Blessed by Thunderbirds

Published 2012-11-28
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Knowledge of the cultural context of Ojibwe words plays a key role in understanding the definition of a word. Dan Jones shares a personal story about Thunderbirds from his childhood.

All Comments (21)
  • @marcimauzy
    This gave me chills, they have been visiting me and I was wondering what to offer them
  • I AM
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  • We are the Thunderbeing Nation the Sons and Daughters of the Storm We who Don the Feather of the Eagle that always Defeats the Enemys of the Light the Way the Truth Thunder Birds Forever Thanks for your Story Many Chan Santa Cruz Blessing
  • @grimala
    I know this has been uploaded quite a while ago, but in case you see this - thank you THANK YOU, as someone who is reconnecting with my culture, I find it so important and meaningful to find content on this from actual indigenous creators- not pretendians or white people interested in cryptids sharing well intended but still very much misinformation. Videos like this are so important
  • I've seen a Thunderbird at 13. I was always open about it..and it was raining that morning and the night before, but it was sprinkling. My friend and I were at the middle school because her dad was the track coach. We went for a walk in the woods. We were walking up the ravine way and all of a sudden..whoosh. I turned around. She didn't. I saw it clear as day. It was so large it filled the entire ravine. I could see the back of its head, it's notch. I was always open about it, but thought it was a pterodactyl until I was in my late 20s. My dad is half Cherokee. I wasn't raised traditionally but guided spiritually my entire life. I also was 6 ft away from a UFO in daytime with 2 other people at 18 here in lake erie, my home, which I know has its own magic. The Thunderbird, thunderbeings, etc. have been part of so many synchronicities and guidance in my daily life. live with one life in this world, one life in the spirit world, navigating both. I love my life.

    Thank you for helping me pass this on to my boys too, offering tobacco.

    I don't have many of my own stories to tell my kids before bed but they love my Thunderbird story and one night my 4 year old asked me to say it over and over and over until he fell asleep.
  • That was an amazing story. Thank you for sharing. Many blessings. πŸ™Œ
  • chi Miigwech! I really appreciate this knowledge, these Teachings! Shout out from Bkejwanong Unceded Territory!
  • @messenger463
    Thunder birds and knowledge. ? Picture of thunder birds had a triangular shape!
  • @okami138
    I almost came across with a Thunderbird nest without realizing it when I decided to climb on this certain mountain. But boy! It sure did gave me a hell of a warning not to continue climbing on that mountain. I tugged tail and climbed back down.
  • @georgiarn3915
    I was in San Diego last summer, they started a conservation program in the 1980's for the California Condor, they stated it was known as the Thunderbird among Indigenous people. I wonder how they would describe the efforts to reestablish the Condor.
  • @uan588
    Fly great One. Thunderbirds. Rule
  • @GAUROCH2
    Although a white-man, all those words are no stories...but knowledge and teachings from the Elders. I have great respect for the mighty Thunderbirds, and my wife always argue with me because I like to go out and meet them... I'll try not to forget to leave them a tobacco offering…! Thanks for sharing Blessings from across the Great-Pond
  • My dad was struck by lightning once! He was ok! That was many years ago! ❀️ thank you for this I had no clue!