User:Kalumnu

Kalumnu, once a First Nations Philosopher Medicine Man (Wanaghi Wakan'K'Cha/Spirit Speakers-or Speakers for the Dead) who travelled with a group of like Medicine Men throughout the Yematasi Adawa, a trading area covering from the East Coast of North America into the Plains Regions and from the Gulf of Mexico northward into the Arctic Regions. Kalumnu was the youngest of the Wanaghi Wakan'K'Cha and in a tribute to the First Counsel of Nations in the city of the Fire Eagle, where New Mexico is today stated:

"I am Kalumnu the young. I am a true seer spirit self of the Chowala Keh. In Heyarts eyes is oldness, but with them he sees with great truth even the cry of a baby, the sound of a drum lost to normal sight. Marlymak of the ears can hear the strange sounds of black, yellow, red, blue, brown, and all colours; even the voices of the stone to the Great Mother. Quahints hands which taste the flavours of the earth, air, water, and even fire; and form death in their bite. Pren'Chak the foot smells life and walks through the passages of time alone and eats of all elements. Olimak whose nose grasps pain, joy, hate, love, death, and life. Chanui the mouth who speaks of his foolishness, inability, and unworthiness does so as he is wise, and talented, and great in all things of thought and speech. Each in all are my body, and I am that to they. I know naught. We are seven of the Chowala Keh, call us by name, we are humble before you.

I am myself, and you are you. Together we are brothers. Brothers of which make up the Brotherhood of Mankind. I like to think myself a warrior, or a man whom repels violence. Do not mistake my words, do not test my ability. I cast warlike actions from my conscious thought, I do not throw them from my being. I walk upon two paths in life. A man is like a mountain. There is an ascent, and there is a descent. It is a burden of the outer self on the speed of the descending. Yet it is the quality of the inner self in the ascension. I like to think myself a warrior, quiet, calm, each movement thought of before it is made. Man has many emotions, they cover an area from the bitterness of hate, to the sweetness of love. When a man hates he knows it; when he loves he must look around himself. What do you think yourself to be? A contrary, a hunter, a priest, an artist? Or do you perceive yourself to be what you truly are. We know each person dreams to be that which they are not. Almost every woman beautiful; every man courageous. But... Whatever you like to think yourself to be, remember one thing; it cannot be changed, it cannot be overcome in any way. You are yourself! A child of the earth! You must grow knowing you are one day to die. You must learn pessimism can be conquered; optimism will help you grow.

Here are we, seven, in a galaxy of nines. That of the Chowala Keh, call us by name, we are humble before you."

The Chowala Keh listed among its' members Heyart, Marlymak, Quahint, Pren'Chak, Olimak, Chanui, and Kalumnu. Later they developed the Yematasi Adawa and Formed alliances with the Epacawani Atawa with the Chief Tsimn Shian, the Athapaskan Atawa also know as the Teacha'Chi Atawa with the Chief Wi'Nema. The Yematasi brought together not just trade goods in the forms of worked metal, pots and pans, tomahawk heads, knife blades, lance and spear heads; fruits and vegetables; different art and cloth making technics; it also blended the spiritual practices of almost 2,200 tribes/nations to a single unified way of life. A peace and unity that would last some 20,000 years until the coming of the "white devil with flaming hair". The Viking brought diseases which the First Nations had no cures nor immunity, and introduced unhonourable war practices. Compounded by the Spanish introduction of smallpox, syphilis, and gonorrhea which wiped out millions of people. The Yematasi spread the concepts of the Earth Mother, Sun Father, Grand Creator, and Children of the Earth which took on as many forms as there were tribes. Then the Yematasi developed the concept of no "right" way to believe or practice your belief so long as you gave honour and respect to humanities strangers, other communities, other clans, other families, you would in turn receive honour and respect.

To be continued....