Imagine in a not-so-distant past the following scene: a young Lakota (Sioux) girl sits unmoving as the women behind her carefully weaves together three sections of hair into a beautiful, intricate braid. As the woman does this, she shares stories of history and tradition with the young girl. The girl breathes in the words and holds them in her heart. The stories provide her with a sense of togetherness with those around her, and those from the past who first shared these stories.
Like a braid, her ancestors, her elders and she create a cord of three — creating something stronger than any one of them alone. Continue reading “St. Joseph’s Braids of Strength: a Cord of Three”