Wellbriety Movement Teachings

An ongoing collection of articles, booklets and graphics to support the recovery, healing and Wellbriety journey

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White Bison is now offering “Wellbriety Movement Teachings.” The teachings will guide us in our thinking and decisions as we continue on the Wellbriety path to wellness. The Mother Earth is guided by a set of Principles, Laws and Values. We human beings live on the earth, and in the old days we knew about these Principles. Our communities lived by these Laws and taught these ways to our children. Even though we have a “free will,” meaning we can do whatever we want, it’s the consequences of our decisions that matter. Every decision has a consequence. If our thoughts and decisions are made within the confines of the Natural Laws and Principles, the consequences will be in harmony with the same Laws of the Mother Earth, resulting in the creation of healthy communities and ensuring that intergenerational healing will continue. These teachings are being provided to guide us in this manner.

Innate Knowledge (2002)
By Don Coyhis (Mohican Nation), Founder and President of White Bison, Inc.
Inside us we all know how to find our own well-being and how to be a well human being. We inherently know what to do and what we are but we have to make choices so we can actually express that and be that in our lives. Understanding Innate Knowledge is one of the Wellbriety Movement ways that can make a difference in our own lives and in the lives of those around us.

Sober Leadership (2004 & 2006)
By Don Coyhis (Mohican Nation), Founder and President of White Bison, Inc.
In order for our people and communities to walk the Wellbriety path to wellness, our Native leadership must also be sober, and themselves on a healing journey. The people should consider only casting their votes for leaders who will commit to personal sobriety. This is a sacrifice that our leaders should be willing to make. 3 pages.

The Wellbriety Journey: Nine Talks by Don Coyhis 1999 & 2006.
By Don Coyhis (Mohican Nation), Founder and President of White Bison, Inc.
This 30 page booklet is a good introduction to Wellbriety, as well as to its concepts and teachings. It is a good study addition to a Firestarters or Medicine Wheel and the 12 Steps Circle, as well as to a 7 Trainings workshop and other Wellbriety Movement programs.

About Giving (2006)
By Don Coyhis (Mohican Nation), Founder and President of White Bison, Inc.
The Wellbriety journey allows us to find and to access the Abundance System. In the Abundance System, the more we give, the more Creator sends us to give away. This is a sweet teaching explaining that traditional Native culture was always part of the Abundance system.

A RED PAPER on a Sacred Hoop Journey Through Colorado (2007)
By White Bison, Inc.
In mainstream society, "White Papers" are a term denoting reports that discuss or describe a concept or a proposal that the author of the paper wants to introduce. They are used to educate people about a possibility that might be of interest to them. In the Wellbriety Movement, we use RED PAPERS to get the word out to the Native American community about something that can help with the healing of American Indian and Alaska Native communities.
This RED PAPER proposes a regional Journey of the Sacred Hoop to take place throughout Colorado. The purpose of the Journey is similar to Sacred Hoop Journeys that took place in 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2006 and 2007. That is, to carry a healing message by way of the Hoop and to introduce the Wellbriety Movement wellness resources to Indian country.
This Red Paper on a Sacred Hoop Through Colorado also has another important purpose. It's additional purpose is to propose that other regions in North America could themselves host a Journey of the Sacred Hoop take place throughout their Native communities. The ideas proposed for Colorado in this paper can be opened up to serve American Indian and Alaska Native communities anywhere.