ByGlynn Manyirons
Pauline Johnson is one of my kinfolk, who was a well known actress and writer of poems in the 1800s and early 1900s. She was born on the Six Nations Iroquois Territory, close to Brantford, Ontario, Canada, in 1862. Her father was the Head Chief of the Six Nations, and her mother was Emily S….
ByGlynn Manyirons
When the winter winds blew and the heavy snow fell, the Elders gathered the young ones around the fires in the long houses, telling them stories that were passed down from generation to generation from the distant past. Every story had a teaching in it, and at the end the young ones were asked to…
ByGlynn Manyirons
Iroquois/ Mohawk Story There are several versions of this story, depending on what Nation’s Story Tellers it is told by. I know at least eight, of which five come from the Nations of the Iroquois Federation. I am positive that there are more versions around that I have not heard. I picked this version as…
ByGlynn Manyirons
Mohawk / Ojibway Story A long, long time ago, as usual the sun started to rise in the east, in the morning. But this time he came way too close to mother Earth and got tangled in the top branches of a very tall tree. The more he tried to escape, the more he got…
ByGlynn Manyirons
Mohawk Story In the long time past, our Story Tellers tell us that a young Mohawk boy went out from his village, with his bow and arrow, to hunt. As he was looking for tracks in the snow, he heard voices drifting up from the bottom of a dark ravine. Peering down, he saw two…
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
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…