Hello there!

Katja, I hope Kimikaya has answered some of your questions. The story links are both good ones, and they each have a ton of stories on their sites. Some good ones are posted above too.

Have you ever been to a pow wow Katja? I think that would be the best way to learn, would be to find someone at a pow wow to teach you. I realize that will be hard for you, being in another country, but maybe you can find something around your area, even if it is a drumming circle. I will check into our resources for you on this.

So much that I want to tell you about Wolf, but only time for one story today, so I will do more for you every day. Here is the first:

I Am The Wolf

I am the wolf, a loner at heart.
You are the human, and will rarely if ever see me.
I roam the wilderness forests and
mountains of this earth that we share.
I mate for survival, as you do
and I help my mate raise our pups in the warmth of our den,
nurturing and watching them grow and play,
as you do with your human young.

We run as a pack family,
and our members are as close as those in yours.
When a member is lost, we grieve, but go on,
just as you do.
When I am hungry, I must hunt for myself and my family,
for that is all I know.

There are no stores to cater to my every need.
Some of you have said that I am a killer,
a cold-blooded hunter of death,
but when I kill, it is to feed my family,
and I only take the old, sick, and weak,
who will die regardless.
I don't kill to hang heads for trophies on my walls,
as you do.

Now I am the hunted, by you.
You are afraid of me, because you don't understand me.
You think I am taking from your herds of plenty,
which you advertise to
big game hunters for their tourist dollars.
Yes, you are afraid of me, but I can't hurt you.
You are the one with the power to destroy my kind.
You set your traps to torture me,
and send your helicopters to kill me from the air.

I cannot fight you, for that is not my way
That is yours.
I only want my freedom
to run, live, and sing to the moon.
I will share this earth with you in peace
as long as you let me.
I am the Wolf

~ Author Unknown ~

Thanks to my friend LoneWolf for sharing this one!

Have a blessed day,

DawnEagle Summers
Native American Editor