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Lakota Freedom: Treaty Withdrawal For Elders and Children

2008-01-21T17:50:40Z

MEDIA ADVISORY
Immediate Release: 24 December 2007

Media Contacts:
Naomi Archer, Communications Liaison (828) 230-1404 lakotafree [at] gmail.com

Lakota Freedom: Treaty Withdrawal For Elders and Children

Sovereignty Action Sparks World Discussion, Disagreement, Inspiration

Lakota - What began as sparsely attended press conference announcing Lakota sovereignty has grown into an international roar of freedom inspiring people on every continent and sparking excitement and discussion in homes, tribal councils, schools, and on internet blogs and message boards. Across Indian Country in particular, the impact of the sovereign action is creating both inspiration and concern as the reality of freedom sinks in.

But mixed with the excitement and joy are concerns the Lakota people's needs will not be fully met, especially needs and concerns of the youth.

Lakota Freedom delegate and Oglala Lakota Cante Tenza - Strongheart Warrior Society leader Canupa Gluha Mani (Duane Martin Sr.) issued the following statement after discussion with the Strongheart Grandmothers:

"The whole Lakota declaration of withdrawal from the treaty is vested on the power of the Lakota people and our children.

When we undertook the process of announcing the withdrawal, the capacity was far greater than most people anticipated about an individual. But throughout our history, the people have never excluded anyone within their own lifeway and when it becomes a listener's view that its about one individual, one individual does not represent the nation itself, the nation represents the individual, and that is Lakota.

The withdrawal is for the people, the Elders, mothers, fathers, and the children.

Throughout our history and through the enforcement of the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934, Congress said they would oversee the provisions of 1868 (Fort Laramie Treaty), but they failed to do so. Some minor provisions were kept, but overall the treaty was not honored. Because if the treaty was honored, we would not have this colonial catastrophe of alcoholism, drug abuse and poverty and we wouldn't have the overall high incarceration rate of the male and female in the prison populations. This leads to our children being taking away by Social Services which puts our children out of balance from learning the traditional lifeway.

When the children can reconnect with who they are, they come back to the process of knowing what is Lakota in the true point of view. In this true point of view Lakota is about being free and left alone, so we can govern and save our own with the teachings of the Animal Nations.

If we can conclude with this statement in the positive venue, its not about Russell Means, and certainly not about Canupa Gluha Mani or any individual, this about the Lakota Nation and the Animal People who are no longer alone."

We are the freedom loving Lakota from the Sioux Indian reservations of Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota and Montana who have withdrawn from the constitutionally mandated treaties to become a free and independent country. We are alerting the Family of Nations we have now reassumed our freedom and independence with the backing of Natural, International, and United States law. For more information, please visit our new website at www.lakotafreedom.com.
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And they will rise...

2007-12-22T08:01:14Z

I am not Native American but I did grow up being lied to through history books about Native Americans. I live in Arizona and because of a young girl's suicide on the Reservation, it drew me to the Gila River Reservation. I now worship at a tiny church there and have been there for nearly a year. The U.S. Government has long taken advantage of the spirituality and "balance" of the Native American people. Perhaps the U.S. Government is afraid and concerned. I am not because I choose to place my trust in the Creator who tells us in 1 Chronicles 28:20 "Get to work and do not be afraid of the size of the task. The Lord thy God is with you. He will never forsake you. He will see to it that everything is finished correctly." The Lakota Sioux Nation deserves freedom as we all do. We need to return to "balance" and live together peacefully according to the laws of the Creator. God bless the Native Americans.

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Lakota Sioux Indians Declare Sovereign Nation Status

2007-12-21T03:37:23Z

MEDIA ADVISORY
Immediate Release: 19 December 2007

Media Contacts:
Naomi Archer, Communications Liaison (828) 230-1404 lakotafree [at] gmail.com

Freedom! Lakota Sioux Indians Declare Sovereign Nation Status

Threaten Land Liens, Contested Real Estate Over Five State Area in U.S. West

Lakota Satisfies Treaty Council Mandate of 33 Years, Drafted by 97 Indigenous Nations

Dakota Territory Reverts back to Lakota Control According to U.S., International Law

Washington D.C. – Lakota Sioux Indian representatives declared sovereign nation status today in Washington D.C. following Monday’s withdrawal from all previously signed treaties with the United States Government. The withdrawal, hand delivered to Daniel Turner, Deputy Director of Public Liaison at the State Department, immediately and irrevocably ends all agreements between the Lakota Sioux Nation of Indians and the United States Government outlined in the 1851 and 1868 Treaties at Fort Laramie Wyoming.

“This is an historic day for our Lakota people,” declared Russell Means, Itacan of Lakota. “United States colonial rule is at its end!”

“Today is a historic day and our forefathers speak through us. Our Forefathers made the treaties in good faith with the sacred Canupa and with the knowledge of the Great Spirit,” shared Garry Rowland from Wounded Knee. “They never honored the treaties, that’s the reason we are here today.”

The four member Lakota delegation traveled to Washington D.C. culminating years of internal discussion among treaty representatives of the various Lakota communities. Delegation members included well known activist and actor Russell Means, Women of All Red Nations (WARN) founder Phyllis Young, Oglala Lakota Strong Heart Society leader Duane Martin Sr., and Garry Rowland, Leader Chief Big Foot Riders. Means, Rowland, Martin Sr. were all members of the 1973 Wounded Knee takeover.

“In order to stop the continuous taking of our resources – people, land, water and children- we have no choice but to claim our own destiny,” said Phyllis Young, a former Indigenous representative to the United Nations and representative from Standing Rock.

Property ownership in the five state area of Lakota now takes center stage. Parts of North and South Dakota, Nebraska, Wyoming and Montana have been illegally homesteaded for years despite knowledge of Lakota as predecessor sovereign [historic owner]. Lakota representatives say if the United States does not enter into immediate diplomatic negotiations, liens will be filed on real estate transactions in the five state region, clouding title over literally thousands of square miles of land and property.

Young added, “The actions of Lakota are not intended to embarrass the United States but to simply save the lives of our people”.

Following Monday’s withdrawal at the State Department, the four Lakota Itacan representatives have been meeting with foreign embassy officials in order to hasten their official return to the Family of Nations.

Lakota’s efforts are gaining traction as Bolivia, home to Indigenous President Evo Morales, shared they are “very, very interested in the Lakota case” while Venezuela received the Lakota delegation with “respect and solidarity.”

“Our meetings have been fruitful and we hope to work with these countries for better relations,” explained Garry Rowland. “As a nation, we have equal status within the national community.”

Education, energy and justice now take top priority in emerging Lakota. “Cultural immersion education is crucial as a next step to protect our language, culture and sovereignty,” said Means. “Energy independence using solar, wind, geothermal, and sugar beets enables Lakota to protect our freedom and provide electricity and heating to our people.”

The Lakota reservations are among the most impoverished areas in North America, a shameful legacy of broken treaties and apartheid policies. Lakota has the highest death rate in the United States and Lakota men have the lowest life expectancy of any nation on earth, excluding AIDS, at approximately 44 years. Lakota infant mortality rate is five times the United States average and teen suicide rates 150% more than national average . 97% of Lakota people live below the poverty line and unemployment hovers near 85%.

“After 150 years of colonial enforcement, when you back people into a corner there is only one alternative,” emphasized Duane Martin Sr. “The only alternative is to bring freedom into its existence by taking it back to the love of freedom, to our lifeway.”

We are the freedom loving Lakota from the Sioux Indian reservations of Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota and Montana who have suffered from cultural and physical genocide in the colonial apartheid system we have been forced to live under. We are in Washington DC to withdraw from the constitutionally mandated treaties to become a free and independent country. We are alerting the Family of Nations we have now reassumed our freedom and independence with the backing of Natural, International, and United States law. For more information, please visit our new website at www.lakotafreedom.com.
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Many things

2007-12-07T23:41:07Z

My husband is Alabama - Poarch Creek. We are working on getting him on the roll. Long story. What we are looking for are traditions and rituals associated with the tribe itself. My husband purchased prayer feathers ot the Thanksgiving Pow Wow and we need to learn how to bless and use them. We are also looking for any winter rituals specific for the Creek. Thanks!

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mysticism

2007-11-30T22:11:25Z

COMMONALITY AMONGST THE WORLD'S MYSTICS:

If you study the life of past mystics you'll find they share several things in common:

First, they all speak of an induction – or of a need to learn/realize a new level of understanding. They all speak of a fundamental shift in consciousness (be it called awakening, realization, divination, or being born again).

Second they all tell of making a journey into and through a despair process of being “undone” as the precursor to this fundamental shift in consciousness -- be it through experiencing 40 days and nights in the wilderness, starving under the boddhi tree, facing the dark night of the soul, or the hero’s journey. There is a Journey of metamorphosis that all mystics have undergone in some way.

Third, it is an inner journey that must be taken up and navigated alone. This is a hallmark of the mystic’s realization: The reason the journey must be alone is because that which must be faced, seen, and surrendered in order that something new can emerge, is only possible through sustaining the fear and despair process of being alone and meeting the ultimate and fundamental fear of “non-being” and annihilation.

Fourth, they all seem to realize the frustration of being misunderstood by those who have not yet been through the awakening journey -- “those who have ears to hear, let him hear.” A great deal of the mystical writings are devoted almost exclusively to the fact that fundamental spiritual truth cannot be understood by the intellect nor correctly put into words. Forever, the great spiritual teachers have tried through the insufficiency of words to point toward that which can ever and only be experienced and known on a level that is before and beyond the mind. This is something unfathomable to those who have not yet had this breakthrough revelation - and particularly so in our contemporary culture that has become so overly reliant and blinded by the limiting paradigm of the scientific method that forever reduces our understanding of intelligence to that which is sensory, measurable and linear in nature. (...Life isn't (only or always) linear .. In fact it rarely is, except in man-made constructions and habituated uses of the mind.)i.e. THE CRYSTAL SKULLS

Please join us at this forum
http://groups.msn.com/TheInternationalMysticalOrderofKnightTemplars/_whatsnew.msnw

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EMERGENCY POST: HAUNTED CHILD - TIM CAFFREY

2007-08-20T15:12:00Z

THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN POSTED AT HUMAN RIGHTS IN ACTION (GOOGLE GROUPS), VARIOUS TRIBE SITES, EFx2, FACE BOOK, MY SPACE, YAHOO, MS LIVE & BLOGGAR, ETC. I WRITE UNDER A COMMON CONTENTS LICENSE SO AS LONG AS YOU DON'T EDIT IT OR FORGET TO CREDIT THE AUTHOR PLEASE FEEL FREE TO POST THIS ANYWHERE YOU FEEL IT WILL HELP TIM CAFFREY. OH BOTHER IT! JUST DON'T EDIT IT FORGET MY NAME IF YOU WANT! emch

King George, VA

Achairde All:

Well, I survived the first half of the trip and it was just about as pleasant as one could imagine it to be. However, I have hoisted the EMERGENCY Flag because there is a man in South Dakota who is in dire need of our help. By that I mean a concentrated effort and not merely reading this and saying how horrible it is and moving on. I have placed this is its entirety so you can read it for yourselves. I have been in touch with Arnie Berkeland and Arnold Miller who is Governor Rounds Aide when it comes to Clemency & Pardons. I have obtained two experts willing to donate their time- one in Bi-racial Adoptions and the other is a Guardian Ad Litem Attorney who has worked on similar cases. Right now I am attempting to find a Psychiatrist or Psychologist who has the expertise in PTSD and Child Abuse we need to complete our efforts. The Oglala Sioux Nation passed a Resolution in Tim's favor on Friday, August 10th and when I spoke with Mr. Berkeland this past Monday, August 13th, he advised that a very respected retired Politician has also agreed to speak to the Governor on Tim's behalf.

Modblog refugees will remember the flaming I took when I reported an abused child to the Norman, OK Police Department after I read her postings at her Blog. I and some of my friends in Human Rights & Children's Rights work offered her our help and her answer was to take her pages down and pretend that she was just mad at her Mom. Folks, I appreciate a good vent as much as the next woman but I DO know the difference and so did the Norman Police because I took the precaution of printing out those pages BEFORE she could delete them. The result was that she and her mother received the help they needed. The saddest thing about Tim Caffrey is that a whole cadre of Adults KNEW about his abuse and NO ONE- NOT EVEN THEIR MINISTER AND HIS WIFE DID ANYTHING CONCRETE TO HELP HIM. When the Norman Detective asked why I had "bothered' to report the case my response was simply, 'IT WAS THE RIGHT THING TO DO."

Tim Caffrey was originally charged with Murder One and it was changed to Manslaughter One when the Judge refused the charge. In every other state he would have received a maximum of 40 to 45 years. Done, on average, a third of that sentence or 14 years and been Paroled. He received Life WITHOUT Parole and has been incarcerated for twenty-seven years. Of course he didn't exactly get the most objective of trials. Everyday we read about some sexual predator who got twenty-five to Life and is out in five. Don't believe me? Check out your state's Sexual Offender List. The one that is supposed to let you know where they are so you can protect your kids. Since a large majority of them seem to want to move Florida I check the FDLE List once a month. There is a man who just moved in directly across from me who is not only listed as a Registered Sex Offender in big bold red letters it says:

THIS MAN IS ALSO REGISTERED AS A VIOLENT SEXUAL PREDATOR

NOW there is a comforting thought now isn't it? In his entire 'career' he has done less than a third of time that Tim Caffrey has done. We need to change that and we need your help to do it. I KNOW that I can count on you to do the right thing because we have made a difference on other issues. Jeb Bush may not be governor anymore but you can be he remembers the 11 days we shut his email down. 0;-) We can do it again- so please spread the word.

Keep the Faith mo Charan!

Slan leat,
Elaine
AKA Cabin Fever
CABIN FEVER ONLINE

PICTURE OF ABUSED CHILD CONTINUES TO HAUNT WOMAN

By Betty Adams Aitchison

Caldwell, Idaho

Published: August 7, 2007 - ARGUS

I am a voice from the faraway past of Timothy Sean Caffrey. I am Betty Adams Aitchison, whose husband pastored the little Faith Missionary Church in Martin, S.D., for 10 years. This was in the mid-1960s and 70s. The Bill and Olive Caffrey family attended our church. I knew them well.

Tim Caffrey is an Oglala Sioux, adopted by the Caffreys when he was less than a year old. I was a part of Tim's formative years. I taught him in Sunday School and vacation Bible school.

Bill Caffrey was a politically powerful man as South Dakota regional director of health and welfare. He also was an abusive alcoholic. I witnessed some of the abuse of Tim and tried to intervene but to no avail.

One particular incident has continued to haunt me through the years. It is a picture of a little 14-year-old Sioux Indian boy, sitting in the living room of Bill and Olive Caffrey's home, being disciplined for sharing marijuana with a friend.

I was living in Idaho at the time but visiting Martin. Olive asked me to basically act as a mediator when they addressed this issue.

Olive began the questioning. I still remember exactly how we were all seated. I was on the couch. Olive was across the room to my left, Tim, to my right, and Bill, pacing the floor. Olive asked Tim where he had gotten the marijuana, and Tim reluctantly told her. She asked, "Why didn't you just say 'no' and tell us what had happened?"

Tim replied, "I made a mistake, and I'm sorry."

At this point, Bill stomped toward Tim. "You made a mistake. We are the ones who made the mistake. The biggest mistake we ever made was when we adopted you, you stupid Indian," Bill said, cuffing Tim on the head.

Tim burst into convulsive sobs, and Bill walked away.

I got up from my seat and went to Tim. I said, "Timmie, you are a good boy who did a bad thing. You are not a stupid Indian. You are a brilliant boy with a right and powerful heritage."

Bill Caffrey was an overbearing, abusive alcoholic who often inflicted physical and emotional abuse on Tim. Olive worked at the Gordon hospital, 50 miles away, and left home at 2 p.m., not returning until after midnight, leaving Tim at the mercy of Bill's drunken outbursts and hostilities.

I have never, nor do I now, condone Tim's handling of this situation. However, almost 27 years have passed since I sat through the trial of a 17-year-old Indian boy, tried as an adult, by a white judge, 12 white jurors and a white attorney, and I heard the sentence of life without parole.

There is no question that the boy acted wrongfully when he shot and killed his adoptive father. However, many years of agonizing remorse have made Tim the man he is today. He is a well-rounded, gentle man who has worked hard to prepare himself for life outside the prison walls. He has mastered the art of welding and continues his education as much as is available to him.

Tim has a very strong support group. It is headed by Arnie Berkeland, a Sioux Falls businessman, who has visited Tim more than 1,200 times in the past 27 years. Tim will be provided with good employment and housing as well as spiritual and emotional support.

I urge you to please write Gov. Mike Rounds, asking him to sign the unanimous recommendation of the South Dakota Board of Pardons and Paroles to commute Tim's sentence from life to time served. This is the third time the board has voted to reduce Tim's sentence.

Tim was never a 'murderer.' He was an abused child, pressed beyond measure and made a terrible mistake in dealing with his abuser. For this, I feel he has paid sufficiently.

White men charged with the same crime are walking free today. Please work for 'equal justice' in this case. -30-

Timothy S. Caffrey # 20483
S.D.S.P. Box 5911
Sioux Falls, SD 57117-5911 USA

Date of birth: May 28-1963
Nation/tribal affiliation: Oglala Sioux
Release date: none

I would like a pen pal that would increase my intelligence based upon what
I've written. No gossip, no complaining, just learning and expanding.
Thank you!

Listening To: WALELA - TELL THEM THAT THEY LIE
I'm Feeling: RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE
Tags: abuse, bigotry, child, injustice, native, american and petition

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WOLF SPIRIT INCANTATION OF PROTECTION AND RELEASE FROM EVIL INTENT

2007-06-12T00:39:16Z

say this:
may the wolf spirit guide me on my uncertain path
may the wolf spirit lift each paw in sync with mine
may the wolf spirit allow the raven to sit on his back
and carry him the distance needed to go to find relief
may the wolf spirit glide with the owl over land
and may it follow the stream of destiny to where the journey ends
and there i will find my life as i want it to be and the only
sacrifice i must make is releasing the curse lain on me by evil intent
and to shake free of all restraints and stand true and free and alive, unharmed.
may the wolf spirits howls of triumph mingle and blend with my own
and carryon the wind to all corners of this world as whispers of change complete.

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Nancy Child of the Wolf First Posting and a poem

2007-06-07T03:06:00Z

It is very sacred to be a Spiritwalker; people who do not know spriits can be a Spiritwalker I believe. There is a place within select people of the Universe who have the gift of spirit. People who look at stars in the night; those who wander the streets, and the farmer in the fields. They have no idea they are looking above to the heavens; and below to the earth, the two come together as Man. I am glad to be your friends. Feel free to glance at my pics and profile................Blessings .......Nancy Child of the Wolf..................
Almost There

Freedom is quietly earned through time
From infancy, to the end;
We flutter around;
Finally catching the Freedom Train.

With roots poking their heads out to the sun;
The picture changes with every sunbeam.
The world changes daily, but your desires last,
Into the night, into the shallows.

Every breath uttered to be free,
Becomes the flower from the root.
Through tasks, and actions;
The wings begin to spread.

No ties, no articles of law;
Can belay the mystery of the open world.
The flowers attract the butterfly,
And get stung by the bee.

Cutting the cord; stripping your life.
To make way for new thinking, and a new future.
The time of wealth, health, and happiness.
Not foreshadowed by the tricksters in life.

Stars shaped like the illusive pentagram,
Scattered in your brainwaves, then suddenly appears.
The world of circular shapes no longer mystify you;
They shape your new found life, and give you peace.

Orbit upon orbit, taking what little you have on earth;
Making you faithful to yourself, not striped of all charms.
The blue smoke rises from the outline of the world,
With the birds flying out of alignment; looking for food.

The winter comes to play, and stay;
As your wanderlust overtakes you,
To the place where you belong,
Free of all chains, and dead end responsibilities.

May your days reflect your art, and love,
Where there are places for each.
The sinister bindings have faded like smoke;
You are safe at home in the hallows of the sky.

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Sitting Bull 'GATHERING' Message

2007-05-31T18:38:20Z

Sitting Bull 'GATHERING' Message

The 'GATHERING' message appears below my explanation.

I think it's time to tell the truth because we may be running out of time. Time has already run out for many people. I believe the following message is from the soul who was Sitting Bull. I am posting this message in support of the World Gathering, 25/26 August 2007.

I would rather this message, for the time being at least, not go far outside Indian / Native American circles. If Indians would like to pass it on to other Turtle Islanders - that is fine. If you wish to send it on to other of the world's indigenous peoples, and perhaps non-indigenous people, that is up to your choice. For now, it feels like this message should first-line go to native peoples of North America.

I have not promoted this message since the 'Start of the World Gathering for Truth' in 2000, however the message has sat quietly on the Internet in a few places since that time.

This message now appears on the Internet here:
http://www.worldgathering.net/worldgathering.html#crucial

Although this message is nine years old in origin I feel it is really meant for now: 2007 and the next year or two. I feel that because now really is the time for the Gathering. The world is getting dangerous, millions of people are dying in very unusual circumstances. And at the same time many people want to communicate and exchange the information and views they have.

In August 1998, I went to 'The Gathering' in north Wales, British Isles. A very large lodge had been built (please don't jump on my case as a knee-jerk reaction, the native Celts here had a very similar culture to the Indians of North America although, admittedly, the lodge had a distinctly North American feel).

Two medicine women came from North America. Also there was a psychic lady from Holland who brought a very interesting message which was read near the start of the gathering. As far as I remember she said the message was from 'White Wolf'. This message really got through to me, it was strong and clear and seemed to cut through the fog of our daily 'modern' lives.

I kept the Dutch woman's phone number, and in 1999, I phoned her up. She told me that 'White Wolf' is one of two names used by the soul who was Sitting Bull. He had come back, again, into my life. Around 1993, when friends and myself were close to hovering craft in the area of the crop patterns in southern England, many people were dreaming of Sitting Bull and were receiving messages to gather at the White Horse hill carvings, etc.

I have more memories of Sitting Bull, and an Indian lifetime I had, but they are personal.

I am not trying to pinch your culture, I have my own right now: native Celtic.

The only reason I am passing this message on - quite possibly from Sitting Bull - is because I feel it is important.

Please let us not waste time and effort throwing things at each other over whether this really is from Sitting Bull. Instead - I ask - we read the words and see if they may be important for our present situation, Then, above all else - let's take action.

A grumbling and building thunderstorm was over this area just before the opportunity appeared to send this to the indigenous people of North America.

World Gathering 25 & 26 August 2007
http://www.worldgathering.net

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The Planet Has Come To A Crucial Time – By Sitting Bull

Express your wishes and your truths. Now is the time to express your thoughts and feelings, your hopes, wishes and plans. Exchange the information and ideas you have. Your truths, that which humanity really wishes, have to be expressed.

The People and Ancestors who will come together shall ring in a return, a turn around. There will come a flow on earth which will burst the dark energies surrounding you and your planet.

It is very important that as many people as possible, in different places, should take part in The Gathering. Decide where and when and how to gather. Your participation is required. This is the beginning of the break we are all waiting for; you all on earth and ourselves, out here.

Trust your intuition, the planet is in trouble.

This is the beginning of the turn around.

Reconnect with your own spirit, the spirit of truth within you.

There were made some agreements which need to be complied with. You may be a part of this plan. Now is the time for action… local action... internet discussion… global debate. I tell you again: your participation is needed.

The next twelve months are crucial. Now is the time for the truth. It is time.

Tatanka Yotanka, The Sitting Bull

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Dan Evehema, Hopi Nation elder: “We are at the final stages now… so as our prophecy says. Then it must be up to the people with pure hearts that will not be afraid to help us to fulfil our destiny in peace for this world.”
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World Gathering 25 & 26 August 2007
http://www.worldgathering.net

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World Gathering - 25 & 26 August 2007

2007-05-31T17:31:43Z

World Gathering - 25 & 26 August 2007

Please forward to friends, contacts and mailing lists.
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World Gathering
- 25 & 26 August 2007
- Saturday and Sunday
http://www.worldgathering.net
http://www.michael-irving.com
(These 2 websites are mirror images of each other.)

- WORLD GATHERING 25 & 26 AUGUST 2007
- All Night Gathering On Hilltops Worldwide
- Use Powerful Flashlights To Signal Other Hilltops
- Time For The Gathering - New Dawn Coming
- Truth For The World - Peace For The World
- Global Meetings - Global Powwows
- The Truth Is Coming
- 25 & 26 AUGUST 2007 WORLD GATHERING
- HILLTOPS WORLDWIDE - BE THERE!

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"Whatever you can do, or dream you can do, begin it.
Boldness has genius, power and magic in it." - Goethe
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"A very great vision is needed and the person who
has it must follow it as the eagle seeks the deepest
blue of the sky." - Chief Crazy Horse
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WORLD GATHERING - August 2007
Saturday August 25 and Sunday August 26
Three Events In One .....
(1) Saturday - DAY: Meet with friends and
contacts and discuss the world situation.
(2) Saturday - NIGHT: Meet on a hilltop and
shine a beacon of hope through the night.
(3) Sunday - DAY: Meet with friends and
contacts and discuss the world situation.

The main details for the World Gathering are here:
http://www.worldgathering.net/gathering.html
http://www.michael-irving.com/gathering.html

Arrange Meetings, Powwows, and Hilltop 'Beacon'
vigils for Saturday and Sunday, 25th & 26th August.
Then, send your event details to the email on this page:
http://www.worldgathering.net/contact.html
http://www.michael-irving.com/contact.html

Details of LOCAL 'World Gatherings' will be displayed
under fourteen 'World Regions'; then by Country/Nation;
then by area, state, etc. The main index for the details
of LOCAL 'World Gatherings' is on this webpage:
http://www.worldgathering.net/events.html
http://www.michael-irving.com/events.html

The World Gathering is being launched at the end of
May, 2007, so there may not be many details at our
websites for Local Events until the end of June.

'What should I organise in my area for the World
Gathering?' - Ideas and suggestions on this webpage:
http://www.worldgathering.net/yourevent.html
http://www.michael-irving.com/yourevent.html

Join our Google and/or Yahoo Newsletter lists:
http://groups.google.com/group/worldgathering
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/worldgathering

Watch a short, 'World Gathering' slideshow video at
either Google Video or YouTube. Search at Google
Video or YouTube for: 'WORLD GATHERING'.

Please help publicise this unusual and unique global
linkup. Print out posters; place a WG banner on your
website; forward our Update mailings to your friends,
contacts, and mailing lists; and tell friends about
the World Gathering video at Google and YouTube.
Ideas and materials for WG promotion here:
http://www.worldgathering.net/publicity.html
http://www.michael-irving.com/publicity.html

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"Use every letter you write, every conversation
you have, every meeting you attend, to express your
fundamental beliefs and dreams. Affirm to others
the vision of the world you want."
- Dr Robert Muller, formerly of the U.N.
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“We are at the final stages now… so as our prophecy
says. Then it must be up to the people with pure hearts
that will not be afraid to help us to fulfil our destiny
in peace for this world.” - Dan Evehema, Hopi Nation
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Additional 'World Gathering' inspiration here:
http://www.worldgathering.net/worldgathering.html
http://www.michael-irving.com/worldgathering.html

- WORLD GATHERING 25 & 26 AUGUST 2007
- All Night Gathering On Hilltops Worldwide
- Use Powerful Flashlights To Signal Other Hilltops
- Time For The Gathering - New Dawn Coming
- Truth For The World - Peace For The World
- Global Meetings - Global Powwows
- The Truth Is Coming
- 25 & 26 AUGUST 2007 WORLD GATHERING
- HILLTOPS WORLDWIDE - BE THERE!

World Gathering
25 & 26 August 2007
http://www.worldgathering.net
http://www.michael-irving.com
(These 2 websites are mirror images of each other.)

Please forward to friends, contacts and mailing lists.

Thank you. World Gathering.

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Tomorrow a Lakota warrior will pour cement

2007-04-11T03:35:45Z

Every spring is special.
But not every spring offers so much hope to Lakota families for a better tomorrow.

My friends and I have a non-profit organization called Trees, Water & People that works on the Pine Ridge and Rosebud reservations in South Dakota. We have installed more than 140 solar heating systems for families there and planted windbreak trees and shade trees for an additional 160+ families.

Tomorrow... a new spring cycle starts for us.

Tomorrow the descendent of Chief Red Cloud - Henry Red Cloud - a lakota elder and 21st century Oglala Sioux warrior will pour concrete - for a wind turbine that he and I and others will install in May. The concrete needs time to cure before it will be ready.

In a few weeks...on April 26 about 15 of us will arrive in Pine Ridge to plant more trees. We will also bring six fire dancers and continue to bring the "Dance of Fire" to our Lakota friends. While the Lakota have been dancing for 10,000 years... we who are not Native Americans have at least a few moves worthy of sharing... :>)

On May 7-8 at Rosebud - we will plant more "energyscape" trees - trees planted in ways aimed to lower outrageously high Lakota utility bills. On May 9 we will participate with Rosebud and national tribal leaders in putting on a 1/2 day renewable energy conference.

On May 10th we will go to the Little Thunder family home and install a demonstration solar electric system and on May 11th we will install a demonstration wind turbine.

Our goal is to develop new ways to work WITH nature... that are culturally appropriate and help real families with real problems.

It is not for me to worry about the past but to rather build a better future.... one family at a time.

I hope you will too.

Check out our work at www.treeswaterpeople.org .... or email me at richard@treeswaterpeople.org

We could use your support and involvement in spreading this approach and technology to other tribes...

Richard Fox

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New member, xx

2007-03-19T09:19:18Z

hi all, this tribe sounds interesting.
could i please have the full definition of spirit walkers, other than my percetion of the word, ones who walk with spirit lol :)
Blessings and thank you xxxxx

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"Why are the Church Doors Closed?"

2007-02-25T18:57:16Z

"CHOSEN TO SERVE" MINISTRIES, Inc.

Our vision Is to, provide adequate drop-in centers for Today and Tomorrow's Youth and Families.
These Drop-in Centers, will start with providing some, Vocational Trades, Mentoring Programs and Arts and Crafts, Computer Training and other Valuable Resources/information.
In my opinion, this will only, become a living reality with God's help and the church, working with the community. By working together as one, we will make a tremendous impact in Our Households, Communities and Our Country.
Isaiah 58 & 61
"Chosen To Serve" Ministries Inc. is aware that, today's "Children and Families" are on a collision course, to destruction. With increased teen pregnancy and drug use, and at ages, much younger every year combined with, gang shootings and teen suicides, wouldn't you say that it's time for the Church, and our Communities . The drug dealers don't seem to have a time schedule, they are open 24 hours, Hey church, Let's wake-up and open our doors more than a few days a week.
Acts 2:38-47.
Consider This:
The children of today they, will be the leaders of tomorrow, with moore and more budget cuts in our schools programs, can we be assured our, children of today will be fully equipped, to lead the next generations? At the pace we are going, will they be prepared to be self sufficient, tax-paying citizens, and tomorrows, Leaders/Goverment ?
Thank You, we appreciate any and all,prayers/support.
Bishop R.L.Cross
P.O.Box 56
Klamath Falls, Oregon 97601
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Womens Prayers and Teachings?

2007-01-15T20:29:56Z

Hello everyone,

I'm new to this...but I was wondering if anyone could help me? I am 20 yrs old, Metis and I work with Aboriginal girls that are struggling with addictions, being exploited, family abuse...the list goes on. I was just wondering if any of you could help me find some really nice prayers or teachings that these young women could learn from...
Meegwetch
Jamie

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Who's heartbeat do you have?

2006-12-27T21:53:34Z

Who's heartbeat do you have?
Vision that has been special within my own heart has and is with the Native American Indians. I was raised in the culture and am a dancer and believe before Yhwh that the result of religion many have been turned and rejected of their own identity. Praise and worship is key and with "Spirit and Truth" in honor of our Creator we will see many warriors come out and have victory in their own lives and families. Having the drum beat for Yhwh and breaking the chains around our hearts, releasing all and every destructive pattern that the enemy has been trying to destroy from within our true identity. Having resurrection power of kicking the doors of hell down with purpose of releasing those who have been crying and seeking for help in Reconciliation into Restoration of Wholeness in one with our Creator and receiving and living the Father's love and manifesting it into others.
"Chosen To Serve" Him into Others
Loriann Cross
Secretary/Treasurer
"Chosen To Serve" Ministries Inc.
http://www.chosentoserve.org
"Every perfect gift is from above and comes down from DADDY of
lights, with no deceit, betrayal and exposes the cover of the mask!"
Leah Isaiah 61..."Time to Grow"
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Renewable Energy and the Lakota

2006-12-10T15:42:14Z

My name is Richard Fox and I am a friend of the Lakota. I wanted to take a moment to introduce you to our work on the Pine Ridge and Rosebud reservations in South Dakota.

I work with the non-profit organization, Trees, Water & People. For the last 5 years, we have been working with the Lakota to improve their living conditions and lower their outrageously high utility bills. We have been doing this by introducing renewable energy approaches that counteract the harsher side of nature. Since many Lakota live in substandard homes and suffer greatly from the weather on the Great Plains, we feel it is a good way to be helpful.

Specifically, we install supplementary solar heat systems that produce heat any time the sun is out for just pennies a day. We also plant trees as windbreaks to lessen the impact of the very fierce north winter wind that blows off the Badlands and sometimes creates ice INSIDE family’s homes. Finally, we plant shade trees to give relief from the relentless summer heat.

We have provided solar heat systems for more than 120 Lakota families. We have additionally planted windbreak and shade trees for more than 125 additional families.

It does not solve ALL of the problems there by any means, but it is what WE can do...and we all can do something.

Truth is... we cannot change the PAST where two cultures clashed and much blood was spilled. We CAN though help to build a better FUTURE, where tribal people are respected and we work together to make a stronger and more united nation.

Our projects are successful because we work WITH nature, and by doing so, we blend new renewable energy approaches with traditional Lakota beliefs.

In the spring of 2007, we will be involved in also installing a wind turbine and a solar photovoltaic system as renewable energy demonstrations as part of the “Clean Energy Education Partnership” with the Rosebud tribe. This will take place in May during a two-day workshop. Both installations will produce electricity and will greatly lower the utility costs of the Little Thunder family.

Additionally in the spring of 2007, we will once again take a small group of people to the Pine Ridge reservation to help us plant trees there. It is no doubt very hard work, but QUITE the powerful experience, with most of us camping out for several days in the community of Oglala. There are a variety of other cultural and interactive activities that will take place then also.

If you are interested in possibly coming and helping or want to learn more about what we are doing or help in other ways, feel free to contact me directly (richard@treeswaterpeople.org) or visit our website (www.treeswaterpeople.org).

Thank you for your time and for your caring thoughts and I apologize for cross posting this on several of my tribe sites

Richard

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The Drum

2006-12-06T04:42:42Z

THE DRUMS
Come my brothers and sisters, come all the children of our land,
come and sit by the village fire as the night closes around us.
Watch the flames push the smoke upward toward Grandfather Sky.
Our hope is deep as we send these, the most silent of prayers to ride
the smoke to the Great Spirit. The drums beat softly……
Sit quietly all my people and hear the sound, hear the crackling of the fire,
the sound of family and friends, sharing their happiness. The warmth we
feel comes from this sharing of love not the fire. Look closely into each
other’s eyes. What do we see?What is it, that is reflected back to us?
We see ourselves in one another and all that which has made
us who you are. The drums beat faster…….
Close your eyes my family, and listen to the wind as it stirs the flames higher.
Listen to the songs of our ancestors. They offer so much, all we need do is
open your hearts to their words. Only when we listen andlearn from their
wisdom can we grow as a people.
The drums beat louder……
Inhale the aromas around you, smell the sage burning, the food cooking
in the pits, the deer hide that we wear the rain in the air and Mother Earth
under our feet. The drums beat shakes the ground like buffalo
running across the prairie………
Taste what has come to our lips. Taste the tears of joy that come from
our eyes. They are the tears of the past, present and the future.
Grandfather Eagle has given us a view of the future, and it is good.
Then we realize it is not the drums that beat so loudly, but our own hearts
coming together as one people under the Great Spirit, in Peace, Love and
Harmony………..Finally.
StrongBearRedHeart

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videotape yourself telling your inspiring story. Earn $50 and share your positivity!

2006-06-26T01:13:40Z

Have you had something in your life that has profoundly affected you? An act of kindness, grandparent's wisdom, music, art, escaping dependancy on a drug, the truth told my a child, finding the love of your life... We want to hear your stories!

We're looking for people to videotape themselves telling their stories. 5 minutes and under.

We will compensate you $50 for each submission that is accepted to be part of our DVD compilation!

Please visit our website where you can get all the details on how to submit.

go to: doseofinspiration.com

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March for Sacred Sites & Immigration Rights

2006-02-26T15:00:49Z

March for Human Rights and Sacred Sites
Current mood: called to action
Category: News and Politics
**please pass on**

"Voices from the reservations, barrios, big cities, and border towns will be
heard not in the hundreds, but in the thousands. We will speak of a new
day, of change, of respect for our Earth, of respect for the San Francisco
Peaks and other sacred sites that are being desecrated, of the right to move
freely from place to place without discrimination and exploitation, of
balanced relations between people, of a world where many worlds can fit."

"The same system that desecrates sacred sites is also the same system that
denies human rights."

go to www.nativemovement.org/march -- information at the bottom

8 ways you can help promote the event:

1) have your organization sponsor the event -
http://www.savethepeaks.org/youth/marchsponsor.html - we
are looking for schools, teachers, unions, grassroots organizations,
institutions of faith, businesses, etc.. everyone
2) print out flyers available online and post everywhere, pass out, get a
group of friends together and move flyers
3) myspace - post bulletins, write blogs concerning the protest, post
comments of flyers
Put a banner on your page or site! message me for html for this banner.

src="http://www.nativemovement.org/march/march25.gif"
border="0">

4) make phone calls - go through your phone book and tell people about the
march
5) send out mass emails - include in news papers - do local press work -
(sample press releases available soon)
6) If you can, financially donate to the event - you can donate online @
www.nativemovement.org - and put in line item "March 25th March - Peaks" -
for flyers, gas money, food, etc.
7) have meeting with neighborhood groups or organizations specifically
devoted to bringing people to the march - form March Committees - materials
available
8) pack some cars with friends - and caravan to Flagstaff... See you there

The week of March 25th the Northern Arizona University Chapter of M.E.Ch.A.
El Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano@ de Aztln (the Chican@ Student Movement
of Aztlan) will be hosting the M.E.ch.A. National Conference bringing
together nearly 1,000 students from around the country.

Every year, M.E.ch.A. marches on an issue(s) that the local chapter has been
engaged with.
This year we will be marching to protect the San Francisco Peaks and the
human rights of immigrants.

We will be gathering at 3:00 PM, Saturday March 25th at the Aquatic Center
of Northern Arizona University. There will be places for commercial buses,
vans, and other transportation to park.

If your organization would like to be sponsor e-mail: youth@savethepeaks.org

We are planning a regional mobilization to march to the City Council of
Flagstaff to show them that struggling peoples stand together for dignity
and respect.

This year the movement to protect the San Francisco Peaks from the
desecration of Arizona Snowbowl has grown, as has the movement to protect
the rights of immigrants in a climate of racist anti-immigration laws,
people, and institutions.

Voices from the reservations, barrios, big cities, and border towns will be
heard not in the hundreds, but in the thousands. We will speak of a new
day, of change, of respect for our Earth, of respect for the San Francisco
Peaks and other sacred sites that are being desecrated, of the right to move
freely from place to place without discrimination and exploitation, of
balanced relations between people, of a world where many worlds can fit.
The same system that desecrates sacred sites is also the same system that
denies human rights.

We are asking for Nations, institutions of faith, businesses, Chapter
houses, grassroots movements, academic departments, student groups, and
others to sponsor this event and help mobilize and do outreach locally in
their communities.

Spread the word, organize caravans to Flagstaff, contribute financially, and
post everywhere.
March for Sacred Sites!
Stop Snowbowl!
March for Immigrant Rights!
Stop Racist Immigration Laws!

From the mountains of the Southwest,
Supporters of the Peaks! Supporters of Human Rights!
M.E.ch.A.,
Youth of the Peaks,
E.C.H.O.E.S.
Save the Peaks Coalition
4th World Entertainment
Indigenous Action Media
Native Movement
www.nativemovement.org/march
let's add on:
American Indian Movement of Colorado
Shades of Red
7th Generation Institute

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The Path

2006-02-09T14:41:02Z

The idea of dividing landscape into plots of individually owned land is a concept alien to Native Americans. That is why the Indians could not understand when the Pilgrims built fences to define property lines. How could anyone own the earth?
Non-Indians tend to think of themselves as separate from the earth; it is something to be mastered. They think in terms of owning land... of land as a commodity. Even the word "frontier" is based on the notion that a certain area lies undeveloped, awaiting settlement and civilization, which implies that land is not good until it is used for some purpose, a belief that is incomprehensible to Native Americans.

Author Unknown

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Elders That Passed

2006-02-08T15:28:59Z

The following is a email that was shared with me that I wanted to share with you.

Gathered from the private collections of historians and philosophers and from long forgotten files in the Library of Congress, the photographs in the book "The Spirit of Indian Women" contradicts the perception that women played a subservient role in Native culture. Portraits of the individual women from pre-reservation era, some identified by name and some unknown, have been collected alongside photos of families, sisters, and mother and daughters. Wisdom, and dignity shine through these still images. smiles are rare but are all the more memorable for their scarcity.

The text was collected from writings of American Indians born before 1910, for whom the nomadic pre-reservation life was a living memory. Sections are devoted to tribal statements and observations of male leaders on the woman's role as a teacher, nurse, and spiritual leader and tribal legends that illustrate the importance of women with quotes from female elders.

While history books will always focus on war and conquest in telling the Native story, The Spirit of Indian Women serves as a reminder that, the the words of Lakota Luther Standing Bear, "It is the mothers, not the warriors, who create a people and guide their destiny."

The Spirit of Indian Women
Edited by Judith Fitzgerald
and Michael Oren Fitzgerald
www.worldwisdom.com
Osiyo My Relations,

It is with a sad heart that I let you know about the following Elders who have passed on:

Gladys Tantaquidgeon, 106, died on November 1, 2005, in Montville, Connecticut. Gladys, a medicine woman, was the most revered member of the Mohegan(Mohican)Indian Nation, immortalized in James Fenimore Cooper's "The Last of the Mohicans". She was a 10th generation descendant of the famed Chief Uncas portrayed in that novel, which she dismissed as "historical fiction", telling the Los Angeles Times that "my tribe, obviously, did not die out."
Gladys devoted much of her life to preserving her tribe and its culture, work that helped the Mohegans regain their tribal status in 1994. Today the tribe's Connecticut casino is one of the most successful in the world.

Vine Deloria Jr., 72, died on November 13, 2005 in Denver, Colorado. Vine was regarded as one of the most influential American Indians of the past century, the Yankton Sioux author and activist first gained national attention with his scathing 1969 bestseller "Custer Died for Your Sins", which University of Colorado Indian law expert Charles Wilkinson called "probably the single most influential book ever written on Indian affairs." Native activists credited Vine's speeches, articles, and lobbying with changing federal Indian policy to one of tribal self determination.
The son of an Episcopalian Indian minister, Vine held degrees in theology and law, taught at the University of Colorado, and wrote on a book on Indian medicine men at the time of his death.

May the Creator watch over these Elders as they return to the spirits of their ancestors. May the Creator watch over their families always! Aho!

Your Cherokee Brother,

Dan

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The Oneness of Relative and Obsolete

2006-02-03T00:13:08Z

(The Ts'an T'ung Ch'i')
by Shih T'ou

The Great Sage of India conveyed
True Mind from West to East.
Among human beings are wise ones and fools

But in Truth there are no Patriarchs,
north or south.
From the clear, bright subtle Source
Tributary streams flow through the darkness.
Attaching to things is delusion
And meeting the Absolute is not yet
enlightenment.
Within and without relate, yet are independent,
Working in different ways, but together.
Form differs in substance and appearance.
Sounds distinguish pleasure from pain.
In darkness, high and middle merge;
But in light all things are revealed.
The four elements return to the Source
Like a child to its mother.
Fire's hot, wind moves,
Water's wet, earth's hard.
Eyes see, ears hear,
Nose smells, tongue tastes salt and sour.
Each is independent
While in accord with its relations.
The root gives rise to many leaves
Yet root and branch return to One.
High and low are relative.
In light there is darkness
Confronted, it cannot be fathomed.
Within darkness there is light
One-sided, it cannot be found.
Light and darkness are paired
Like a foot before and a foot behind
when walking
Each thing has intrinsic value
Related to other things by function and place.
Absolute and ordinary life fit together
Like a box and its cover.
Absolute works with relative
Like two arrows meeting in mid-air.
Hear and know the Great Reality.
Do not judge by your own standards.
Overlooking the Way right before you
How can you see it where you're walking?
Enlightened, the Path is neither near nor far.
Deluded, you are mountains and rivers away
With respect I say to you who seek the goal
Do not waste a moment, night or day.

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Random Acts Of Kindness!!!

2006-01-30T17:18:58Z

"In the midst of global crises such as pollution, wars and famine, kindness may too easily be dismissed as a “soft issue,” or a luxury to be addressed after the urgent problems are solved. But kindness is the greatest need in all those areas — kindness toward the environment, toward other nations, toward the needs of people who are suffering. Until we reflect basic kindness in everything we do, our political gestures will be fleeting and fragile. Simple kindness may be the most vital key to the riddle of how human beings can live with each other in peace, and care properly for this planet we all share."

Author:Bo Lozoff

May Peace Prevail On Earth!!!

http://www.internationaldayofpeace.org/

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Birdflute echo chamber (mp3) - by Indian in the machine

2006-01-23T23:29:41Z

Birdflute echo chamber (mp3) - by Indian in the machine

River cane birdflute in an electronic echo chamber.

IITM writes: If you desire listen with your eyes closed laying down and feel the bird energy drift into your consciousness. A bird flies knowing that it will eventually get to where it needs to go. Every bird on our planet has it's unique flightpath.

Download "Birdflute echo chamber" and other Indian in the machine music
http://www.soundclick.com/pro/view/02/default.cfm?bandID=259026&content=music

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Today!

2006-01-20T17:26:19Z

Today I release judgment of myself and others.
I can be peaceful by letting my mind be silent,or by quietly enjoying nature.
I carry this calm with me,and am not affected by outside circumstances or people.
Today I accept circumstances and people just as they are.
The more I give, the more I receive.
I let go of fear and I live in love.
I listen to my heart when I make choices.
My intuition, or higher self, guides me in making decisions that are beneficial
for myself and for others.
My true self does not need control and
power. My strength and joy come from within.
The universe provides plenty of opportunity for love, abundance, and self-expression.
I allow ease and let go of struggle.
With change comes opportunity.
I am flexible and ready for opportunities when they arise.
When I live life in the present,
I live life to the fullest.
Purpose and goals come from my higher self.
They are always beneficial for others, as well as for myself.
I let go of desire for specific results,knowing the universe provides amazing and
perfect outcomes.
I follow my highest desires, and obstacles do not affect me.
I have unique talents, and only I can express them.
I use those talents to create my higher purpose.

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epileptic vision

2006-01-18T15:56:50Z

blessed

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So.....is anybody out there???

2005-11-09T19:38:46Z

Just wonderin if anyone was still alive and kickin on the same planet..

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The Earth Day Manifestation

2005-04-23T06:53:10Z

Well... is this tribe still alive?

If so, I'd like to propose a discussion.
Has anyone else noticed that people seem to only feel 'responsible' for caring about the earth on Earth Day. And marketing wise, there are so many companies that promote and release earth friendly products on earth day!
Why not april 23rd? or january 13th? or any other day of the calendar?
I find it frustrating that there are being that see and feel mother earth as though she is our mother.... endlessly.
Yet the capitalistic society we live in has only given her one birthday? She births every day...
Just something that crossed my mind while buying organic produce today.

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hey

2004-09-20T14:30:42Z

my name is Jack, Ramapough-Lenape from NYC is there anyone here to dicuss the old ways?

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Hello?

2004-05-10T01:41:36Z

I had hoped to enlighten myself with others of the old ways. I come from Aleut and Commanche background myself. My families traditions did not live on through the generations and I find myself rather lost in putting it all together. I hope I wondered to the right spot, corrina

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