Indian Prayer to a Beaver The First Nations' people respected the animals they interacted with. Their respect is evident in the rituals and prayers they created for the animals they hunted. An example of this is this Prayer to a Beaver: "Welcome, friend, Throwing-down-in-One-Day, you Tree-Feller, for you have agreed to come to me. The reason why I wished to catch you is that you may give me your ability to work that I may be like you; for nothing is impossible for you to work at, friend, you, Throwing-down-in-One-Day, you Tree-Feller, you Owner-of-the-Weather. And also that nothing evil may befall me in what I am doing, friend." http://collections.ic.gc.ca/tod/adventure/f_nation/bvrotter.htm