The forms that teaching took in earlier times may have included songs, dances, stories, rituals, or sacred art. Today they include this and much more. Teaching and sharing are part of the process of becoming more whole and spiritually mature. Celebrating is a natural outcome of spiritual sharing, and it too can take a diversity of forms. It is an individual and communal process that celebrates the mystery of life and the journey that each of us takes.
Celebration is a way of spreading the light around.
Being is the seventh ring of the visioning process. Being joyous, thankful, reflective of the gifts of life and vision are important states of mind. This chapter has outlined a perspective of Indigenous education inherent in Native American spirituality. Native American traditionalists would contend that all learning is related to the spirit. Native American progressives would agree that this may be so, but it is also essential that Indian people be trained to compete and exist in a modern world.