WHITE BISON'S PHILOSOPHY FOR NATIVE AMERICAN PEOPLE

White Bison's Philosophy

White Bison, Inc., is an American Indian non profit organization

We believe...

• Mother Earth is governed by a set of Principles, Laws and Values

• Leadership exists to serve the people first

• Leadership existence is to ensure that information (Truth) is given to the people

• Changes are the result of implementing Natural laws

• All Native people believe in a Supreme Being

• In the Elders and teachings as a guiding force to direct ourselves, families and communities

• That there is a natural order running the universe

• That our traditional ways were knowledgeable about the natural order

• When the community leads, the leaders will follow

• Alcohol and drugs are destroying us and we want to recover

• That change comes from within the individual, the family and the community

• That within each person, family and community is the innate knowledge for well being

• The solution resides within each community

• Interconnectedness - it takes everyone to heal the community

• Healing will take place through he application of cultural and spiritual knowledge

• Alcohol is a symptom...not the cause, drugs are a symptom...not the cause, Domestic Violence is a symptom...not the cause. To "heal a community" it needs to deal with the cause

• That the Circle and the Four Directions are the Teachers

• In the Four Laws of Change
  1. Change is from within
  2. In order for development to occur, it must be preceded by a vision
  3. A great learning must take place
  4. You must create a Healing Forest

• OUR CULTURE IS PREVENTION