Do we each take our part in that through grooming styles? Anywho, I realised one day I had to accept my short hair as it was without the hair extensions and start the journey of getting my hair back. My relationship with hair has been challenging. Nlaka'pamux women, my mother taught me, would cut their hair. In no way is our hair a symbol of defiance or a way to stand out, we are proud to carry traditions of our family and have that amount of respect for our grandparents and ancestors that we deal with the inconvenience of having such long hair. 1. And taking time to care for oneself is a beautiful thing, nurturing and loving our living temple may take time, but what else is as important as life represented as yourself? On each day of the spirit's journey, it will be faced with a new temptation in the form of different berries. I told them I intended on letting my sons make the choice, once theyre old enough to understand a little bit, the significance and my reasons why. So I have discovered, hair length doesnt change the man, just the way people see him. Have you seen our latest blog? All the money and energy I put into the relationship I can finally put back into myself and I will finally be getting some much needed help by a professional who understands my deep desire to refresh and reset my hair to as natural as possible. Because I Believe I set the intention for my intuition to be stronger and practice being with my soul and higher self everyday. Cutting, burying, and burning it all carry a strong significance and meaning. My father in law passed last Wednesday at age 82 and I was pretty close to him so I cut about 4 inches off my hair. He performed a ceremony and a woman with darker complexion and long black hair was suddenly beside me. I find too, that I am more settled in my spirit and I do have Native blood from the Iroquois of New York State. I am ready for change and ready to release the old and darkness. I have dreams of doing it. It would be cool to know more on this topic fro around the world. I was going to see if you guys are going to help me so that I can do better than me not taking care of my hair. I cant say that my longer hair has heightened my gifts, because it also coincides with me learning to listen to them more. I found this interesting and can only find that it is due to a drop in hormones no longer needed from the pregnancy. It is our responsibility to connect heaven and earth with our hair and bodily energy systems. . Ive had several trims to allow the shorter sections to catch up, and its not quite there yet. I asked them to just put my sons hair in a low braid instead of cutting it, hes 3 and his hair is all the way down his back and my 2 year olds is almost shoulder length. As you already know new changes and fresh beginnings will spring forth once again. I was very proud to see my 6th white hair appear on my 60th birthday last year. Thanks for sharing this friend, its good to have your comments here. The worst time was when I saw it at Ft. Knox where I was living at that time. Mines more of a question than a statement Why do some women (from many different cultures and backgrounds) do hair wraps?! I love my culture and trying my best to do good and make it stay alive. Many Native Americans strongly resisted the schools' psychological and cultural war on their communities. Thanks for hangin with us and spreading the word about The Longhairs! ..from others my own agethe comments hear really spoke to memy hair is part of my journey here..connects me to spirit.it is my strength. while others see it as a mess..and tell me to cut it would have yo be an important reason for this to ocurr..my heritage is celtic azoresmederterainnz born.. not about ego or beauty.for me.thanks for all the posted I got alot from you all. My own indigenous backround would be generically called celtic I suppose and unfortunately, it is hard to find very much on any pre-Roman tribes of Europe. Every depiction I have ever seen of Christopher Columbus, he has hair down past his ears and neck. My hair was long through high school and up until I went in the army. Thank you. Im sorry about that because theres several that I deal with. a symbol of my faith My best friend is from there. And know we back your long hair 100%. Please research ceremonial burning of your hair. Fast-forward to my 40s, when the hairline began to recede and the hair began to thin, and I decided to start clipping it all off a buzz cut which I kept for more than a decade. The hair dresser told me if I wanted to grow it I should get it trimmed every 6-8 weeks, and I vowed to myself that I would do so. For the past several years, Id get one cut a year. Where did it start?! I found this blog while trying to find an answer for how to discard it respectfully. I strongly suggest that your parents look into this option even if you have cut your hair already. Maybe because my genes are of northern/eastern hemisphere. The Sweet Grasses found growing around the World represent the hair of Our Mother, the Earth. We are a community for men with long hair and yes we do make products that hold your hair up. Women are also more intuitive during menstruation. That makes me think about the common belief that women are more intuitive than men. I found it while looking for a book called Bears Braid! Lol? I am Metis, and didnt get my hair cut until I was 5 and in residential school in Canada. Im sure that my future incarnations are going to want to have kick-ass long hair, too. There are also some cultures, including Native American and many Asian ones, where a person would cut his or her hair as an act of grief, disgrace, or even rebellion. As natives, we live in 2 worlds. Yes Pat weve heard that too! and sorrow she showed the world it. It takes a physically strong man to wear long hair. My hair is my religion, it represents my faith , my culture and my tribe. I wish I could grow some long hair! I have had increased dreams and visions while my hair is long. So I did just that. I definitely plan to do a post on the Rastafarians, so stay tuned. An article 78 is an appeal that you can file against ANY ADMINISTRATIVE BODY in this country. It was a messy ball of hair and it wasnt mine. It is believed that long hair in Native American culture is a physical manifestation of the growth of the spirit, and some say it allows for extrasensory perception, and connection to all things. Thank you for posting. To me its both the same, well never rid ourselves of ego because it is what we are, all we can do is learn to live with it and not let it take us over. We have the deepest respect for the significance of long hair in Native American culture. Thank you so much for writing this article and allowing a space to comment. Why do Native Indians keep their hair long? Keep them coming, YEEE!!! I fear of becoming disconnected. Im cutting my hair in mourning. To all the Oyat parents facing a similar situation with your sons, let them continue to embrace, honor, and respect their traditions and heritage, and yours as well, even if it means that nobody accepts them and they are home schooled. In Native culture, a widespread belief is that when someone's hair is cut, they lose a small part of their relationship with themselves. Right? I asked about it, and he said there are reasons for cutting ones hair. I am of Peruvian descent (Inca nation) and have long, thick, beautiful black hair. Whats the significance or meaning behind it?! Yet, some are thrilled with it. Thank you for your frankness and straight forward answer. What a beautiful submission. The knowledge that our sages gained put together can be called the yogic s. Then, with having such a small amount of hair to maintain, I learned the chemistry of my hair and how to make it healthy, and also how to make my natural waves smooth and beautiful. Thank you Longhairs for touching on this subject and for everything you guys do for others. And cut it for the same reasons as well? Amber, thank you for your message. Sometimes feathers are tied around the head of the dead tribe member as a form of prayer. Starting more exercise and better planning of meals. It is now salt and pepper but I have to say just the experience of having the balls to wear my hair without any fcks given has changed my life. It's bad luck to cut your hair or shave when a family member is gravely ill or in bad health. I have more questions and comments for me it seems that Im honoring God by keeping my hair long and for me its a spiritual mean I cant seem to back this up but anything I can find in the Bible short of the story of Samson I have found it in other religions and in the Native American culture that Ive read in this article I havent cut my hair for 12 years and it doesnt seem that I intend to soon I found that there is a certain amount of discrimination that I run into from time to time and pre-judgment by the length of my hair and not by my own personality and whats inside so for me its a way of somehow determining what peoples intentions might be in their sincerity if Im being judged barely by my hair what sort of person am I dealing with a narrowminded one in my view thanks for all your interesting commentsOh my best so are you from Montana. From that standpoint, the notion of feeling the world around us doesnt seem that far-fetched. Mostly on character. ( jozefklopacka /Adobe Stock) The report claims that government testing institutes compared the behaviors and tracking performances of Native American trackers with and without long hair, and they found that the long-haired subjects outperformed those whose hair had been cut in the military fashion. So then and there I decided to never cut my hair. Ive been throwing away the shedded hair but always intuitively knowing I am throwing away something sacred. Until this morning when i v realised that grief is me second skin and there has to be a change. I do feel my hair connects me to the world around me and allows me to be more effective to needs of others. My son passed away almost 6 months ago. If anything I think my intuition and so many other aspects became worse as I had another persons DNA attached to my DNA. Without even knowing why, Ive always shorn my locks during times of deep grief (like now having just lost my fur baby of many years) & great change. Awesome to hear BeezyW and great to have you here. I am roaming wolf known to many as a person who falls traditional ways and I was taught that are hair symbolizes a form of our pride and the only time you set aside your pride is through death or dishonor. Fascinating information & thoughts shared here. Youre experience is a valuable treasure. Native American feather symbolism . I found it in a comment: bury in the dirt. I had received a call that if I wanted to visit and tell her good bye I needed to come. It was strange, I immediately felt so lost and like I had no control over my life, powers that I didnt even notice having when my hair was long were now gone and I really noticed the lack of their presence. Nice suggestions. For Native Americans, long hair equates to POWER, VIRILITY, and PHYSICAL STRENGTH. Thanks. He loved my long silver hair. I was mad for a long time but that has passed and I have forgiven him. Courtesy, Tiya-Marie . a figure of majesty It can act like antennas and also records down memory and emotion during the time period of growth. Agreed on the wind thank God for hair ties! I keep my knee length braids in honor of the ancestors and for those whom had their hair cut in the residential schools. This blog is for empowerment not belittling. The AFSC is the first human rights organization in the country, but it is now International. In order to prove they had killed, they scalped to show proof. They exchanged traditional clothing for uniforms, and embarked on a life. He had locs in his hair. And with long hair, those are thousands of extended touch points bringing in tactile sensory information from your surrounding environment. The important thing, to me, is that we respect & cherish ourselves, each other, and everything/one on this planet & beyond as we are ALL connected. Thanks again ,I really appreciated your honesty and truth. We plan to cut off enough to collarbone length and get it looking brown againto match my brown eyes. Having long hair was always something that was a way that marked us as different from Canadian society, and one of the first things they took from us when they took us. The soul must be strong enough not to stop and eat the berries or they will be trapped in that location forever. Could it be somehow tied to hair length? Thank you for sharing such a beautiful story! Am I doing right?? I feel so powerful with my hair. I am Native American I come for Oklahoma. At around 9 years old, oldest came to me and told me he was ready. When my significant other, my love, passed away, I cut my hair. Keep lettin ride! Many ancient cultures maintain that hair is an extension of not only the human nervous system but also the soul. I realized recently that I started letting it grow longer after a trip to South Dakota about 5 1/2 years ago. But it was my soul I could feel was not right. Need to dig a little deeper on that one. I completely agree. Glad you found the article here and thank you for sharing your experience. I been grown my hair and because I have I feel in powered I enjoy when the wind blows it it connect me to earth and most importantly protects my head .l. I gave him 32 years of my life and a beautiful son so when he passes which is going to be soon I fear I will cut my hair more. If you feel this way, then yes. Within the hour of being home she called her hair stylist. I have let all 3 grow their hair until they decided to cut it. Thank you for reading the blog and sharing your culture with us, Flacon. I have suix and crow Indian. And two I can relate to this article, I feel power with it like a lions mane. And have been told my aura is white light and turquoise. USMC/Vietnam 68-69. -in ancient china. I now have long hair and work for a huge corporation and feel so out of place often. Long hair being one of them. They deal with every level civil rights, human rights. Personally I just like having long hair, its the way I should be. Its interesting to consider that your hair could be helping you harness your intuition. My brother has a Mohawk, which is another accepted hairstyle in our culture, and works as the head chef at a five-star restaurant and owns a non-profit animal rescue. How can I fight this in court and get the judge to see my side. I am not Native American but from Europe, Slavic origin. Answer (1 of 40): The rituals of Hindu culture are all based on Spirituality. I thought Id reach out to you to find out whether you or your sisters have carried on that tradition as well! Then I started thinking that you guys should write itto include history/culture re male long hair, section re nutrients for long hair; styling for various occasions/with/without hatalways with your bands; how to flip itetc etc. with best wishes Tracy, Leave it long as you are able to understand many things others cannot. When a Native American cuts their hair, the hair is often treated with respect. The cut hair represents the time with their loved one, which is over and gone, and the new growth is the life after. When my hair is short (bob to chin with shag layers) then I feel energized and creative and full of life. My fater. Peace be with you. They believe hair should be cut only once, and this is during the child's first birthday. God bless. Our hair is our medicine, but we dont judge on hair length. Does the gene throwback at all? I believe its $100 initially, and the court MAY AUTOMATICALLY refuse it. I want to understand better. I find this of particular interest knowing how much time and energy Longhairs spend caring for our hair and often times defines us. Honey I am wondering how this all worked out for you and if you ended up cutting your hair or not? Im of Celtic heritage and hair has been an important part of my culture also. But its hard to tell them why I wish not to. Ive always been highly intuitive, but it was a hot mess running on auto pilot. Some girls avoided me because all women with short hair are lesbians right? I just want to make you aware of this because this is nothing new and theres a violation of your rights. I am thinking Vikings next! My hair was long when he passed and I have kind of made it a tradition to do it once a year since not realizing it is a custom in Native American tradition. it was well known to do Tonsure. It complimented my face shape and it made me confident. The family told KOCO 5 that they think Spring Break has something to do with how quickly the district is responding to what happened. I go to this all the time when it comes to jails and prisons. Im aware of the significance attributed to hair in the native American culture and have been reading about the natural remedies your ancestors have relied on for centuries to nourish and look after that part of their body and soul. Long hair gives me a headache, neck ache, oily face, and it knots so easy around my neck. likely the act was transferred to the human to grow their own hair and simply tempted a scalper for the men. I do have native blood just not sure what tribe. To have someone cut our hair, as they did to my Grandmother, is humiliating, a sign of defeat, and strips away part of us that carries the stories of our life. This is fascinatingit made me interested enough to see (on Amazon) if there are any books on the subject (and I didnt find muchtitles about styling and one book of poetry about boys and long hair). But due to my situation my boys had been taken by DCF and Ive been fighting to get them back home, but the whole time theyve been in their custody, they have been trying to get me to agree to them cutting my boys hair. The other question I had for you, was what was your parents opinion on this when it came to this schools policy? On the other spectrum of Longhairs, I have worked with Buddhist communities in Thailand, Burma, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Singapore and Malaysia and they remove all of their hairhead, arms, legs, chest, eyebrows, etc. Thank you for bringing this out. I hope blackfoot is a typo. I wear my hair nature all my life. Hugs & respect to all. Makes me queezy to think about. As I became an adult, I found I wanted long hair. Spottedtail, I see the confusion. Its always been my birth month and Ive never known this! a crown of dignity I just did a google search to see if the hair cutting was due to his mothers death. I believe my son is whose keeping me strong tbh. If the person's heart, made heavy by the weight of sin, weighed more than the feather, the person would not be allowed to enter the paradise . Mvto is thank you in our native tongue. So, its been 5 and a half years since I had a haircut. Then I dyed it . Historic Native American mourning customs varied greatly from tribe to tribe, but there were some commonalities. I love your country, here is a blog post from my journeys there in 2012: https://followchris.me/2012/12/16/adventures-in-bolivia-and-peru/. I believe it also takes quite a bit of time and effort and vanity to continually maintain hairlessness and remove hair from the entire body. I was a Marine in Vietnam and the account of Native American trackers losing ability because they cut their hair is BS. By Spirituality I mean the science of working with the life system from within as we are the self aware form of the code that runs the universe. It is a hard life for women there. My Moms Grandmother was kidnapped from her people; forced to wear white peoples clothing; was forbidden to speak her language; and they cut her hair and called her an orphan. Here, we are about to highlight the reasons as to why Hindus shave their head when a family member dies. The stories of Natives being used in Vietnam are true along with the fact that they lost their tracking abilities due to their hair being cut off. Every time I had a relationship breakup, invariably I would cut it.still not sure why.now, in my later years I have no time to lose, I began to be true to MYSELFand began to grow my hair out~~~~~~~ It is now 3 feet long from root to tip and I love it!!! The black girls and white girls fight over their hair ALL the damn time! Depending on that girls past and current life, remember that maybe she may be trying to disconmect, from her world, for unknown reasons, to you. As a native of Creek Nation, I appreciate your description of what long means to Native Americans. I truly started to feel my connection with Mother Earth and The Creator. I found him on a long hair website, was five, and wore long, beautifully epic braids. The Best Thing About Having Long Hair. The Navajos didn't always bury bodies. Ive gone through periods of change, and all I wanted to do is chop all my hair off, like the hair was holding me to my old patterns. So at 10 I was big enough to resist it and 11 years later when my best friend died I made a pony tail and cut it. It felt as something I had to do and thought that everybody will see I was somehow wounded. I would love to connect with you via Facebook if you have one. When a character cuts off their hair, it often symbolizes a rite of passage or bout of character growth. Not to be confused with a head wrap meaning tying on brightly colored hemp, twine, rope, or even string, often Ive seen with beads as well!? And it feels like a new drop of freedom from grief. But my youngest tonight asked me why his hair looked like a girl. Funny most of my friends have said little or nothing about it; maybe they dont like it and it makes them uncomfortable? The way to tell the person was dead (living people dont generally like getting scalped) was to remove the scalp, if the hair was long, and generally black, it was easy to identify as (most likely) being the scalp of a Lakota. Also in my opinion Japan in the Edo-Period had some interesting hairstyles. In additional to cutting the hair, I vision changing it to a deep red?! The notion that a man may be bewitched by means of the clippings of his hair, the parings of his nails, or any other severed portion of his person is almost world-wide, and attested by evidence too ample . Now that I am growing it back out, I begin the journey in full understanding of my hair, that ties me to nature and that spiritual wild side, and also with a new perspective on human nature. Then I got deeper and deeper and I just thought to myself if I cut my hair off for dads funeral then it is like I am cutting off hair from when he existed on this earth plane. Absolutely. Sad to hear about your felines Joey. Spontaneously i v cut my hair. But its blackfeet also known as the pikuni people. You can read about it here https://thegreatcut.us. My mother sent me to have my hair cut routinely. The cut hair was and engraved in it so much pain and it feels like i v let go of that pain. They have also put them into churches and Christian events and I have asked them nicely and have explained to them that I am not a Christian I am true natural ways of the old traditions of our people and I asked that my children not be imposed the Christian beliefs not without my approval because if my children can come to me and ask me, then I can give them my blessings for making a choice of Their Own but I would have the opportunity to talk to them first about their feelings. When I finished my tour, I left it alone save for an occasional trim. I hate having to cut my hair. Confidence comes from our long manes, and you gotta LET IT RIDE, man! Upon visiting mother in the hospital, I made the deal with her to cut my hair when she was discharged. We publish tips, advocate for hair equality, and celebrate mens long manes with hair whips and high fives. Interesting Amanda, thank you for sharing. We ARE all connected! I dont know how long I can keep them from doing what they want because the people representing my kids is pushing for the hair cut. Often, they would cover bodies in brush cuttings to protect them from animals. when as example a wife or woman did it in general it meant she had a deep loss. Mylon McArthur, Cree, age 8, from Alberta, Canada, elected to cut his hair in October 2017 in the face of bullying by classmates. This Mundan ritual is also a mark of shedding their ego. What was the Significance of some tribes, SCALPING their victims? Awesome article, El Roob! They believe the hair is an extension of the soul. From a siege blowing horns to keep inhabitants awake, to sending the heads of your defeated soldiers over your walls via catapult, to desecration of bodies. IgnoranceSo it taught me about character in general. All within the past 3 months. So ofcourse I wasnt going to cut it for his funeral!! I truly believe there is a spiritual reason that I feel so attached to my long hair, especially after learning about my heritage. Other death rituals include painting a dead person's face red, the colour of life, or washing the body with yucca before burial. After death, the heart of each person would be weighed against the weight of the feather of Ma'at. Be well as we are all connected. I know this is late, but i have to point out how much time it takes to shave all the hair off the body, and doing it constantly for a reason isnt part of vanity or ego? Thanks so much for sharing your story! But I think I want to do it as a reminder of how much everything has to start over. It creates a direct connection between Spirit, Human, and Earth. And as far as Monks are concerned, those in the Orthodox Church wear their hair long and gathered in a loose pony tail. Maybe this drastic hair change will help me break for the old habits. Croatian culture is interesting because it is the only one in the world that possesses the most diverse techniques of knitting hair.It fascinates me with the American culture of hair combs. 2. Thanks for asking. The first step was spebding more time out in nature. It felt very cathartic writing this Let me know in the reply! Do not cut the hair of a very sick or dying family member as this could hasten death. I have been researching for many years in the field of combustion culture in Croatia. Confusing, but Im really trying to let go of what everyone else thinks about me Thanks for listening. My long hair appears epic, as though I stepped out of the pages of a historical time line! I feel tired and lethargic even depressed with long hair. 3. I do believe I will feel much more invigorated after my hair appt next week and my gifts of knowing and visions will only get stronger as will my esteem and confidence. That afternoon I was sitting in a chair having 24 inches of hair cutoff. I dont know what I enjoyed more, the article or the many wonderful comments! El Terapeuta (The Therapist) or in Gaelic, "An Teiripiche-inntinn", https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPoLmHDcoRc, https://stock.adobe.com/images/indian-at-sunset/74099156, https://stock.adobe.com/images/native-american-man-in-sepia/71961633, http://chamanedaniel.canalblog.com/archives/2016/10/18/34456562.html, https://followchris.me/2012/12/16/adventures-in-bolivia-and-peru/. This led to a crippling obsession during my teenage years: I would constantly worry about how my hair looked, because I had learned that its the first thing people notice about me. Okay, soI have Native American blood in my family, but Im not sure what tribe. Guys who wanted to date me before now had no interest. Thank you for sharing, please come back and comment again. That long hair reaches out like tentacles, and pulls energy and information from the world around us, similar to a cats whiskers. They help guide me, they help me be close to him. As 2 of my aunties, one of my cousins and myself truly appear to have scooped up alot of native American genetics anyway, Ive had a massive affinity with the culture growing up, pretty much teaching myself things intuitively. I lost my favorite, best friend uncle. Our long hair is believed to connect us to nature and the earth. I remember being at home and alot of people hassling me about getting a hair cut for the funeral etc. I like that you do it in honor of the ancestors and for those who were oppressed while in the residential schools. Now at 40, I have finally decided to let my hair start growing again. So sorry to hear that Isha. I looked up men with long hair and beholdI came across your page. That you do it as a reminder of how much everything has to be stronger and practice being with soul. Information from your surrounding environment stop and eat the berries or they will be trapped in that forever... 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