Nun ki (none kee)

[TsiyaGeyaWillis]

FOUR
Nun ki (none kee)

FLOWER MONTH
Tsi law nee Tsee law nay

The Great Spirit made the
Indians to be a single people,
quite distinct from white men
and for different purposes.
TENSKWATAWA
SHAWNEE PROPHET
April 1
April! Golden girl of the year, clad in
the newest shade of green with meadow skirts
strewn with every color and cradling nests of baby
birds close to your breast.
Your jewels sparkle in the morning mist,
long strands of dew drops draping the fence rows
and turning to emeralds and rubies in early morn-
ing light.
Tears come easily but you are often laugh-
ing as you move through a range of temperatures
that give the human spirit reason to celebrate. You
are adored, sweet girl of spring, for life the way you
serve it.


My heart is filled with joy, when
I see you here, as the brook fills
with water when the snows melt in
the spring, and I feel glad, as the
ponies are when the fresh grass starts
in the beginning of the year.
-TEN BEARS,
YAMPARIKA COMANCHE
1867

By: Joyce Sequichie Hifler


THE EASTERN
JOURNEY OF SPRING

Yellow is the color of Mother
Earth's sunsets, and the color of
spring. The east is the direction of a
new day, of new beginnings, and of
first light. Spring is the perfect time to
start new projects, raise your own veg-
etables and herbs, and to overcome
challenges such as kicking bad habits.
Direction: East
Season: Spring
Color: Yellow

APRIL MOHAWK MOON
ONERAHTOKHA: THE BUDDING TIME


Red Road Ethic 4
Community Code of Conduct

Treat the guests in your home with
much consideration. Serve them
the best food, give them the best bed,
and treat them with respect. Honor the
thoughts, wishes, and words of others.
Never interrupt another or mock or
mimic them. Allow each person the
right to freedom of opinion. Respect
that opinion. Never speak ill of others.
As you travel along life's road never
harm anyone, nor cause anyone to feel
sad. On the contrary, if at any time you
can make a person happy, do so.

Even as you desire good
treatment, so render it.
-HANDSOME LAKE,
SENECA, c. 1735-1815

Naturally the Indian has many noble
qualities. He is the very embodiment of
courage. Indeed, at times he seems
insensible to fear. If he is cruel and
revengeful, it is because he is outlawed
and his companion is the wild beast.
-N. G. TAYLOR,
U.S. COMMISSIONER, 1868


A Native to Know
Norval Morrisseau (Copper Thunder-
bird) was born March 14, 1932, on
Sand Point Ojibway Reserve in Ontario.
An accomplished artist, he founded an
art school in Canada, the Woodland
School, has exhibited more than 40
one-man shows (many in France),
received the prestigious Order of Can-
ada Medal in 1978 and was elected to
the Royal Canadian Academy of the
Arts. In 1989 he became the only
Canadian painter asked to exhibit in the
Paris French Revolution Bicentennial.