Mukwa Oyadin's Page

Each morning upon rising, and each evening before sleeping,
give thanks for the life within you and for all life, for
the good things the Creator has given you and for the
opportunity to grow a little more each day. Consider your
thoughts and actions of the past day and seek for the
courage and strengthto be a better person. Seek for the
things that will benefit others (everyone).


Respect. Respect means "To feel or show honor or esteem for
someone or something; to consider the well being of, or to
treat someone or somethin with deference or courtesy".
Showing respect is a basic law of life.

a. Treat every person from the tiniest child to the oldest
elder with respect at all times.

b. Special respect should be given to Elders, Parents,
Teachers, and Community Leaders.

c. No person should be made to feel "put down" by you; avoid
hurting other hearts as you would avoid a deadly poison.

d. Touch nothing that belongs to someone else (especially
Sacred Objects) without permission, or an understanding
between you.

e. Respect the privacy of every person, never intrude on a
person's quiet moment or personal space.

f. Never walk between people that are conversing.

g. Never interrupt people who are conversing.

h. Speak in a soft voice, especially when you are in the
presence of Elders, strangers or others to whom special
respect is due.

i. Do not speak unless invited to do so at gatherings where
Elders are present (except to ask what is expected of you,
should you be in doubt).

j. Never speak about others in a negative way, whether they
are present or not.

k. Treat the earth and all of her aspects as your mother.
Show deep respect for the mineral world, the plant world,
and the animal world. Do nothing to pollute our Mother, rise
up with wisdom to defend her.

l. Show deep respect for the beliefs and religion of others.

m. Listen with courtesy to what others say, even if you feel
that what they are saying is worthless. Listen with your
heart.

n. Respect the wisdom of the people in council. Once you
give an idea to a council meeting it no longer belongs to
you. It belongs to the people. Respect demands that you
listen intently to the ideas of others in council and that
you do not insist that your idea prevail. Indeed you should
freely support the ideas of others if they are true and
good, even if those ideas ideas are quite different from the
ones you have contributed. The clash of ideas brings forth
the Spark of Truth.


Once a council has decided something in unity, respect
demands that no one speak secretly against what has been
decided. If the council has made an error, that error will
become apparent to everyone in its own time.


Be truthful at all times, and under all conditions.


Always treat your guests with honor and consideration. Give
of your best food, your best blankets, the best part of your
house, and your best service to your guests.


The hurt of one is the hurt of all, the honor of one is the
honor of all.


Receive strangers and outsiders with a loving heart and as
members of the human family.


All the races and tribes in the world are like the different
colored flowers of one meadow. All are beautiful. As
children of the Creator they must all be respected.


To serve others, to be of some use to family, community,
nation, and the world is one of the main purposes for which
human beings have been created. Do not fill yourself with
your own affairs and forget your most important talks. True
happiness comes only to those who dedicate their lives to
the service of others.


Observe moderation and balance in all things.


Know those things that lead to your well-being, and those
things that lead to your destruction.


Listen to and follow the guidance given to your heart.
Expect guidance to come in many forms; in prayer, in dreams,
in times of quiet solitude, and in the words and deeds of
wise Elders and friends.