The Thanksgiving Address is the traditional prayer recited by the Iroquois or Haudenosaunee, a tribe of Native Americans that live in upstate New York, Wisconsin and Canada. These words were recited for thousands of years, often in the early morning hours as a gratitude practice to unite the minds of people with Nature. The following is an abbreviated translation of the Mohawk version, published by John Stokes and Kanawahienton in 1993. Read these words slowly. Allow them to remind you of all that you are grateful for in life, as well as the very gift of life itself. You may recite them in a group, as done by the Native American people, or by yourself, before greeting the day. Feel free to share this prayer with all the people that come on your path!