Hi William, As I think you know, I am not of Indian heritage but am enjoying every minute I spend at this list. I am going out on a limb with this but is it possible the "sign" is the appearance of a certain bird or animal to a certain person and was considered a "sign" and if that animal or bird made 5 appearances, there was some ceremony linking the person and animal or or bird? Just a thought.:) Barbara in MA ----- Original Message ----- From: wthreerivers@aol.com To: cherokee@rootsweb.com Sent: Monday, January 20, 2014 8:27:36 PM Subject: Re: [Cherokee Circle] Hawk signs I have to admit, I have never heard of this either but I would interested to learn more William Threerivers -----Original Message----- From: Fran West-Powe <fwestpowe@gmail.com> To: CHEROKEE <CHEROKEE@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sun, Jan 19, 2014 4:11 pm Subject: [Cherokee Circle] Hawk signs As a child, my late Granny taught me that animals, and especially birds, that appear to us/near us, on friendly terms, are our "sign" and that animal, in this case, bird, is to be thanked for its presence and help as this was sign of special favor by that bird. My bird sign is the owl; my animal sign is the snake. Now, it happens that I am old woman, raised in swamps and back woods so maybe that animal/bird sign doesn't happen anymore. So I know that happens to Native peoples but don't know what to make of its happening to a man born in Germany. Regret lack of clarity, but I know not how else to explain. Fran Chinquapin ======*====== List archives http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index?list=cherokee ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CHEROKEE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ======*====== List archives http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index?list=cherokee ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CHEROKEE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message