hay'dutsi'la: ITSPO’E’OTISI

Hay’dutsi’la (by thinking with the mind)

According to our legends, hay'dutsi (thought) was the "first thing." Then there was tosok'jami (dream) This universe was not present, only hay'dutsi in the vastness. Thought thought and thought, "for a million years or more" and thought itself into voice. Thought thought voice should be pretty so changed to song. Song dreamed and sang "for a million years or more," then that which we are familiar with as the universe slowly began to appear.

Hay'dutsi'la means "by thinking." Anthropology will attempt to convince everyone that natives the world over are incapable of thought, but it is that study that in its rush to degrade natives has robbed the world of precious thought and dreams. Thought is the driving force of this hemispheric's indigenous, and has been for a very long time, dreams and thought. With this blog I expect to contact thinkers and dreaming children.

The European concept of native people being incapable of thought, by the Study of Man, and confused by the God-concepts that formed European thought, spread across the indigenous homelands, a blanket of hegemony, wounded by rote education, neglected in the realm of the great thinkers, Assigned a special place on the ladder of civilization, one step backwards and downwards, rendered mute by higher education and understood by the masses as frivolous or nonexistent, has caused native thought patterns the world-over to seek refuge in silence.

In that silence the study-of-man then finds a great arena where continuous and irreparable societal damage is constantly inflicted by the “learned” experts of the modern world.

Thursday, January 10, 2008

ITSPO’E’OTISI

Itspo’e’otisi is an understanding, a feeling, among the tribal Elders of my generations who, like a great wave, crested, tipped, thundered upon the ancient and timeless sands, rolled far upon the dry beach, then receded into the vast oceans created by the universal systems and countless star-filled galaxies.
Around the fire they spoke long of destiny and destination, of wa’tu (spiritual umbilical cord), of the responsibility and respect owed by the generations to Mother Earth by Earth’s children, of tosaqjami (dreams) and hutdatsi (tought). With their words they intended to lay a foundation of pride and honor for our feet to stand upon. A bold foundation upon which we could create a dream that honors our Pekamuka (wonderful wise people of our past who have gone ahead clearing obstructions from the path). Their words were true. We had but to listen with our hearts and learn with our minds and our futures would unfold wrapped in culture, dreams and song, and be guided by our languages, respect and responsibility. They explained the rules and the laws governing earth and the universe, our place in that achievement of Great Wonder, and how we best fit into this vast arena. And they often spoke of itspo’e’otisi.
“It is recorded in American books that “itspo’e’otisi” means “truth.” That is a fragment of its meaning and intent.

Itspo’e’otisi: When the eyes of your heart look into the eyes of my heart seeing only good, and the eyes of my heart look into the eyes of your heart seeing only good, then the words between us can only be genuine.

The Elders said that we must do this and adhere to this “way” and never waver for therein lies our honor for Pekumuka and the generations of the ages. Today “progress” and “civilization” have rendered natives of the world a mere suggestion of what our ancestors intended for us to be. Now we must cause “progress” to not be our controlling urgency, adhere to the teachings of our Elders, follow the lead of our children, and journey toward our rendezvous with destiny without hesitation, holding those precious little fingers with all of the love growing in our hearts.

Sul’ma’ejote