First Nations Totem Animals: Original Instructions for Discovering Your Spirit Allies

Discover your totem animals through the wisdom of Indigenous North America• Identifies your totem animals and how to recognize them through signs in nature, dreams, and shamanic journeying • Reveals the spiritual teachings, powers, and medicine of each animal, organized by the elements of Water, Earth, Wind, Fire, and Sacred Space • Presents the clan system of Indigenous North America as a framework for understanding ancestral identity, community responsibility, and one’s calling Each person has seven totem animals.These spirit allies bear teachings, protective powers, and what Indigenous nations call Original Instructions: the life mission encoded in every being.Luke Blue Eagle draws on decades of spirit animal training with Anishinaabe (Ojibwe), Micmac, and Cherokee Elders to present a guide to identifying your totem animals and working with their medicine. The author explains the clan system of Indigenous North America-a framework of governance and ancestral belonging in which each