Welcoming a Child into the World

(printed in the Winter 1999 edition of the Haudenosaunee Runner)

I have been assigned this duty at this time. The Creator who dwells in the sky decided that this is the way it should be when he created the earth. People should populate the earth. So it is right that I, on our side of the clans speak to you (the infant).

You have arrived at this place with this family and this certain clan. The one who dwells in the sky sent you here to this place he created for all of us who have a right to live here. He created all of us and created the earth for us.

I speak these words toward you that you will have a strong mind, that it is right you have arrived here to this family and this clan. You will know that any evil you might hear is not good and it should not cause you to return to the spirit world in the land of the Creator.

Remember that you have a right to live here on earth to grow and mature as you go about in this place he created. As you grow you will discover that everything you see he created. Everything. Everything on this earth will belong to you for your use. You will see those things he has planted, the many varieties of fruit of which you have a right to.

We are all related in these matters. So it is that you keep these matters in your mind. The earth provides all that you will need. There will never be anything that will let you face discomfort or stress no matter what evil things are roaming the earth. You should look for the future that it will go accordingly here on Mother earth as you are visiting.

So I will give you courage and keep in mind that you are here to be with your grandfather and grandmother and all your relatives at this place where you have arrived. It is the place of your mother where your mind will be and that of your father where you will rest your mind. So your mind shall be strong knowing that you belong here in this place on earth.

So that is all of the words of encouragement that I have been assigned to speak. So that is the way it will be in your mind.