Fred Joe
Athiew Marriel reflects on the spirits of our totems. This identifies each tribe’s totem. We give thanks to them when we hunt and gather food. We also give thanks to them for protecting us and our country from foreign and domestic intruders. This is how our ancestors survived, through storytelling. Our legends live on through our children today, and into the future. This Athiew Marriel (totem spirits) also teaches us to respect the values of our land, sky, sea, the teaching of elderley people that was very powerful, “If you disobey the lore, you are accountable for your actions.” They stole our identity and our land, transformed us and gave us the Book to reform us. In that book was; “Thou shall not steal.”