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Protect the Sacred - Honoring Ceremony by Chief Rueben George & Chief Darrell Bob

2013-02-15T18:24:26.310Z

Honoring Ceremony by Chief Rueben George and Chief Darrell Bob
Gathering to Protect the Sacred from Tar Sands Projects, January 23 - 25, 2013
Ihanktonwan Territory, South Dakota

A CALL FOR UNPRECEDENTED UNIFED ACTION TO PROTECT MOTHER EARTH

At the Gathering to Protect the Sacred from Tar Sands Projects, we joined in solidarity and unprecedented unity and:

• Honored all Indigenous First Nations, Tribes, Allies, and the Enduring Unity of the Oceti Sakowin, the Great Sioux Nation, and commemorated and honored the 150th Anniversary and reaffirmed the January 23, 1863 Peace Treaty between the Ihanktonwan and Pawnee Nations that was witnessed by the Ponca Nation and the United States Government. This Treaty has never been broken for more than 150 years.

• Notified President Obama and the U.S. Government that the approval of the Keystone XL pipeline would be a further grave abrogation of the January 23, 1863 Treaty and possibly other related treaties and would have very regrettable consequences. For instance, on December 21st 2012 by Resolution, the Black Hills Sioux Nation Treaty Council also stated they were "vehemently opposed to the construction of the TransCanada/Keystone XL Pipeline Project on any Aboriginal or Treaty lands."

• Held a Ceremonial Grand Council to Affirm a Unifying International Treaty between Indigenous Peoples and All Our Allies Who Seek to Protect the Sacred from the Tar Sands and the Keystone XL Pipeline. This International Treaty builds upon the Save the Fraser River Declaration, Rights of Mother Earth Accord, Indigenous Leaders Spiritual Declaration, the Sixteen Guiding Principles for Building a Harmonious World, the Coastal First Nations Declaration, and the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

• Built the Foundation for a Spiritually-Grounded, Principle-Centered Interdependent Campaign for Unprecedented Unified Action to Protect Our Sacred Mother Earth.

JOIN AN UNPRECEDENTED CALL FOR UNIFIED ACTION TO PROTECT SACRED MOTHER EARTH - SIGN UP AT WWW.PROTECTTHESACRED.ORG

Links

Protect the Sacred
http://www.protectthesacred.org

Four Worlds International Institute
http://www.fwii.net

Some Day Fire Productions
http://www.somedayfire.org
http://www.youtube.com/somedayfire

Protect the Sacred - Idle No More Round Dance Featuring the Maza Kute Singers

2013-02-06T17:24:28.252Z

Idle No More Round Dance Featuring the Maza Kute Singers
Gathering to Protect the Sacred From Tar Sands Projects, January 23rd - 25th 2013
Ihanktonwan Homelands, South Dakota
www.ProtectTheSacred.org
A Call for Unprecedented Unified Action

We joined in solidarity and unprecedented unity and:

• Honored all Indigenous First Nations, Tribes, Allies, and the Enduring Unity of the Oceti Sakowin, the Great Sioux Nation, and commemorated and honored the 150th Anniversary and reaffirmed the January 23, 1863 Peace Treaty between the Ihanktonwan and Pawnee Nations that was witnessed by the Ponca Nation and the United States Government. This Treaty has never been broken for more than 150 years.
• Notified President Obama and the U.S. Government that the approval of the Keystone XL pipeline would be a further grave abrogation of the January 23, 1863 Treaty and possibly other related treaties and would have very regrettable consequences. For instance, on December 21st 2012 by Resolution, the Black Hills Sioux Nation Treaty Council also stated they were “vehemently opposed to the construction of the TransCanada/Keystone XL Pipeline Project on any Aboriginal or Treaty lands”.
• Held a Ceremonial Grand Council to Affirm a Unifying International Treaty between Indigenous Peoples and All Our Allies Who Seek to Protect the Sacred from the Tar Sands and the Keystone XL Pipeline. This International Treaty builds upon the Save the Fraser River Declaration, Rights of Mother Earth Accord, Indigenous Leaders Spiritual Declaration, the Sixteen Guiding Principles for Building a Harmonious World, the Coastal First Nations Declaration, and the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
• Built the Foundation for a Spiritually-Grounded, Principle-Centered Interdependent Campaign for Unprecedented Unified Action to Protect Our Sacred Mother Earth.

* Round Dance Songs by the Santee Sioux Maza Kute Drum & Singers
* Treaty Signing Sacred Songs by the Haystack Butte Drum & Singers

LINKS

Protect the Sacred
http://www.protectthesacred.org

Four Worlds International Institute
http://www.fwii.net

Some Day Fire Productions
http://www.somedayfire.com
http://www.youtube.com/somedayfire

Clip 2 of 3- Mato Gi Trains a Cutting Horse

2011-02-02T03:37:27.788Z

Phil Lane Sr. Mato Gi ( Brown Bear ), working a cutting horse on his ranch on Mill Creek, outside Walla Walla, Wash. in March, 1992.

Martin Luther King Junior's Historic Last Speech

2011-01-17T19:37:25.265Z

Watch Martin Luther King Junior's 'I've Been to the Mountaintop' speech in Memphis the day before he was assassinated 40 years ago. (April 4)

Elder's Traditional Headdress Ceremony

2010-06-22T10:28:37.123Z

On August 15, 1992, the Four Worlds Elder's Council honored Phil Lane Jr., Member of the Yankton Sioux Tribe and Chickasaw Nations with a Traditional Headdress Ceremony in thanksgiving and recognition of Phil's lifetime service to Indigenous Peoples, the Human Family and his Ihanktowan and Hunkpapa Hereditary Lineage.

This Sacred Ceremony was conducted by the Elders during the closing evening of the 7th Annual "Choices for the Future" Symposium and Windstar Foundation Award Presentation, by Foundation Founder, John Denver, in Aspen, Colorado. The Headdress Ceremony conducted by the Elders was followed by an Honor Dance.

On August 15, 1992, respected and esteemed members of Four World's Elders Council, from across Turtle Island, concluded their 4th Council Meeting.

The Elder's attending the Council 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.

These Sacred Ceremonies were videotaped at the direct request and unanimous consent of the Elders for historical reference. All of the more than 100 Elder's, but two, Lydia 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!