So true, it is the best way to know ourselves. Lots of love, light and hugs &, Uma   Elder's Meditation of the Day - November 9   "Language is a vehicle for carrying spirit, life, family. Language, religion, and land base are three things that characterize culture." --Edmund Ladd, ZUNI PUEBLO The Elders say we nee to know the answers to three questions in order for us to be connected the Earth, the Sky, the East, the West, the South, the North. The three questions are: 1. Why are we? 2. Who are we? 3. Where are we going? If we know the language, if we have our spirituality and if we can pray on sacred spots, then we are able to seek the answer to the questions. We must protect the language, religion and land so our future generations can stay connected. Great Spirit, help us maintain our language, spirit, family, religion and our Mother Earth.