Louie Blueheart
Jan 09, 2018
RELATIONSHIPS
(Written by Staff of White Bison)
White Bison's Philosophy
We believe...
• Mother Earth is governed by a set of Principles, Laws and Values
• Leadership exists to serve the people first
• Leadership existence is to ensure that information (Truth) is given to the people
• Changes are the result of implementing Natural laws
• All Native people believe in a Supreme Being
• In the Elders and teachings as a guiding force to direct ourselves, families and communities
• That there is a natural order running the universe
• That our traditional ways were knowledgeable about the natural order
• When the community leads, the leaders will follow
• Alcohol and drugs are destroying us and we want to recover
• That change comes from within the individual, the family and the community
• That within each person, family and community is the innate knowledge for well being
• The solution resides within each community
• Interconnectedness - it takes everyone to heal the community
• Healing will take place through he application of cultural and spiritual knowledge
• Alcohol is a symptom...not the cause, drugs are a symptom...not the cause, Domestic Violence is a symptom...not the cause. To "heal a community" it needs to deal with the cause
• That the Circle and the Four Directions are the Teachers
• In the Four Laws of Change
• Change is from within
• In order for development to occur, it must be preceded by a vision
• A great learning must take place
• You must create a Healing Forest
• OUR CULTURE IS PREVENTION
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