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Gone to The Other Side Camp-Memories of Phil Lane Sr.

2011-03-11T08:38:28.214Z

After 89 well-lived winters, Mato Gi (Brown Bear), Philip N. Lane, Sr. passed to the spiritual world on the beautiful spring morning of March 29, 2004. After joking, laughing, and eating a plate of his favourite pancakes made by his daughter Deloria, Brown Bear sat peacefully in his favourite chair and looked out over his beloved Mill Creek and the Blue Mountains. Then in a moment he was gone, his absence only noted by the tilt of his head. He told his good friend, Father Steve Woolley last fall, when he discussed his Dakota-Christian funeral celebration... "I will die in the spring, in March!" In the winter of his life, he left in the new spring, as promised, leaving his relatives to cherish the life he lived so well.

Clip 3 Phil Lane Sr. "The Man From Wakpala" clip3

2010-11-29T00:02:46.954Z

Elder Phil Lane Sr.speaks about his Grandfathers Joshua Low Dog, Philip Deloria (Black Lodge) the Little Big Horn Battle and other stories he heard as a boy in the early 1900's.

, Honoring Mother Earth, Womankind and Young People

2010-06-22T10:18:59.836Z

FWII — June 21, 2010 — Phil Lane Jr. Acceptance Speech and Message to all Relatives, Honoring Mother Earth, Womankind and Young People,after receiving Windstar Award. Part 5 of 8.

Introduction~Four World's Elder's Council, August 15, 1992

2010-06-22T09:40:04.248Z

On August 15, 1992, very respected and esteemed members of Four World's Elders Council, from across Turtle Island, concluded their 4th Council Meeting. The Elder's attending represented more than 100 Elders who had attended past Councils.

The three previous Four World's Elders Councils were held in Lethbridge, Alberta, December 1982, the Blood First Nation, February 1987, and Loveland, Colorado July 1991.

Each Elder was introduced prior to conducting a Traditional Headdress Ceremony during the closing evening of the 7th Annual "Choices for the Future" Symposium and Windstar Foundation Award Presentation, by Foundation Founder, John Denver, August 15, 1992. The Headdress Ceremony conducted by the Elders was followed by an Honor Dance.

These Sacred Ceremonies were videotaped at the direct and unanimous request of the Elders for historical reference. All of the more than 100 Elder's, but two, Andrea Axtell, Nez Perce and Mary Kahn, Dene, have since passed to the " Other Side Camp." Their Lives, Memories, Wisdom, Compassion, and undying Love will never be forgotten!