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A Potawatomi Story: The Seven
Grandfathers Teachings
The Seven Grandfathers Teachings
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This version of the Seven Grandfathers story
appeared in the Moose Deer Point First Nation
Newsletter in October 2018.
In the early years, the Earth was hard on the
people. Many died from diseases and others just
passed on from the tough lives they lived.
The Seven Grandfathers were powerful spirits
given the responsibility to watch over the
people by The Creator.
Seeing how hard it was for the people, the
Seven Grandfathers sent their helper Shkabwes
amongst the people to find one who could be
taught how to live in harmony with the world.
Six times Shkabwes searched amongst
the people and found no one, but on his
seventh trip he found a newborn baby who
was unaffected by the hardships of the
world who would be able to learn from the
Seven Grandfathers.
Taking the boy from his parent’s tent while
they slept, Shkabwes left gifts of tobacco and
a piece of his clothing to show them he had
not been taken by a wild animal and would one
day return.
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