NATIVE AMERICAN PRAYERS

Here are a collection of Native American prayers you may find useful in your work with the Indian Spirit Guides.

Prayer to Black Hawk

Oh Great Spirit, hear my voice, I believe in your power and your ability to defend me.

In the name of all that is good, I ask for your help with this battle, my battle, with those who intend to harm me.

Oh Powerful Indian Spirit, you are the Great Chief and you know my problems.

Help me with your warrior medicine and guide me to safety with your Divine protection.

Faithful Indian Spirit, I humbly ask for your protection.

With your warrior shield, shield me from the attacks of my enemies.

With your bow and arrow, protect me from the evil thoughts and actions hurled towards me.

With your hatchet, cut the chains and ropes that bind me.

With your feathers, brush away the negative energy surrounding me.

With your eyes, see that no jealousy and envy penetrates me.

With your peace pipe, create harmony where there is discord.

Father Black Hawk, have my back and be a watchman on the wall. See that no evil befalls me.

Fight the battle to destroy those who will harm me.

Take revenge on my behalf and destroy the insurrection of the wicked.

Protect me from all evil, danger, slander, and threat. In peace and protection walk before me.

In strength and wisdom walk beside me.

In honor and courage walk behind me.

In power and resolve fly above me.

In truth and beauty walk below me.

This prayer I ask not just for myself but for all of my relations past and present, and for those yet to come,

Amen.

An Indian Prayer

O Great Spirit,
Whose Voice I hear in the winds,
Whose breath gives life to the world,
hear me!

I am small and weak, I need Your strength and wisdom.

Let me walk in beauty, and make my eyes ever behold the red and purple sunset.

Make my hands respect the things You have made and my ears sharp to hear Your Voice.

Make me wise so that I may understand the things You have taught my people.

Let me learn the lessons You have hidden in every leaf and rock.

I seek strength, not to be greater than my brother, but to fight my greatest enemy, myself.

Make me always ready to come to You with clean hands and straight eyes.

So when life fades, as the fading sunset, my spirit may come to You without shame.
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Amen

Prayer to the Four Directions
​~ Chief Seattle

Great Spirit of Light, come to me out of the East (red) with the power of the rising sun. Let there be light in my words, let there be light on my path that I walk. Let me remember always that you give the gift of a new day. And never let me be burdened with sorrow by not starting over again.

Great Spirit of Love, come to me with the power of the North (white). Make me courageous when the cold wind falls upon me. Give me strength and endurance for everything that is harsh, everything that hurts, everything that makes me squint. Let me move through life ready to take what comes from the north.

Great Life-Giving Spirit, I face the West (black), the direction of sundown. Let me remember everyday that the moment will come when my sun will go down. Never let me forget that I must fade into you. Give me a beautiful color, give me a great sky for setting, so that when it is my time to meet you, I can come with glory.
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Great Spirit of Creation, send me the warm and soothing winds from the South (yellow). Comfort me and caress me when I am tired and cold. Unfold me like the gentle breezes that unfold the leaves on the trees. As you give to all the earth your warm, moving wind, give to me, so that I may grow close to you in warmth. Man did not create the web of life, he is but a strand in it. Whatever man does to the web, he does to himself.
 

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