandfather Cries "

Grandfather, do you know me?
I am your blood.
The son of your son.
I come to ask you a question Grandfather.
Grandfather, don't you know me?
Can I stop being Indian now?
There are others that want to be Indian,
And if they can start from nothing,
I should be able to stop from something?
Grandfather, don't you know me?
Grandfather, I don't look like you.
I don't know what you know.
It would be easy for me to hide behind my paler skin.
No one would know the pain I feel,
Or see the tears I cry for your Great Grandchildren.
Grandfather, don't you know me?
Grandfather, look what I have done to our world.
Mother Earth is on her knees.
The Snake and Owl rule the day.
I don't understand the language you speak Grandfather.
Grandfather, don't you know me?
Grandfather, I want my Pepsi, Levi's and Porsche too.
I want to go where the others go,
And see the things they see too.
I don't have time to dance in the old way Grandfather.
Grandfather?
Grandfather, why are you crying?
Grandfather, why are you crying?
Grandfather, please stop crying.
Grandfather, don't you know me?