The way man thinks
(Courtesy: Kanien'keháka Onkwawén:na Raotitióhkwa Language and Cultural Center)
Story told by Geraldine Standup
The prophecies tell us that we are now in a generation where the world is really coming to an end. The end of the world is the end of time. It’s a totally spiritual concept. And what they are talking about is that we are coming to an end of life as we know it.
It isn’t about the physicality, about the Earth.
It is about the way man thinks. Our consciousness, our awareness really needs to change.
We really need to come above and beyond our ego. And so, this is the time we are in. It’s such a big story, it’s huge. People are scrambling, upset and worried about the environment, when there really isn’t anything to worry about.
On the Earth, we make the Earth small by thinking that the Earth has no power to regenerate and heal herself. She’s already in the process of doing that.
We don’t realize the gifts we’re receiving.
This is the epitome of our ancestral thinking. It’s an attitude of gratitude.
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Tsi Ní:tsi Ón:kwe Ionnonhtónnionhs
(Courtesy: Kanien'keháka Onkwawén:na Raotitióhkwa Language and Cultural Center)
Geraldine Standup IAKOKÁ:RATON
Kaienterihsera'shòn:'a ionkwahró:ris tsi tewaia'tarátie nòn:wa tsi niká:ien watere'seratátie néne kwah tokèn:'en ronatonhontso'ktanì:re. Otenhnisero'ktáhkwen nen' nè:'e ne watonhontso'ktà:ne. O'nikòn:ra karihontáhkwen nen' nè:'e. Tánon nè:'e iotihtharáhkwen ne ki' nen' nè:'e tsi wato'ktà:ne tsi ní:tsi tewaienté:ri tsi tiónhnhe.
Iah nè:'e tekén:ton ne tsi ní:tsi iotieron'tonnì:'on nothé:nen, tsi ní:ioht ne ken' ionhontsá:te.
Ne wáhi kén:ton ne tsi ní:tsi ón:kwe ionnonhtónnionhs. Tsi niionkwa'nikonhrò:ten, kwah tokèn:'en teiotonhontsóhon taontté:ni' tsi niionkwa'nikonhrò:ten. Entà:'on tó:kenske aietewatawèn:rate' tánon ísi' nón:we iaiétewe' ne ontionháhtshera. Ne ki' tiorì:wa tsi tewaia'tarátie ne ken' nikahá:wi. Kwah tokèn:'en kakarowá:nen, tó:k nikén'ta. Tehon'nikonhrókwas nón:kwe, rotirihwaksà:se, tánon tehonatate'nikónhrhare tsi ní:tsi tsi watátie ne ionhontsá:te, tánon iah ki' othé:nen kwah teká:ien ne taion'nikonhrhá:ren'.
Ne kén:tho onhontsà:ke, iethiiastóhtha ne Tsi Ionhontsá:te tsi tewanonhtónnion tsi iah othé:nen teiako'shatstenhserá:ien ne á:se aonsaiontatón:ni' tánon aonsaiontatétsen'te'. Ok nà:'a eh niiakoierenhátie.
Ne ki' ne ontionháhtshera néne tewanonhwarà:ke kentskwáhere néne eh tho nikaiéhrha tsi tio'nikonhrakontáhkwen ne karihwaksénhtshera tánon kahterónhtshera.
Kwah iah othé:nen tetewattó:kas tsi ní:kon ionkwawiháties
Kí:ken nen' nè:'e ne kwah karihontáhkwen ne tsi ní:tsi onkwahsótshera tsi ní:tsi ronnonhtónnionhskwe. Tesatenonhwerá:ton ne tsi ní:kon sá:ien.
Edited by: Simona Rosenfield, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Translation by: Karonhí:io Delaronde