Navajo Traditional Teachings

In this week's video Wally teaches about a phrase in the language of our people.
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The phrase is being lost and few people know the meaning of it.
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Before we shot this video we had to travel around Navajo Land and find other elders. Other elders that could help us understand the phrase.
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There were only a few who knew.
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Basically the phrase means... The future will be better but you have to make the effort with courage. You'll hear it in the video.
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This problem (fewer and fewer people who know these old words) is getting worse. They say the language will start to die when there are no more elders who can make new words.
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I don't know when that is but I feel like it is closer than anyone wants to admit.
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I think with courageous effort we will somehow prevail.
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Talk soon,
Shane "Courageous effort" Brown
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https://youtu.be/mdayiHiPS-E

3 years ago | [YT] | 924



@lulumoon6942

πŸ‘Thank you, Shane, the back story really helps put things in context. And it seems we all hunger for more in each of Elder Wally's teachings πŸͺΆ despite how clear and true he is...Truth is like that, once you're exposed, it leaves you wanting more! πŸ˜ŠπŸ™

3 years ago (edited) | 3

@geraldanthony5978

GOOD WORD'S BE STRONG AND GOD BLESS you and ME AND ALL the PEOPLE IN THE HOLE WORLD from viking debt AGENCY

2 months ago | 1

@sarastilson8669

Dear Wally, I listen often to your teachings and they are very helpful. I retired last year and have started a You Tube channel- Connecting Montessori and Indigenous philosipies. Montessori system of education is very much like Indigenous teaching gs. Many tribes worldwide are adopting this system because of this. It is a movement to restore these cultures, language and teachings. There is hope and thank you

1 year ago | 2

@melje6740

We all feel it. The energy has shifted. Visions are now ominous warnings I'm told I can't change what has been written. Nobody can.

3 years ago | 0

@robertforsythe3280

Sharing Wisdom, teachings to reflect the nature of this physical place our human clothes reside. These are universal truths. Thank you so much for your teachings. They give me much in my quest for Great Father.

2 years ago | 0

@jameschancey251

My grandmother was Navajo, my father was half Navajo. My grandmother passed away when my father was 3 or 4 years old so he never learned the language. Now my father is gone and I am 65 years old and trying to learn the language to pass some of it on to my grandchildren and to honor my father and grandmother. Hopefully other people will try to learn their native heritage so the languages will live on. Thanks to Wally and others who make videos about these traditions.

3 years ago | 15

@jennymauger

Thanku for regularly watering us w elder knowledge πŸ™πŸΌπŸ€

3 years ago | 2

@missspicytodaydivaluscious

Wally THE MANπŸ€—πŸ€—πŸ€—πŸ€—πŸ€—πŸ€—πŸ€—Have a Wonderful

3 years ago | 1

@jeffallyear

I appreciate these videos more than words can explain. Aho πŸ™

3 years ago | 1

@lv67890

We are lucky Wally is willing to share his wisdom with the world. My gratitude and respects to him.

1 year ago | 0

@mousiebrown1747

Thank you for the great effort.

3 years ago | 3

@SuperKasper333

Very true and beautifully said- on your video.

3 years ago | 0

@wurmfutter8974

Dear Wally, dear Warriors fighting behind the scenes. I am so grateful for your work, putting your traditional views and ideas online for the world to consider. It really helps those searching their own truth; at least it helps me. Too bad there is no "one size fits all" solution when it comes to your personal life and how to develop it into the right direction. I know too little about your culture, your history, your life. But when you're talking about the things everyone of us encounters on their journey, I feel how we are truly brothers and sisters. Not that different. I wish you the best for your own journeys, I hope you and everyone who matters to you is well in these challenging times. I hope your future will be bright.

2 years ago | 0

@lx52952

Thank you Shane for your work and to Wally. You are like a rainbow in the clouds for me and I watch your channel with devotion. Wish you all the best always. Respectfully, Lisa

3 years ago | 8

@Elizabeth-yp8re

Thank you, Sir. β€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦

3 years ago | 2

@shannon2228

Thank you Grandfather

3 years ago | 1

@alynneflanery9918

record those elders so you can teach the younger generations. even after they are gone.

3 years ago | 3

@debbiemurray1496

Yes, with courageous effort, πŸ¦…πŸ¦…

2 years ago | 0

@dalegillispie8436

I am so sorry to hear your wife passed away but I believe she is in a better beautiful place watching over you with love in her eyes.

2 years ago | 1

@rastareptilerescue

Soon yuh will be di eldas, and yuh will be di ones a keep di language alive, yuh shall create di new words and di ivine powa di almighty gi wi all fra birth will never die out. Memba seh everyting happens fo a reason, dinΓ©, rastafari, and all other ancient languages and people will prosper long as wi dis generation diligently set forth fi uphold wah di eldas taught wi , and widdat wi can create new beautiful teachings traditions and ceremonies a share wid future generations suh wi exist itinually foriva , blessings frenz

3 years ago | 0