Spent the day on the St. Lawrence River with friends and dancers from Akwesasne. They are truly a special group of people who maintain traditions and values which the rest of us can truly learn from. Their respect for nature and each other is remarkable. Rushing is not in their vocabulary. Thanking and honoring one another is always the prerequisite. Giving back to nature as much as you take, remembering that without mother earth there would be no “us”. And that without nature we could no longer exist, but on the other hand nature could get along just fine without people.
Here’s a short example of their dances.