CONNECTIONS
CREE TIPI POLE VALUES AND BIBLICAL
QUOTES
Powerpoint by:
Larry McCallum, Consultant
Connections Project by:
Judy Timmermans
Lamarr Oksasikewiyin
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POLE #1: FIRST NATION VALUE
BIBLICAL QUOTES
We learn by listening to traditional stories; by listening
to our parents or guardians, our fellow students and our
teachers. We learn by their behaviors and their
reminders, so that we know what is right and what is
wrong.
Exodus 20:12 Honour your father and your mother, so
that your days may be long in the land that the Lord your
God is giving you.
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Ephesians 6:1-3 Children, obey your parents in the
Lord, for this is right. ‘Honour your father and
mother’—this is the first commandment with a promise:
‘so that it may be well with you and you may live long on
the earth.’ And, fathers, do not provoke your children to
anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction
of the Lord.
1 Peter 1 Therefore prepare your minds for action;
discipline yourselves; set all your hope on the grace that
Jesus Christ will bring you when he is revealed. Like
obedient children, do not be conformed to the desires
that you formerly had in ignorance. Instead, as he who
called you is holy, be holy yourselves in all your conduct;
for it is written, ‘You shall be holy, for I am holy.’
OBEDIENCE - nanahihtamowin
POLE #2: FIRST NATION VALUE
We must give honor to our Elders and fellow students
and the strangers that come to visit our community. We
must honor other peoples’ basic rights.
BIBLICAL QUOTES
Romans 13:7 Pay to all what is due to them—taxes to
whom taxes are due, revenue to whom revenue is due,
respect to whom respect is due, honour to whom honour
is due.
1 Thessalonians 5:12 But we appeal to you, brothers and
sisters, to respect those who labour among you, and have
charge of you in the Lord and admonish you; esteem
them very highly in love because of their work. Be at
peace among yourselves.
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RESPECT - kisteyihtakosiwin
POLE # 3: FIRST NATION VALUE
BIBLICAL QUOTES
We are not above or below others in the circle of life. We
feel humbled when we understand our relationship with
Creation. We are so small compared to the majestic
expanse of Creation. “We are just a strand in a web of
life,” and we respect and value life.
Ephesians 4:1-3 I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord,
beg you to lead a life worthy of the calling to which you
have been called, with all humility and gentleness, with
patience, bearing with one another in love, making every
effort to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of
peace.
1 Peter 5:5 And all of you must clothe yourselves with
humility in your dealings with one another, for ‘God
opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.’
Sirach 10:28-29 My child, honour yourself with humility,
and give yourself the esteem you deserve. Who will
acquit those who condemn themselves? And who will
honour those who dishonour themselves?
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HUMILITY - tapahteyiwmowin
POLE #4: FIRST NATION VALUE
We must show some enthusiasm to encourage others at
social functions. Our actions will make our ancestors
happy in the next world.
BIBLICAL QUOTES
Proverbs 8:32-34 And now, my children, listen to
me: happy are those who keep my ways. Hear instruction
and be wise, and do not neglect it. Happy is the one who
listens to me, watching daily at my gates, waiting beside
my doors.
Psalms 41:1 Happy are those who consider the poor; the
Lord delivers them in the day of trouble.
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HAPPINESS - miyawatamowin
POLE #5: FIRST NATION VALUE
BIBLICAL QUOTES
If we are to live in harmony we must accept one another
as we are and to accept others who are not in our circle.
Love means to be kind and good to the other.
Micah 6:8 And what does the Lord require of you but to
do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with
your God?
Mark 12:28-31 One of the scribes came near and heard
them disputing with one another, and seeing that he
answered them well, he asked him, ‘Which
commandment is the first of all?’ Jesus answered, ‘The
first is, “Hear, O Israel: the Lord our God, the Lord is
one; you shall love the Lord your God with all your
heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and
with all your strength.” The second is this, “You shall
love your neighbour as yourself.”
John 15:13 ‘This is my commandment, that you love one
another as I have loved you. No one has greater love
than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.
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LOVE - sakihiwewin
1 Corinthians 13:13 And now faith, hope, and love
abide, these three; and the greatest of these is love.
POLE #6: FIRST NATION VALUE
BIBLICAL QUOTES
We must learn to believe and trust others, to believe in a
power greater than ourselves whom we worship and who
gives us strength to be a worthy member of the human
race.
Isaiah 26:2-4 Open the gates, so that the righteous
nation that keeps faith may enter in. Those of steadfast
mind you keep in peace—in peace because they trust
in you. Trust in the Lord forever, for in the Lord God you
have an everlasting rock.
Luke 17:5-6 The apostles said to the Lord, ‘Increase our
faith!’ The Lord replied, ‘If you had faith the size of a
mustard seed, you could say to this mulberry tree, “Be
uprooted and planted in the sea”, and it would obey you.
Hebrews 11:1-3 Now faith is the assurance of things
hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. Indeed, by
faith our ancestors received approval. By faith we
understand that the worlds were prepared by the word of
God, so that what is seen was made from things that are
not visible.
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FAITH - tapwewakeyihtamowin
POLE #7: FIRST NATION VALUE
BIBLICAL QUOTES
Our family is important to us. This includes our parents,
our brothers and sisters who love us and gives us roots,
the roots that tie us to the life blood of the earth. It also
includes extended family: grandparents, aunts, uncles
and cousins and their in-laws and children. There are
brothers and sisters and they give us a sense of
belonging to a community.
1 Timothy 5:1-4 Do not speak harshly to an older man,
but speak to him as to a father, to younger men as
brothers, to older women as mothers, to younger women
as sisters—with absolute purity. Honour widows who are
really widows. If a widow has children or grandchildren,
they should first learn their religious duty to their own
family and make some repayment to their parents; for
this is pleasing in God’s sight.
Proverbs 17:6 Grandchildren are the crown of the aged,
and the glory of children is their parents.
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KINSHIP - wahkohtowin
POLE #8: FIRST NATION VALUE
We must learn not to inflict ills on others, for we do it to
ourselves. Clean thoughts come from a clean mind and
this comes from Indian spirituality. Good health habits
also reflect a clean mind.
BIBLICAL QUOTES
Psalms 24:3-4 Who shall ascend the hill of the Lord?
And who shall stand in his holy place? Those who have
clean hands and pure hearts, who do not lift up their
souls to what is false, and do not swear deceitfully.
Matthew 6:16 But when you fast, put oil on your head
and wash your face, so that your fasting may be seen not
by others but by your Father who is in secret; and your
Father who sees in secret will reward you.
Matthew 5:8 Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will
see God.
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CLEANLINESS - kanacihisowin
POLE #9: FIRST NATION VALUE
We learn to give thanks for all the kind things others do
for us and for the Creator’s bounty, that we are
privileged to share with others in the spirit of love.
BIBLICAL QUOTES
Psalm 75:1 We give thanks to you, O God; we give
thanks; your name is near. People tell of your wondrous
deeds.
Colossians 3:16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you
richly; teach and admonish one another in all wisdom;
and with gratitude in your hearts sing psalms, hymns,
and spiritual songs to God.
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THANKFULNESS - nanaskomowin
POLE #10: FIRST NATION VALUE
We learn to be part of the family by helping in providing
food or other basic needs. This is sharing
responsibilities in order to enjoy them.
BIBLICAL QUOTES
Luke 3:10-11 And the crowds asked him, ‘What then
should we do?’ In reply he said to them, ‘Whoever has
two coats must share with anyone who has none; and
whoever has food must do likewise.’
Acts 2:44-45 All who believed were together and had all
things in common; they would sell their possessions and
goods and distribute the proceed to all, as any had need.
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SHARING - matinamatowin
POLE #11: FIRST NATION VALUE
BIBLICAL QUOTES
We must learn to be patient in times of trouble and not to
complain but to endure and show understanding. We
must accept difficulties and tragedies so that we may
give others strength to accept their own difficulties and
tragedies.
Psalm 73:26 My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is
the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
Isaiah 40:28-31 The Lord is the everlasting God, the
Creator of the ends of the earth. He does not faint or
grow weary; his understanding is unsearchable. He gives
power to the faint, and strengthens the powerless. Even
youths will faint and grow weary, and the young will fall
exhausted; but those who wait for the Lord shall renew
their strength, they shall mount up with wings like eagles,
they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not
faint.
Philippians 4:13 I can do all things through Him who
strengthens me.
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STRENGTH - maskawiswin
POLE #12: FIRST NATION VALUE
Children are unique and blessed with the gift of life. We
are responsible for their well-being, spirituality,
emotionally, physically and for their intellectual
development. They represent the continuity of our circle
of life which we perceive to be the Creators’ will.
BIBLICAL QUOTES
Proverbs 20:7 The righteous walk in integrity – happy
are the children who follow them.
Proverbs 22:6 Train children in the right way, and when
old, they will not stray.
Matthew 19:13-15 Then little children were being
brought to him in order that he might lay his hands on
them and pray. The disciples spoke sternly to those who
brought them, but Jesus said, “Let the little children
come to me and do not stop them; for it is to such as
these that the kingdom of heaven belongs.” And he laid
his hands on them and went on his way.
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GOOD CHILD REARING - miyo-ohpikihawasowin
POLE #13: FIRST NATION VALUE
We must hope for better things to make life easier for
us, our families and the community, both materially
and spiritually.
BIBLICAL QUOTES
Psalms 130:5-6 I wait for the Lord, my soul waits, and
in his word I hope; my soul waits for the Lord more
than those who watch for the morning.
Romans 5:3-5 We also boast in our sufferings,
knowing that suffering produces endurance and
endurance produces character, character produces
hope, and hope does not disappoint us, because
God’s love has been poured into our hearts through
the Holy Spirit that has been given to us.
2 Thessalonians:16 Now may our Lord Jesus Christ
himself and God our Father, who loved us and through
grace gave us eternal comfort and good hope, comfort
your hearts and strengthen them in every good work
and word.
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Romans 15:13 May the God of hope fill you with all joy
and peace in believing, so that you may abound in
hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. Paul’s Reason for
Writing So Boldly.
HOPE - pakoseyimowin
POLE #14: FIRST NATION VALUE
BIBLICAL QUOTES
The ultimate responsibility to achieve is “health for a
balanced caring for the body, mind, emotions and the
spirit of the individual, the family, the community and the
nation.”
Psalms 5:11-12 But let all who take refuge in you
rejoice; let them ever sing for joy. Spread your protection
over them, so that those who love your name may exult in
you. For you bless the righteous, O Lord; you cover them
with favour as with a shield.
John 17:11-12 Holy Father, protect them in your name
that you have given me, so that they may be one, as we
are one.
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ULTIMATE PROTECTION - kanaweyimikosiwin
POLE #15: FIRST NATION VALUE
We are all connected by relationships and we depend on
each other. This controls and creates harmony in the
circle of life.
BIBLICAL QUOTES
Romans 12:9-18 Let love be genuine; hate what is evil,
hold fast to what is good; love one another with mutual
affection; outdo one another in showing honor. Do not
lag in zeal, be ardent in spirit, serve the Lord. Rejoice in
hope, be patient in suffering, persevere in prayer.
Contribute to the needs of the saints; extend hospitality
to strangers. Bless those who persecute you; bless and
do not curse them. Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep
with those who weep. Live in harmony with one another;
do not be haughty, but associate with the lowly; do not
claim to be wiser than you are. Do not repay anyone evil
with evil, but take thought for what is noble in the sight
of all. If it is possible, so far as it depend on you, live
peaceably with all.
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CONTROL FLAPS - maminaweyitatowin