A young Indian Brave goes to his father one day and says…..
Father……. how do we get our names?????
The Chief eager to be as informative as he can be turns to his young Brave and says ………
We use the way of our father, and his father and his father before him………..
On the day of your birth, at the time of your birth, and the place of your birth, you are picked up and brought out of the wigwam and held up in both arms so that the Great Spirits may know you and keep you safe.
Then when the gaze of the father returns to the ground from the heavens……… the very first thing he sees becomes the name for the new Brave……..
So the father may see a bear hunting in the distance……… and then you may be called “Great Bear”
Or maybe he would see the animal with antlers…… then you may be called “Running Deer”
Or he may even see a horse with a bad temper and then you may be called “Crazy Horse”
Feeling confident that the matter was fully explained but receiving no response from the young Brave the father says…… but why does this trouble you……………….???????