Native American Music by Elan Michaels
Music playing is "Trail of Tears"





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BLACK FOOTED FERRET


PHOTO:USFWS/Randy Matchett
STATUS:Endangered
REASON:Loss of habitat

BLACKTAIL PRAIRIE DOG


PHOTO:USFWS/J&K Hollingsworth
STATUS:Threatened
REASON:Loss of habitat





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GREY WOLF


PHOTO:Unknown
STATUS:Endangered
REASON:Poaching, Loss of habitat

INDIANA BAT


PHOTO:Unknown
STATUS:Threatened
REASON:Loss of habitat





Among the Indians there have been no written laws. Customs handed down from generation to generation have been the only laws to guide them.

Every one might act different from what was considered right did he choose to do so, but such acts would bring upon him the censure of the Nation....

This fear of the Nation's censure acted as a mighty band, binding all in one social, honorable compact.
 
 
~ George Copway ~
Kah-ge-ga-bowh
Ojibwa Chief 1818-1863






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OZARK BAT


PHOTO:Unknown
STATUS:Endangered
REASON:Loss of habitat

HAWAIIAN MONK SEAL


PHOTO:Unknown
STATUS:Endangered
REASON:Loss of habitat





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TIMBER WOLF


PHOTO:USFWS:Tracey Brooks
STATUS:Endangered
REASON:Loss of habitat

COLUMBIA WHITE-TAILED DEER


PHOTO:USFWS:J Hollingsworth
STATUS:Endangered
REASON:Loss of habitat





Native American Prayer for Peace
 
O Great Spirit of our Ancestors, I raise my pipe to you.

To your messengers the four winds, and to Mother Earth who provides for your children.

Give us the wisdom to teach our children to love, to respect, and to be kind to each other so that they may grow with peace in mind.

Let us learn to share all good things that you provide for us on this Earth.






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BLACK RHINEROS


PHOTO:USFWS/J&K Hollingsworth
STATUS:Endangered
REASON:Poaching, Loss of habitat

ELEPHANT


PHOTO:USFWS/Miriam Westervelt
STATUS:Endangered
REASON:Poaching, Loss of habitat





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GRIZZLY (BROWN) BEAR


PHOTO:USFWS/Larry Aumiller
STATUS:Endangered in lower 48 states
REASON:Loss of isolated habitat

GIANT PANDA


PHOTO:Unknown
STATUS:Endangered
REASON:Loss of habitat, Slow reproductivty







"NATIVE AMERICAN ANIMAL BELIEFS"

WOLF
Loyalty, success, perseverance, stability and thought. Wolves are also regarded as pathfinders and teachers. Wolf is represented by the constellation Sirius, the Dog. In the Zuni tradition the Wolf symbolizes the direction East.

BEAR
Power, mother cunning, healer, gentle strength, dreaming. In the Zuni tradition, the bear symbolizes the direction West.





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