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In this interview, Cherokee citizen and Lutheran theologian, Vance Blackfox, illuminates some of the gaps in today's understandings of Native American spiritual practices.
"We are dependent upon everything in creation and yet none of the non-human relatives are dependent on us."
"We weren’t worshiping the tree, or the land, or the plants, or the animals, or the waters -- we were giving thanks to and honoring the tree, or the plants, or the animals, or the water."
"Everyone says we have to give thanks to Jesus because he sacrificed himself for sins and our salvation… What is the difference between understanding that and understanding that we need to say thank you to the water for giving us life. We have to have water to survive, and this river is full of fish."
"We are dependent upon our non-human relatives for understanding how we are in relationship with Creator."
“Grace is also something that can be understood from our pre-existence here in this land.”
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