ᏄᏓᎴ

Ꭷ ᎪᎯ ᎢᎦ ᎣᏍᏓ ᏥᎨᏒ

ᏄᏓᎴ - different
ᎠᏎᎩ - weird
ᎤᎵᎩᏍᏗᏕᎩ - flirt
ᎤᏓᏅᏙ - heart/spirit

These are terms associated with the traditional ᎠᏂᎦᏚᏩᎩ that some call GLBTQ today.  Others call them Two Spirited.

I know some ᎠᏂᏣᎳᎩ call it ᎠᏍᎦᏃᏨ a sin, and say that these people are damned.  To them I say ᎢᏨᎨᏳᎯ and I ask them to think differently.  ᏂᎦᏓ ᎢᏗᏴᏫ ᎢᎦᏠᏯ ᎠᎴ ᎢᎦᏤᎵᎦ

We can not afford to leave them out, they are our ᏏᏓᏁᎸ and loved ones.

We can’t control one another, or change another’s heart.  I know what is says in the Bible, and I don’t dare argue against that.  Too many of my loved ones put it at the center of their world, and I would never seek to undermine their ᏗᎧᏃᏩᏛᏍᏗ

There are many things called sin in the Bible, but we cannot kill our wounded.  The Churches have a tendency to do that, but we are a ᏗᎦᏚᎯ, and the ᎠᏥᎸ ᎠᎦᏴᎵ belongs to the world we cannot afford to loose a single person.

When anyone needs help ᎾᎯᏳ ᏕᎦᏓᏍᏕᎵᏍᎨᏍᏗ ᎢᎦᏤᎵᎦ

Our ancestors accepted these people without regard to personal judgment, can we do any less?

I hope you’ll understand when I say ᏄᏓᎴ ᎠᏍᎦᏯ is sacred thing.  ᏄᏓᎴ ᎠᎨᏯ is a Blessing.  ᎠᏎᎩ ᎤᏓᏅᏙ is a treasure. ᎤᎵᏍᏗᏕᎩ is a joy.   It is something I have had to learn and experience ᎠᏎᏛ ᏃᏊ ᎠᏆᏓᏅᏔ ᏕᎦᏓᎨᏳᏎᏍᏗ

Now is the time ᎢᏥᏙᎿ ᏕᎦᏓᏟᏴᏎᏍᏗ ᎤᎵᏍᎨᏗ ᏕᏣᏓᏴᎸᏎᏍᏗ

I don’t think they are wrong, I love them and cannot help it.   We cannot choose who we love,  just how we treat one another.  ᎣᏏᏳ

ᎠᏯ ᏩᏕ ᎦᎵᏍᎨᏫ ᏥᎪᏪᎸᎦ