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An Iroquois Prayer for Thanksgiving
We return
thanks to our mother, the earth, with sustains us.
We return thanks to the rivers and streams, which
supply us with water. We return thanks to all herbs,
which furnish medicines for the cure of our
diseases. We return thanks to the corn, and to her
sisters, the beans and squash, which give us life.
We return thanks to the bushes and trees, which
provide us with fruit. We return thanks to the wind,
which, moving the air, has banished diseases. We
return thanks to the moon and the stars, which have
given us their light when the sun was gone. We
return thanks to our grandfather He-no, .., who has
given to us his rain. We return thanks to the sun,
that he has looked upon the earth with a beneficent
eye. Lastly, we return thanks to the Great Spirit,
in whom is embodied all goodness, and who directs
all things for the good of his children.
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An Iroquois Prayer for Thanksgiving
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