Painting above, "There Was A Place," by Frank D. Miller

"Native American Birth Totems"

January 20 to February 18, The Otter

February 19 to March 20, The Wolf

March 21 to April 19, The Falcon

April 20 to May 20, The Beaver

May 21 to June 20, The Deer

June 21 to July 21, The Woodpecker

July 22 to August 21, The Salmon

August 22 to September 21, The Brown Bear

September 22 toOctober 22, The Raven

October 23 to November 22, The Serpent

November 23 to December 21, The Owl

December 22 to January 19, The Goose

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Mother Earth What seperates Native American culture from the Western World is the way Native Americans (The First Peoples of North and South America) understand nature and how they treat it. According to their understanding, people and the Earth are one. In addition, Earth is the Mother of all peoples, animals, and every form of life that has made Earth home. Native American people do not feel, as many Westernes do, that they are surrounded by a hostile environment. On the contrary, they feel protected and secure because of the never-ending care of the Great Mother.    The Blackfeet express it this way: "The Earth loves us, she is happy when she hears us sing. She provides the nourishment we need."    A tribe in Western Canada called the Thaltan express a similar sentiment: "The Earth is alive, she is our mother, because if she did not exist neither would we. The people are her children as are the animals. The stones are her bones, the water her milk, the animals are the same as people; they are from the same blood; they are related."

Research from the book, "Native American Astrology" "The Wisdom of the Four Winds" by Winfred Noe Published by Sterling Publishing Co., Inc., New York