Cherokee Prayer Blessing
May the Warm Winds of Heaven
Blow softly upon your house.
May the Great Spirit
Bless all who enter there.
May your Mocassins
Make happy tracks
in many snows,
and may the Rainbow
Always touch your shoulder.
Cherokee Prayer
As I walk the trail of life
in the fear of the wind and rain,
grant O Great Spirit
that I may always walk
like a man
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The traditional Cherokee philosophy is that even the smallest drop of Cherokee Blood makes one a Cherokee
There is no such thing as ‚part-Cherokee.’
Either you’re Cherokee or you’re not.
It isn’t the quantity of Cherokee blood
in your veins that is important,
but the quality of it . . . your pride in it.
I have seen full-bloods
who have virtually no idea of
the great legacy entrusted to their care.
Yet, I have seen people
with as little as 1/500th blood
who inspire the spirits of their ancestors
because they make being Cherokee
a proud part of their everyday life.”
Jim Pell: Principal Chief of the North Alabama Cherokee Tribe
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