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Grounding Tips

Q: What grounds you? If you want to know what grounds me, it’s my family, it’s my friend, it’s my community. Knowing that I can be there for them and they will 100% be there for me. It’s reciprocal. It’s prayer. It is culture. It is the continuity. It’s the…
Answered by Grandma Nay
Topics: Life Tips, Relationships

Can I Get an Elder?

Q: Where can I find Elders that I can talk to? We are everywhere! We’re at pow-wows. We’re at ceremonials. We’re on the reservation. We’re in urban settings. We’re in rural settings. We are going places and meeting people and going to dances and songs. And we’re going to coastal…
Answered by Grandma Nay
Topics: Culture and Language, Life Tips, Relationships

Native In the City Blues

Q: How can I connect to my culture when I live in the city? Go to as many events as you can. Find friends in your community who are also Native, who are maybe your age or maybe a little bit older who can offer you some mentorship and some…
Answered by Grandma Nay
Topics: Culture and Language

Approaching Elders

Q: How can I approach an Elder? You approach an elder with respect. Historically among my people, the Cheyenne, we would put a piece of lump of coal in front of an Elder, especially if they were a person who’d been through our ceremonies to protect them from anything we…
Answered by Grandma Nay
Topics: Culture and Language, Relationships
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