Student AffairsWampum Commitment String
- Use loving kind words when having uncomfortable conversations
- Listen with intent and open hearts, ears, and minds
- Be honest and responsible about your feelings
- Be non-judgemental
- Be humble
Emotional
- Visit Four Directions as often as you can!
- Express gratitude and appreciation for ALL involved with Four Directions
- Be friendly and welcoming
- Everyone has a right to use their voice to be heard, or to be silent
- Be proud of yourself and others
- Self-reflection - take responsibility for yourself and your actions
Spiritual
- Share knowledge and practices
- Practice patience with those who are just learning
- Be open minded and embrace willingness to learn
- Be in the present - practice mindfulness
- Create a collective unifying entity
Intellectual
- Be eco-friendly
- Acknowledge & appreciate the gifts we all carry
- Use your strengths to help others
- How we treat ourselves is how we treat all of creation
Physical
Holistic Way of being well with self and others:
- Turtle Island
- All Nations Teachings
- Natural Laws
- All my relations
- Ancestors