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O'Siyo! As evidenced by songs like "The Spirit Trail", Dan Fogelberg is respectful of the Indian ways, and is very concerned about the plight of the Native American cultures that went off to live on Indian Reservations many years ago. As a result of the desecration of their lands and sacred ways of life, many tribes have unfortunately been absorbed into the white man's world, and are slowly losing touch with the ancient ways -- especially the young people. Here are some links to increase your awareness of these issues.
 Smithsonian Institution National Museum of the American Indian - Helping to foster, protect, and promote understanding of Native American cultures by collaberating with indigenous peoples across the Western hemisphere.
 The Internet Public Library - Native American Authors: Caddo
 Cherokee Nation - My interest in, and empathy for, our Native American cultures is more than just a white man's academic curiosity. My second wife Catherine and my son Nathan are Cherokee. So is Steve of Voice of Golden Eagle and Andy Tate -- Healing Flutes and Magical Strings, who supplied the music for this page. Thank you, Steve and Andy! Nvwadohiyada Ale Nvwatohiyadv!
 The Official Coeur d' Alene Tribe Website - accept no imitations - My step-father grew up in Coeur d' Alene, Idaho. Hey, Victor! What do you know about fire?
 Lumbee River Pathways - The official web site for the Lumbee Tribe. One of my co-workers is full-blooded Lumbee, who, incidentally, did not grow up on a reservation. (Hi, Pamela!)
 Osage Tribe official web site - Sonny of Poison's Icons is Osage and Caddo.
 Spokane Tribe official web site - I grew up in Spokane, Washington, and developed a deep respect for these people.
 Walking Shield - American Indian Society - Dedicated to improving the quality of life and creating positive futures for American Indians who live on our nation's Indian Reservations by providing shelter to the homeless, medical assistance to the sick, food and clothing to the needy, educational support for the children, community development assistance, and humanitarian support.
 The Modern English Collection - An amazing collection of fiction and non-fiction from 1500 to the present. Lots of work by Native Americans.
 "The worship of the 'Great Mystery' was silent, solitary, free from all self-seeking. It was silent, because all speech is of necessity feeble and imperfect; therefore the souls of my ancestors ascended to God in wordless adoration. It was solitary, because they believed that He is nearer to us in solitude, and there were no priests authorized to come between a man and his Maker. None might exhort or confess or in any way meddle with the religious experience of another. Among us all men were created sons of God and stood erect, as conscious of their divinity. Our faith might not be formulated in creeds, nor forced upon any who were unwilling to receive it; hence there was no preaching, proselyting, nor persecution, neither were there any scoffers or atheists.
There were no temples or shrines among us save those of nature. Being a natural man, the Indian was intensely poetical. He would deem it sacrilege to build a house for Him who may be met face to face in the mysterious, shadowy aisles of the primeval forest, or on the sunlit bosom of virgin prairies, upon dizzy spires and pinnacles of naked rock, and yonder in the jeweled vault of the night sky!"
-From "The Soul of the Indian - An Interpretation" by Charles Alexander Eastman (Ohiyesa)
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