Cherokee I Am

Our first teacher is our own heart. - Cheyenne

"Spirituality is not religion to American Natives. Religion is not a Native concept, it is a non Native word, with implications of things that often end badly, like Holy wars in the name of individuals God's and so on. Native people do not ask what religion another Native is, because they already know the answer. To Native people, spirituality is about the Creator period."
~Walkingfox

Cherokee, I am
Native to its language
Native to its culture
I am who I am
The heart that pounds through her tribe
The blood that runs through her veins
Raised by American values
Live the American ways
A foreigner of one soil
A citizen of one land
Cherokee, I am
Pure
Native
American

~Carlita~

"The term “Cherokee” (Tsalagi) is actually a Creek Indian word meaning “people with another language.” http://www.yourdictionary.com/library/Cherokee-Language.html (Cherokee Language)

To learn more about the Native American/American Indian faith click: http://www.native-languages.org/religion.htm