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Honoring Every Person

In ancient times, Native Ancestors honored every kind of human being. There was no judgment against the ones who had other than heterosexual preferences, the ones who were eccentric, or the ones who were 'touched' with hearing voices.

The nonlogical or different behaviours of others were accepted because our Medicine People understood that all people are exactly where they are supposed to be, doing whatever that entails.

Those who heard voices and talked to unseen spirits often came up with very unusual and workable solutions for tribal problems. These 'touched' individuals did not operate from the same logical viewpoint that blocked others from seeing nonlogical solutions. Many times the lives of these individuals were considered Holy because they stood in both worlds at the same time, the spiritual (or nontangible) world, and the natural world.



Jamie Sams