The Legend of the Rainbow Warriors Before the white man came to the region of this Earth now known as North America,( known for thousands of years to the indigenous people as Turtle Island), six Indian tribes from the West had a legend about the coming of the white-skinned people: The light-skinned people will come out of the Eastern sea in great canoes powered by huge white wings, like giant birds. The people who get off these boats will also be like birds, but they will have two different kinds of feet. One of their feet will be like that of a dove, the other like that of an eagle. The foot of the eagle will represent strength, technology and war-making ability. The sharp foot of the eagle will dominate, for though they will talk much of the new religion, not all of the white-skinned people will live by it. Instead they will claw at the Red Nations with their eagle feet, exploiting and enslaving them. After offering resistance to this clawing, the Indians will be overpowered and be herded into small, weak enclaves. This will be the way of their world for many years. Then, in time, the world will become very sick. Because of the unrelenting greed of the new culture, the Earth will be filled with deadly liquids and metals and the air will be rendered foul with smoke and ash and even the rains-which are intended to cleanse the Earth- will plummet in poisonous drops. Birds will fall from the sky. Fish will turn belly up in the waters. Forests will begin to die. When these things begin to happen, the Indian people will be all but helpless. But then the Light will come from the East and the Indians will begin to find their strength, their pride and their wisdom. So will many of their light-skinned brothers and sisters, who will in fact be the reincarnated souls of the Indians who were enslaved or killed by the settlers. Together, they will teach all the people of the world to have reverence for the Mother Earth, of whose very stuff human beings are made. Under the symbol of the rainbow, all the races and religions will band together to spread the wisdom of living in harmony with each other and with all the creatures of the world. Those who teach this way will be the Warriors of the Rainbow, but they will do no harm. Using peaceful means, after a great struggle they will bring an end to the destruction and desecration of the Earth. Peace and plenty will reign through a long and joyous Golden Age.
I love this legend, and it is so true...thank you for posting it. Brings tears to my eyes to read it again!
Thank you for that Wandering Spirit, The Indian wisdom has always being my rock and guide through this life. It is nice to find like minded spirits. Namaste
thank you for letting me read it again, been to long since last time.. I will tell it to others so it always can be heard..
Hey...HEY! You're asking too many questions. Be careful, or you might end up killing soneone's theory with an ugly little fact.
I think it came from the arryan tribe of the Masonic persuasian............ *Think before you drink *Boomer
Under the symbol of the rainbow, all the races and religions will band together to spread the wisdom of living in harmony with each other and with all the creatures of the world. Those who teach this way will be the Warriors of the Rainbow, but they will do no harm. Using peaceful means, after a great struggle they will bring an end to the destruction and desecration of the Earth. Peace and plenty will reign through a long and joyous Golden Age. um ... the Rainbow Gatherings have been going on for over 30 yrs so when is this ^ suppose to happen? are the Warriors of the Rainbow waiting around for the forests to die off a little more and for more fish to go belly up before they get their illustrious asses in gear? just curious.
after = x a is for wild . great is the power . question : what is the struggle ? to sing the ahh as ne'r it's been before . the ahh i think of as elemental SPACE . one trouble with space is territorialism . . privvut' pooperty / no tree-pissing .
