Indigenous Guiding Principles for Building a Sustainable and Harmonious World
What’s a Guiding Principle? A guiding principle, as we are using the term is a statement of basic truth about some aspect of the process of human and community transformation. It articulates what works or what doesn’t, what is needed, what must be avoided, how the process must proceed, and what it must include if […]
PLEASE HONOR MY GRANDCHILDREN WHERE IT ALL STARTED
Our heartfelt Thanksgiving to everyone supporting the Community of Wakpala to build a new Playground and Basketball Court in honor of their young Water Protector and Elders! The funds raised, so far, will make the new Basketball Court. What needs funding in the next two days is the Playground for the children. The Community of Wakpala […]
Help us Honor the Youth Where it all Began!
We are steadily moving toward our goal of $18,600 by the 20th of August! If we all contribute $7.00 or more to the Standing Rock Playground and Basketball Court Vision, it will manifest! Donation info is below the article! Wopila Tanka!” Wakpala is the Community on Standing Rock where, on March 26, 2016, Oceti Sakowin […]
Black Elk’s Vision and The Fourth Way
The Fourth Way acknowledges that the Human Family is at a crossroad facing diverging paths: on one side lies the path of increasing conflict, militarism, economic insecurity, and war; on the other, a sacred path leading to mutual understanding, healing cooperation and sustainable, harmonious prosperity. We offer The Fourth Way based on the conviction that […]
Be Generous in Prosperity, Thankful in Adversity and Unjust to No One!
Be generous in prosperity, and thankful in adversity. Be worthy of the trust of your friends and relatives, and look upon them with a bright and friendly face. Be a treasure to the poor, an admonisher to the rich, an answerer of the cry of the needy, a preserver of the sanctity of your pledge. […]
The Story of The Sacred Tree
The Story of the Sacred Tree “For all the people of the earth, the Creator has planted a Sacred Tree under which they may gather, and there find healing, power, wisdom, and security. The roots of this tree spread deep into the body of Mother Earth. Its branches reach upward like hands praying to Father Sky. The […]
Indigenous Prophecies Fulfilled -Dr. Lee Brown, Eastern Cherokee
“There was the cycle of the mineral, the rock. There was the cycle of the plant. And now we are in the cycle of the animal coming to the end of that and beginning the cycle of the human being. When we get into the cycle of the human being, the highest and greatest powers […]
2017 and Beyond-The Reunion of the Condor, Quetzal and the Eagle
Thirty-four years ago, December 27-30, 1982, on the high plains of Alberta, more than forty wise, respected and dedicated elders, spiritual leaders and community members from different Indigenous First Nations across North America came together for four days and nights of in-depth purposeful consultation. The purpose of this prayerful discussion was to develop a […]
World Peace Is Not Only Possible, But It Is Inevitable.
The Great Peace towards which people of good will, throughout the centuries, have inclined their hearts, of which seers and poets for countless generations have expressed their vision, and that the sacred teachings of humankind have constantly held the promise is within reach of the nations and the Human Family. For the first time in […]
Deloria Geneology
Dear Relatives, As always, it is our prayer that you and your beloved ones are in the very best of health and happiness. Sister Faith Spotted Eagle, and I are working together to update our Family Tree that descends from Hinhan Wicasa, Owl Man, Francois Deloria. This Family Tree includes Hunka relatives. For instance, Hunkpapa Chief Gall […]