Lodge Guidelines
This is a family community. Flame wars will NOT be tolerated, period. If you want to argue with someone, take it off list! The Sacred is Sacred and should remain so. If you wish to speak in general terms about a specific ceremony (i.e. I went to a sweat last night, and it was great!), that is fine, but PLEASE do NOT speak openly about how to conduct ceremony or details about what the Spiritual Leader does during ceremony on the list. If you have questions about how a ceremony is performed or whatever, please feel free to ask a trusted member of this community off list, or ask a trusted Elder. You should never pay for ceremony, that is not what it is all about. Women who are in their Moon time are prohibited from attending or participating in ceremony. Ceremony and the sacred are a direct connection to our Ancestors, and the traditional foundation of our native culture. To not honor that tradition or to change them arbitrarily is to cut off that connection with our Ancestors, and dishonor the traditions that are the foundation of our Cultures. Listed here are a few general guidelines for the lodge. Please be sure to review them occasionally, ignorance is not an excuse. FYI: We ask that you PLEASE list your email address in the membership section. There is a reason for this, it is not something that we ask lightly. We have a lot of problems with dead email addresses, or people who subscribe and then don't know how to unsubscribe. While this may not sound like such a big deal to some, it is a big hassle for the managers who handle the membership roster. We have a lot of inactive members that don't want to belong to the group, or have changed ISP's but not updated their settings here, etc. that can clog up the roster, and we try to keep it limited to who is active or at least interested. So we need a valid email address so that we do not inadvertently ban someone who wants to stay active, but gets banned anyway because we do not have any way of contacting you. So PLEASE for the sake of our sanity, post your email address so that we can track who is active and who is not. Thank you for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. The NAL mgt. team.
Section A - The Sacred is Sacred and should remain so. It is not a topic for every day conversation.
- Use common sense.
- Treat others as you would like to be treated in return.
- Censor your language please. We are a family list.
- Respect yourself
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Respect others opinions and thoughts. -
Racism will NOT be tolerated. -
Flame wars will NOT be tolerated. If you want to argue with someone, take it off list!
Section B -
Please do not take part in Religious advertising or attempt to force your belief system down another's throat. Speaking of our religion or spirituality is an individual choice, and is encouraged within reason. -
Recommending magazines, books, movies, music, etc. is encouraged, please use the appropriate page to do so. You may offer to LEND someone a book, movie, etc. but please do not list items for sale. If you do list something for sale, the managers, and members of this group, MSN, and all subsidiaries of MSN are NOT responsible. -
The sale or trade of raptor feathers/body parts, as well as any and all illegal/threatened/ or endangered species is a violation of U.S. Federal Law and violators are subject to removal from this list. If you do posses them and are not an enrolled member of any Nation or do not have the special permits for having them, keep it to yourself. We do not need to know. This is for your protection as well as ours. -
Pornography and/or lewdness is strictly forbidden, this is a family list. -
Please don't use NAL for a dating service. There are lot of free places on the Net to advertise if you are seeking a date. If you want to find a date, go somewhere else. If you want companionship, get a dog. If you want a friend, post a message. -
Recruiting for any and all purposes is not allowed. -
If you do not wish to follow these guidelines then please expect to receive a message from Management. Each incident will be dealt with according to its severity and the interests of the whole of the membership will be taken into account. -
Flame wars will NOT be tolerated!
Section C -
Blood Quantum/skin color/race/religion/tribal enrollment and/or federal recognition are NOT issues here. Let the feds fight over that one, we have bigger issues to deal with. -
No one nation or bloodline is better than any other. -
Racial slurs and/or prejudicial statements will not be tolerated. You will be given 1 warning. -
Flame wars will NOT be tolerated!
Section D - Sacred subjects and or objects are just that. sacred, and need to remain so. If you have a question, ask someone that you trust off list.
- The assistant managers are here for a reason. Try to have them moderate any and all disputes that cannot be solved privately.
- Disagreement is good for us, it helps us form our own opinions, to learn, and to grow, but petty bickering will not be tolerated. Arguments and debates have a function, to a point. If things go to far, a assistant or manager will step in.
- If you find you are annoyed by something or upset try to think and pray on your response for a while prior to posting.
- Persons joining this community with the intention of spamming us will be banned and reported to MSN as being in violation of the Terms of Use, and will be subject to any and all punishment metered out by MSN.
- If you wish to post pictures and find that your space on your current name is too full then please create a new identity using the same name with a 2 after it and apply for membership for the purpose of posting.
If anyone has any questions about the above guidelines or wishes us to include something or address something please feel free to contact any of the management. The whole process should be ... "for the good of the whole" and not for the good of the one. That is what being Native is all about, ennit?
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