Below are some really great links to a few of my favorite YouTube channels. Each teaches awesome information about Native American culture.
Native American Flute National Parks Sites Native Crafts Southwest Pottery Native Clothing Smithsonian - NMAI
Words On The Wind - Wisdom Of The Fathers
“If a man is as wise as a serpent, he can afford to be as harmless as a dove.” – Cheyenne Proverb
“It does not require many words to speak the truth.” – Chief Joseph, Nez Perce
“Don’t be afraid to cry. It will free your mind of sorrowful thoughts.” – Hopi Proverb
“Among the Indians there have been no written laws. Customs handed down from generation to generation have been the only laws to guide them. Everyone might act different from what was considered right did he choose to do so, but such acts would bring upon him the censure of the Nation…. This fear of the Nation’s censure acted as a mighty band, binding all in one social, honorable compact.” –Tecumseh, Shawnee
“Humankind has not woven the web of life. We are but one thread within it. Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves. All things are bound together. All things connect.” – Chief Seattle, Duwamish
“One does not sell the land people walk on.” – Crazy Horse, Lakota Sioux
“The ground on which we stand is sacred ground. It is the blood of our ancestors.” – Chief Plenty Coups, Crow
“This war did not spring up on our land, this war was brought upon us by the children of the Great Father who came to take it without a price, and who, in our land, do a great many evil things. This war has come from robbery – from the stealing of our land.” – Spotted Tail , Brulé Sioux
“Poverty is a noose that strangles humility and breeds disrespect for God and man.” – Sioux Proverb