Oh Eagle, come with wings outspread in sunny skies. It is the little shadow which runs across the grass It is the breath of a buffalo in the wintertime. It is the flash of a firefly in the night. My words are tied in one with the great mountains, with the great rocks, with the great trees, in one with my body and heart. O Great Spirit, help me always to speak the truth quietly, to listen with an open mind when others speak and to remember the peace that may be found in silence. Know it's beauty all the days of your life. May you walk gently through the world and May the breeze blow new strength into your being, May the moon softly restore you by night,

Make me ever ready to come to you with clean hands and straight eyes, so that when life fades as a fading sunset, my spirit may come to you without shame. I seek strength, not to be superior to my brothers, but to be able to fight my greatest enemy: myself. Make me wise, so that I may know the things you have taught my people, the lessons you have hidden in every leaf and rock. Make my hands respect the things you have made, my ears sharp to hear your voice. Let me walk in beauty and make my eyes ever behold the red and purple sunset. O Great Spirit, whose voice I hear in the winds and whose breath gives life to all the world, hear me. Chinook prayer, Pacific Northwest Coast, North America Let thunder be heard over the six regions of the earth. Let thunder be heard over the earth let thunder be heard Let the earth be covered with fog cover the earth with rains. Let the heavens be covered with the banked-up clouds. _ ZuniВ PrayerД¬over my earth mother four times with many flowers. Give us the wisdom to teach our children to love, to respect and to be kind to one another that we may grow with peace in mind. Teach us to walk the soft Earth as relatives to all that live. Give us the strength to understand, and the eyes to see. Look upon your children that they may face the windsДЄnd walk the good road to the Day of Quiet. With tenderness they have come up out of the ground _ Sioux PrayerДЄll over the world the faces of living ones are alike. The wilderness, the dew drops, the pollenвЂ¦ The morning mists, the clouds, the gathering waters, The herbs, the fir tree, I become a part of it. It may be that some little root of the sacred tree still lives. With tears running, O Great Spirit, my Grandfather,ДЄgain, I recall the great vision you gave me. You have said that I should make the tree to bloom.

You have made me cross the good road and road of difficulties, and where they cross, the place is holy.Дay in, day out, forevermore, you are the life of things. You have set the powers of the four quarters of the earth to cross each other.

You lived first, and you are older than all need, older than all prayer.ДЄll things belong to you - the two-legged, the four-legged, the wings of the air, and all green things that live. Grandfather, Great Spirit, once more behold me on earth and lean to hear my feeble voice. Big Thunder (Bedagi) - Wabanaki Algonquin She nourishes us, that which we put into the ground, She returns to us. The Great Spirit is our Father, but the Earth is our Mother. The Great Spirit is in all things, He is in the air we breathe. Let us learn to share all the good things you provide for us on this Earth. Give us the wisdom to teach our children to love, to respect,ДЄnd to be kind to each other so that they may grow with peace in mind. O Great Spirit ofВ our Ancestors, I raise my pipe to you.ДЄnd to Mother Earth who provides for your children. The principle of an all embracing, universal and omniscient Great Spirit, a connection to the Earth, diverse creation narratives and collective memories of ancient ancestors are common among tribes. Sacred narratives and beliefs are deeply based in Nature and are rich with the symbolism of seasons, weather, plants, animals, earth, water, sky and fire. TraditionalВ worship practices are a part of Native American tribal gatherings with dance, rhythm, songs and trance.

The dead shall walk the earth