As Native's, Indigenous, Aboriginals we must begin our journey with the truth of who we are that reveals our purpose and mission. We are energy and the sooner we understand and innerstand this the better our lives can become. Lets begin with etymology meaning the beginnings or origins of you and me.
1590s, "force of expression," from Middle French énergie (16c.), from Late Latin energia, from Greek energeia "activity, action, operation," from energos "active, working," from en "at" (see en- (2)) + ergon "work, that which is wrought; business; action," from PIE root *werg- "to do."
Used by Aristotle with a sense of "actuality, reality, existence" (opposed to "potential") but this was misunderstood in Late Latin and afterward as "force of expression," as the power which calls up realistic mental pictures. Broader meaning of "power" in English is first recorded 1660s. Scientific use is from 1807. Energy crisis first attested 1970.