12 Days of Yule ~ Day 5

5th Day of Yule – Remembering the Noble Virtue of Honor
December 24th

"Honor is the ability to hold your head high in all situations. We set standards for ourselves and live according to those standards. We are not encouraged to set low standards, rather, set high standards and work toward them continually, even behind closed doors."

AMONG THE INDIANS
THERE HAVE BEEN NO WRITTEN LAWS
CUSTOMS HANDED DOWN FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION HAVE BEEN THE ONLY LAWS TO
GUIDE THEM. EVERY ONE MIGHT ACT DIFFERENT FROM WHAT WAS CONSIDERED RIGHT DID HE
CHOOSE TO DO SO, BUT SUCH ACTS WOULD BRING UPON HIM THE CENSURE OF THE NATION . . .
THIS FEAR OF THE NATION'S CENSURE ACTED AS A MIGHTY BAND, BINDING ALL IN ONE SOCIAL
HONORABLE COMPACT.

~ GEORGE COPWAY [KAH-GE-GA-GAH-BOWH] ~
(1818 - 1863) Ojibwa chief