Serenity Prayer-- repeats 3 x in cherokee //
Keetoowah leader Redbird Smith taught, "If you are following the White Path, God will give you protection. If you are following the White Path and a man strikes you in the back, do not turn around. If you do, you will be off in the black."
Cherokee Language Lesson The Serenity Prayer "God Grant Me the Serenity to..." a great sentiment to carry us forward from today. Note the use of the language. Dohi = Peace, used here for serenity.
Presented in the Giduwa AKA KEETOOWAH (Eastern) Dialect.
The prayer is presented 1st with no breaks, then presented with repetitions, (AND the ENGLISH Translation of the phrases is the repeat) it is then presented fully once more.
Serenity/ Peace is important for those traditional Cherokee who walk the "White" path (In Tsalagi culture, white is the path of peace and harmony)
Walk the WHITE PATH!
====NOTE: "Nasgigwo winigalsd" is the traditional cherokee way to end a prayer and literally it means: "let it be that way in me" which is really what "amen" means anyway, but in traditional cherokee prayers, you would not hear the word "amen" but instead will hear "Nasgigwo winigalsd".
dohi vdadolisdodi
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hidadolisd //
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Une'lanvhi //
sgvsi //
nvwa //
dohiyad //
osd //
ayilidd //
nigad //
gvgine //
liyvsd //
niges //
svn //
gesvi //
nole //
'utlanigid //
aguu //
danadadisd //
aginetliyvsd //
nagvnetliyvsd //
nole //
agadohvnesd //
aquunvd //
yulisdosi //
dudalehnavi //
nasgigwo //
winigalsd //
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TRADITIONAL CHEROKEE CULTURE:
Chief Yonaguska was born about 1759, some 40 years after English traders introduced the "black drink," or rum, to his people in the NC mountains.Like many dedicated reformers, Yonaguska's resolve was strengthened by first-hand experience--he had been addicted to alcohol most of his life. When he was 60 years old and cricically ill, Yonaguska fell into a trance. Certain that the end had come, his people gathered around him at the Soco townhouse and mourned him for dead. At the end of 24 hours, however, Yonaguska awoke to consciousness and spoke to his people.
When the chief addressed his people, he relayed a message from the spirit world- and forever gained the designation and reputation of a prophet. The most acclaimed message he relayed after his return from the dead:
"The Cherokees must never again drink whiskey. Whiskey must be banished."
He then had Will Thomas, his adopted white son (who also later became chief), to write out a pledge: "The undersigned Cherokees, belonging to the town of Qualla," it read, "agree to abandon the use of spiritous liquors." Yonaguska then signed it, followed by the whole council and town.
No Cherokee would drink whiskey ever again was the pledge and promise.
Preserved among Thomas" papers, the pledge is now in the archives of the Mountain Heritage Center at WCU. From the signing of the pledge until his death in 1839 at the age of 80, whiskey was almost unknown among the Cherokees.
And when any of his people broke the pledge--few did while he was alive--Yonaguska enforced the edict with the whipping post and lash.
Today, traditional cherokee still will not drink alchohol at any time or for any reason.
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My Great-Grandmother was Cherokee, but she would never speak of it out of fear of mistreatment. Thank you for this lesson.
CalJennings 2 years ago
My Great-Grandfather was Cherokee. Thanks for these lessons.
DoorsChick1967 2 years ago