Post by Okwes on Dec 21, 2006 11:50:16 GMT -5
Honoring heritage, history
Native American Heritage Month
By JEFFREY B. ROTH
For the Daily Record/Sunday News
Article Launched: 11/26/2006 02:36:09 AM EST
Click photo to enlargeJonathan McLaughlin, 50, of Winfield grabs a lodgepole as he puts a tepee... (Kristin Murphy - YDR)«1234»Nov 26, 2006 — November is Native American Heritage Month.
And, in the spirit of celebrating cultural, spiritual and religious diversity, the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of York is sponsoring its first Native American Heritage Month observance, which began Saturday with a tepee-raising on the church grounds at 925 S. George St., York.
Jonathan McLaughlin of Winfield, near Selinsgrove, erected the replica of a Great Plains tepee.
A member of the Pennacook and Nashaway tribes of New Hampshire, McLaughlin said that for the past 150 years, most Americans have associated the tepee with Native Americans, even though, in the east, most dwellings were made of logs and resembled four-walled houses.
He said that he uses the tepee as a tool to promote education of Native American traditions.
Saturday evening, a drumming circle was held by the Iroquois Thunder Heart group. The group is directed by Hanover resident Martin Sheeler. Donations made to the group benefit the All Nations Youth Camp.
Past chairwoman of the church, Patricia Learned, said that while attending a diversity day event sponsored by Penn State University, she learned about the observance. Noting that part of her lineage can be traced to Pocahontas, she immediately became interested in promoting the observance through her church.
"Diversity is one of the things we honor," Learned said of her church. "We value differing cultural, religious and spiritual paths - we wanted to share this with the community."
The weekend observance continues today. The Rev. Ken Hayden, also known as Iron Fist, an ordained United Methodist minister and a member of the Eastern Delaware Nation, and his wife, Evelyn, aka Fire Walker, will officiate during a 10 a.m. worship service at the church.
Hayden said he will discuss the core values embodied by the concept of wanishi, which means to express gratitude for life's gifts, and humility.
In this way, he said, people are protected from "resentfulness, jealousy, arrogance, greed and other physical, social and spiritual diseases."
Native American Heritage Month
By JEFFREY B. ROTH
For the Daily Record/Sunday News
Article Launched: 11/26/2006 02:36:09 AM EST
Click photo to enlargeJonathan McLaughlin, 50, of Winfield grabs a lodgepole as he puts a tepee... (Kristin Murphy - YDR)«1234»Nov 26, 2006 — November is Native American Heritage Month.
And, in the spirit of celebrating cultural, spiritual and religious diversity, the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of York is sponsoring its first Native American Heritage Month observance, which began Saturday with a tepee-raising on the church grounds at 925 S. George St., York.
Jonathan McLaughlin of Winfield, near Selinsgrove, erected the replica of a Great Plains tepee.
A member of the Pennacook and Nashaway tribes of New Hampshire, McLaughlin said that for the past 150 years, most Americans have associated the tepee with Native Americans, even though, in the east, most dwellings were made of logs and resembled four-walled houses.
He said that he uses the tepee as a tool to promote education of Native American traditions.
Saturday evening, a drumming circle was held by the Iroquois Thunder Heart group. The group is directed by Hanover resident Martin Sheeler. Donations made to the group benefit the All Nations Youth Camp.
Past chairwoman of the church, Patricia Learned, said that while attending a diversity day event sponsored by Penn State University, she learned about the observance. Noting that part of her lineage can be traced to Pocahontas, she immediately became interested in promoting the observance through her church.
"Diversity is one of the things we honor," Learned said of her church. "We value differing cultural, religious and spiritual paths - we wanted to share this with the community."
The weekend observance continues today. The Rev. Ken Hayden, also known as Iron Fist, an ordained United Methodist minister and a member of the Eastern Delaware Nation, and his wife, Evelyn, aka Fire Walker, will officiate during a 10 a.m. worship service at the church.
Hayden said he will discuss the core values embodied by the concept of wanishi, which means to express gratitude for life's gifts, and humility.
In this way, he said, people are protected from "resentfulness, jealousy, arrogance, greed and other physical, social and spiritual diseases."