What is the Red Road ?

        My own heart tells me that the Red Road is a personal journey
to be shared. Many may agree or disagree. I believe that to walk the Red
Road your heart has to be open to fault. You see with your soul, your
mind is open to pain, and you are guided by your ancestors. The Great
Spirit speaks thru them and thru them you learn what task you must
complete before it is your turn to cross over. Thru my journey I have learned
that I am not perfect and its ok to grow from one mistakes. I have
learned that others will try to judge you, but only the Great Spirit can do
so. I have learned that to open my heart may hurt, but it is the Great
Spirit that heals. I have learned that my faults are lessons learned
and taught to others. I have learned that no human being is reliable if
they do not believe they are so. I have learned to trust what is good. I
have learned that running from a problem will only make others suffer.
I have learned to bring others before me, open my arms to
them and allow them to share my abundance. I have learned I am still
learning. I have learned that what I have learned from my elders I must
share with the young. I have learned that being selfish does not make
me better, it makes me weaker. In my journey, I have learned that to
grieve is not selfish. To grieve is a way of passing. It is a way of
growth. Allowing the loved one to move on, the heart that grieves, takes
time to heal thru its grief. I have learned many things on my journey, and
I will continue to open my heart, and my soul, so that my spirit will
rest when it crosses over. This is the road that was chosen for me, and
it is a road I choose freely.Author Unknown

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Marty Cline <STOMPING Elk>wrote:

TO WALK THE RED ROAD:

Long road winding began in the stars,
spilled onto the mountain tops,
was carried in the snow to the streams,
to the rivers, to the ocean,
to Turtle Island.

It covers Canada, Alaska, America,
Mexico to Guatemala,
and keeps winding around
the indigenous.

The Red Road is a circle of people
standing hand in hand,
people in this world, people between
people in the Spirit world.
Star people, animal people, stone people,
river people, tree people
The Sacred Hoop.

To walk the Red Road
is to know sacrifice, suffering.
It is to understand humility.
It is the ability to stand naked before
Creation in all things for your wrong
doings, for your lack of strength,
for your discompassionate way,
for your arrogance - because to walk
the Red Road, you always know
you can do better. And you know,
when you do good things,
it is through divine respect, and you
are grateful.

To walk the Red Road
is to know you stand on equal ground
with all living things. It is to know that
because you were born human,
it gives you superiority over nothing.
It is to know that every creation carries
a Spirit, and the river knows more
than you do, the mountains know
more than you do, the stone people
know more than you do,
the trees know more than you do,
the wind is wiser than you are,
and animal people carry wisdom.
You can learn from every one of them,
because they have something you don't:

They are void of evil thoughts.

They wish vengeance on no one,
they seek Justice.

To Walk the Red Road,
you have life given rights,
you have the right to pray,
you have the right to dance,
you have the right to think,
you have the right to protect,
you have the right to know Mother,
you have the right to dream,
you have the right to vision,
you have the right to teach,
you have the right to learn,
you have a right to grieve,
you have a right to happiness,
you have the right to fix the wrongs,
you have the right to truth,
you have a right to the Spirit World.

To Walk the Red Road
is to know your Ancestors,
to call to them for assistance
It is to know that there is good medicine,
and there is bad medicine
It is to know that Evil exists,
but is cowardly as it is often in disguise.
It is to know there are evil spirits
who are in constant watch
for a way to gain strength for themselves
at the expense of you.

To Walk the Red Road,
you have less fear of being wrong,
because you know that life is a journey,
a continuous circle, a sacred hoop.
Mistakes will be made,
and mistakes can be corrected -
if you will be humble,
for if you cannot be humble,
you will never know
when you have made a mistake.

If you walk the Red Road,
you know that every sorrow
leads to a better understanding,
every horror cannot be explained,
but can offer growth.

To Walk the Red Road of integrity
is to look for beauty in all things.

To Walk the Red Road of love
is to know you will one day
awaken to the World of Spirit,
and you will no longer be afraid.
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WALKING THE WHITE ROAD

 

Walking the white road (attempts to assimilate Native Americans into mainstream society)