Artist Unknown
Red Road Ethic 12
Take What You Need,
Leave the Rest Be
There is nothing placed upon this
Earth that deserves to be destroyed
or wasted for the purpose of human
convenience. To destroy trees and leave
them unused simply because they
blocked the view of the garden, or to
kill animals only for their fur, is not a
rightful way to share the world with
another. To waste and discard some-
thing due to your own selfishness is an
act that goes against the Creator, and
strays you from the Red Road.
Now tell me this one little thing, if thou
hast any sense: Which of these two is
the wisest and happiest--he who
labours without ceasing and only
obtains, and that with great trouble,
enough to live on, or he who rests in
comfort and finds all that he needs in
the pleasure of hunting and fishing?
-GASPESIAN CHIEF

DECEMBER

DECEMBER ANISHINAABE MOON:
SMALL SPIRITS MOON
Winter--known as Wicta in Yuchi--
is upon us
-GASPESIAN CHIEF
December 1
A long time ago the Creator came to
Turtle Island and said to the Red
People, You will be the keepers of the
Mother Earth. Among you I will give
the wisdom about Nature, about the
interconnectedness of all things, about
balance and about living in harmony.
You Red People will see the secrets of
Nature. You will live in hardship and
the blessing of this is you will stay close
to the Creator. The day will come
when you will need to share the
secrets with other people of the earth
because they will stray from their
Spiritual ways. The time to start
sharing is today.
-DON COYHIS
MOHICAN
By: Terri Jean