My one-line illustration of The Thanksgiving address.
Here is a quick explanation of what it is, and the elements involved.
"The Thanksgiving Address (the Ohen:ton Karihwatehkwen) is the central prayer and invocation for the Haudenosaunee (also known as the Iroquois Confederacy or Six Nations — Mohawk, Oneida, Cayuga, Onondaga, Seneca, and Tuscarora). It reflects their relationship of giving thanks for life and the world around them. According to Native American tradition, people everywhere are embraced as family. Our diversity, like all wonders of Nature, is truly a gift for which we are thankful. The Thanksgiving Address teaches mutual respect, conservation, love, generosity, and the responsibility to understand that what is done to one part of the Web of Life, we do to ourselves."
I did my best to demonstrate each of these elements. Can you find them all? 🧐
THE PEOPLE
THE EARTH MOTHER
THE WATERS
THE FISH
THE PLANTS
THE FOOD PLANTS
THE MEDICINE HERBS
THE ANIMALS
THE TREES
THE BIRDS
THE FOUR WINDS
THE THUNDERERS
THE SUN
GRANDMOTHER MOON
THE STARS
THE ENLIGHTENED TEACHERS
THE CREATOR
Fish are way smarter than most people think. They can remember things for months, recognize human faces, learn by watching other fish, and even tell different quantities apart. One of the coolest findings is that the cleaner wrasse can recognize itself in a mirror — something most animals can’t do. We’ve really been underestimating them.
I had to beg but he let me record this today! 💖 more please @chrisbutler22
I just can not imagine having such a natural talent for singing and music and not using it! It’s so unfair, I work so damn hard to just match a pitch 🙉
