ByGlynn Manyirons
Mohawk Story Once there was a boy whose parents died. He lived with his uncle, who did not treat him well. The uncle dressed the boy in rags and because of that the boy was called Dirty Clothes. He was a good hunter, he was always in the forest hunting for food for his lazy…
ByGlynn Manyirons
Mohawk Story Three Arrows was a boy of the Mohawk Nation. He had not yet seen fourteen winters, but he was already known amongst the Mohawks for his skill and daring. His arrows sped true to their mark. His name was given to him when with three arrows he brought down three geese from the…
ByGlynn Manyirons
Sitting Bull, Tatan’ka Lyota’ke (Oglala Sioux) Born in 1831, passed away in 1890 Sitting Bull was and is the most famous Indian leader that ever lived. He fought to keep his people’s way of life and freedom. William F. Cody, known as Buffalo Bill, described him as ” the world’s most famous Indian”. No one…
ByGlynn Manyirons
Mohawk Story There was a man, his name was: Dijisdaah. who was not kind to animals. One day when he was out hunting, he found a Rattle Snake and he decided to torture it. He held its head to the ground and pinned it with his spear. When the snake could not move, the man…
ByGlynn Manyirons
Traditional Mohawk Story As the Creator finished putting everything in place on Mother Earth, He realized that the beings on it needed sleep. So He made dark and light. One half of Mother Earth was dark and the other half light. So the people on the dark side said:”This is not fair, we have to…
ByGlynn Manyirons
Mohawk Story In my Mohawk (North American Indian) tradition, even today there is a Medicine Society, the leader of which is Crooked Nose. When we do healing there is always more than one of us there. We all wear masks, so no one knows who is wearing the Crooked Nose mask. So here is the…
ByGlynn Manyirons
Mohawk Story Tharonhiawakon (He who holds up the sky) uprooted the tree of the Standing Light. Then he placed his pregnant wife, Aientsik,( Carrying life) at the edge of the hole and asked her to look down to see what was below. But she slipped and fell into the space below. Below her all the…
ByGlynn Manyirons
Just because you look like an Indian, it does not mean that you are an Indian. In my younger days I used to travel the Pow Wow circuit all around Turtle Island (North America), as a professional Native dancer. One night when I was dancing down South an old Warrior came up to me and…