O Great
Spirit of the North,
O Great Spirit of the South,
O Great Spirit of the East,
O Great Spirit of the West.
O Great Spirit, you are one.
You have
given us our house,
Where there is food,
Where there is drink,
Where there are clothes.
You have
given us our house,
Where there is fellowship,
Where there is companionship,
Where there is friendship.
You have
given us our house,
Where we can grow,
Where we can learn,
Where we can know you.
O Great
Spirit:
You are One,
Our house is One,
We are One!
Native American
Prayer
Morning star wake
us, filled with joy
To new days of growing to man from boy.
Sun, with your
power, give us light
That we can tell wrong and do what's right.
South wind, we
ask, in your gentle way
Blow us the willingness to obey.
North wind, we
ask, live up to thy name,
Send us the strength to always be game.
East wind, we
ask, with your breath so snappy,
Fill us with knowledge of how to be happy.
West wind, we
ask, blow all that is fair
To us, that we may always be square.
Moon, that fills
the night with red light,
guard us well while we sleep in the night.
Akela, please
guide us in every way,
We'll follow your trail in work or play
Dakota
Grandfather,
Great Spirit, fill us with light. Teach us to walk the soft earth as
relatives to all that live.
Cherokee
May the warm winds of heaven blow softly on this house and the Great Spirit
bless all who enter here.
Oh Great spirit, grant that I may never find fault with my neighbor until I
have walked the trail of life in his moccasins.
Sign
Language
Form a circle, do what I do and say what I say
MAY THE GREAT SPIRIT
use the scout sign on the forehead, and as the words are spoken, fingers
make small circles upward as though smoke is going into the sky.
BRING SUNSHINE
make sign for the sun - index finger and thumb form circle while arm is
being held out to the right.
INTO MY HEART
bring hand over to heart.
NOW
both hands down along sides, with palms facing forward.
AND FOREVER MORE
bring hands up from sides with palms up.
IN GREAT MEASURE.
bring palms together and then apart as if measuring something.
Sioux
Oh Great Spirit, Our Father, help us and teach us in the way of the truth;
and keep me and my family and my tribe on our true father's path, so that we
may be in good condition in our minds and in our bodies. Teach all of the
little ones in Your Way. Make peace on all the world. We thank you for the
sun and the good summer weather again; and we hope they will bring good
crops of grass for the animals and things to eat for all peoples.
Attributed
to Long Lance