Their words are simple; their voices, soft. For centuries, we have not heard them - BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT TAKEN THE TIME TO LISTEN Perhaps now is the time to open our ears -- hear the echoes of the land... open our hearts and minds... See the pain of fresh-baked uneaten fry bread as children were ripped from their mother's arms to be "assimilated" .... Hear the cries of the wind along the Trail of Tears .... Feel the words of the Creator always watching. NOW is the time to learn the wisdom and teachings of our Native American aboriginals. The "Wisdom of The Elders" series is a compilation of selected tribes and their brief histories, proverbs, sayings - A history of the folk wisdom of the Sages.