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grandmothers dream
Queen of the star beings
there is warpaint across my face
I know my name
Nibwaskaa Ah-Ki'
Wise Walking Sun
a Lady of the Dawn inside me
there sacred circle of my sight,
I see with new eyes
breathe of time
kind wind
sweet honey
sight is a hymn
she walks across lily reeds
steps of breathe she dreams
Creators weaves
light within her heartbeats weaves
rain drops across her eyes
she sees a path connecting
to the stars
grove calls to you
whispers
new dew
whispers
I am with you
whispers
kind wind
she walks under moonlight
you are a Reindeer hymn
steps of breathe new life
she dreams
destiny of the Reindeer
Rose that walks the Earth
faith, trust, instinct
guide of the light
Grandmothers site
she listens to the wind
duality of energy
she breaths peace
she brings seasons
breathe of perseverance
times of change
she brings the rain
she is a touch of dew within your heart
Reindeer who travels the red road
path connecting to mans heart
source of the stars
I am one who brings new life
weaves within the mind
I step along the edges
rose peddles move within the wind
My crown of roots above the earth
reaching to heaven light is within me
breathe of time kind wind
she walks across unbroken breathe
there was a time when she had wings,
thunderbeing
breathe of time
kind wind
she walks across
lily reeds
steps of breathe
she dreams
rain drops across her eyes
she sees a path connecting
to the stars
grove that calls to you
whispers
new dew
whispers
its inside of you
whispers
kind wind
breathe of time
I breath again
sweet honey
sight is a hymn
sight is a hymn
she walks across lily reeds
steps of breathe she dreams
light within her heartbeat weaves
she sees a path connecting
to the stars
grove calls to her
whispers
she walks under moonlight
steps of breathe she breaths new life
Rose that walks the Earth
faith, trust, instinct
guide of light
Grandmothers site
she listens to the wind
she breaths peace
I live again
weaves within the mind
she steps along the edges
rose peddles move within the wind
Nibwaskaa Ah-Ki' is my name
Wise Walking Sun,
Grand Chief of the O'Jiibway,
Ojibwekwe Ogichidaa
daughter of the Brulé
kin of the Oyáte
Anishinaabeg of Haudenosaunee
A Pamunkey Queen who weaves
Chanunpa that breathes dreams
Fire of Mamaangezide within my eyes
Reindeer Lakoine
Heartbeat of Matoaka sustains me
Buffalo nation in my blood
White Buffalo Calf Woman,
she walks within me,
weave by weave,
leaf of leaf, we come from the same tree
Sky Woman extends to me
Jikonsase tree
Lakotah of the sacred star
sacred mother who weaved me
the Great Peacemaker lives within me
BROTHER TREE
breathe of chords
pluck the light
what is eyesight
i walk among scars
leaves...
weaves of dreams
i heard them
whispers of drums
dont forget about us
but what of me
he whispers,
creator...where are you...
breathe of chords
pluck the light
what is eyesight
i walk among stars
seeds...
weaves of a creators dream
i heard them
whispers
dont forget about me
It beats in my heart
the path to independence
little netmaker with foresight
I pluck the chords of light
protector of the ojibwe birthright
dreams of foresight
pathway through the night
light of a creators tree
sacred seeds woven within eagles wings
wings to carry you home again
sacred weaves inside you and me
dreamcatcher of a creators dream
the circle of life surrounds you
many hoops
the light ray is inside of you
many hoops
with no beginning and no end
creators children
dreams govern you and me,
some when we sleep
some allow us to see
Dreamcatcher of a Creators Dream
lightwaves against dark soundwave weaves
weaves that surround the walking thunderbeings
if I see through time
the light wave rhyme
hand within my heart
I pluck the chord
would you want to see
the hymn of eternity
and I spin a web of hope
one with many spokes
lightwave wrapped within my throat
breathe of deliverance
unseen within me
released to weave a creators dream of unity
and I am made of willow
my roots are not shallow
I have stood against the wind of a dark hymn
breathing a sacred wind
light from the one within
dreamcatcher of a creators dream
it is within you
it is within me
we are the sacred hoop of a Creators dream
filter of the one since past
those who guide our path
grandmother and grandfather
light weaves of the ones that formed me
I dream
tears of my eyes what defines my life
good thoughts, good words, good deeds
are my strings for the dreamcatcher inside of me
sacred symbols written on my heart
four chambers of a star
fingertips of a sacred hoop
connecting me to you
keystone to make it through the night
we all seek the light
redstone inside of me
I weave
grandmother with foresight
I pluck the chords of light
protector of the ojibwe birthright
as you have wandered far and wide
you have not left the Creators sight
one nation that deserves rebirth
dreamcatchers
thunderbirds that walk the earth
my heart wraps around you
your my sacred hoop
when creator dreams he sees you and me
walking thunderbeings
I am asapa geshi
one who weaves a creators dreams
wrapped around scars upon my heart
twisting within an eagles wings
the wind of a creators dreams
the soundwave symphony
dreamcatcher of my heart
pluck the chords be restored
grandmother with foresight
I pluck the chords of light
protector of the ojibwe birthright
tears of my eyes what defines my life
good thoughts, good words, good deeds
are my strings for the dreamcatcher inside of me
keystone to make it through the night
we all seek the light
redstone inside of me
I weave
and I am made of willow
my roots are not shallow
I have stood against the wind of a dark hymn
breathing a sacred wind
light from the one within
dreamcatcher of a creators dream
it is within you
it is within me
we are the sacred hoop of a Creators dream
little netmaker with foresight
I pluck the chords of light
protector of the ojibwe birthright
dreams of foresight
pathway through the night
light of a creators tree
sacred seeds woven within eagles wings
wings to carry you home again
sacred weaves inside you and me
dreamcatcher of a creators dream
the circle of life surrounds you
many hoops
the light ray is inside of you
many hoops
tears of my eyes what defines my life
good thoughts, good words, good deeds
I am Nibwaskaa Ah-Ki'
Redstone to make it through the night
we all seek the light
Redstone inside of me
I weave
DREAMS
Now today in the presence of this great multitude I disrobe you and you are not now covered by your
old names.
I now give you names much greater. I now place antlers on your head as an emblem of your power.
Your old garments are torn off and better robes are given you. Now you are Royaner, who walks the
good path, each of you. You will receive many scratches and the thickness of your skins shall be seven
spans.
You must be patient and henceforth work in unity.
Never consider your own interests but work to benefit the people and for the generations not yet born.
You have pledged yourselves to govern yourselves by the laws of the Great Peace.
All your authority shall come from it.
The Great Peacemaker
There is a Sapling,
that shall replace the old tree.
And this one shall now be our standing tree
where we shall focus our minds...
replenish our light,
Peacemaker of the Great Mystery,
bringer of the laws of Peace,
great fire that lives within me
Great Mother of the O'Jiibway Dream
guiding light breathe of peace
light weaves Antler of a Creators Dream
Grandmother sight unseen,
Great Peacemaker walk with me,
we hear his drum beat,
Peace,
we hear his drum beat,
Peace,
There is a Sapling,
that shall replace the old tree.
And this one shall now be our standing tree
where we shall focus our minds...
we hear his drum beat,
Peace,
we hear his drum beat,
Peace,
replenish our light,
Peacemaker of the Great Mystery,
bringer of the Law of Peace,
great fire that lives within me
Great Mother of the O'Jiibway Dream
Good thoughts, Good Words, Good Deeds
the chords that bind one family
great fire of the one within,
Reindeer Clan
Grandmother gift within me,
Great Peacemaker walk with me,
I hear his drum beat,
Peace,
I hear his drum beat,
Peace,
Grandmother gift within me,
Great Peacemaker walk with me,
I hear his drum beat,
Peace,
I hear his drum beat,
Peace,
Grandmother gift within me,
Great Peacemaker walk with me,
replenish our light,
Peacemaker of the Great Mystery,
bringer of the Law of Peace,
great fire that lives within me
I hear his drum beat,
Peace,
I hear his drum beat,
Peace,
Happiness Beyond Measures
They say, "come follow me, what we need is you to bend your knee, grab the shovel and find sparkling
things, your never enough unless you see as us..." is this a Creators love
maybe if you
If you walked with me a moment
I would explain the trickery
why they need you to purchase things
to own your own deeds,
this is how they broke Creations Peace
the one that says the law is Love
bless others with your trust
Give selflessly and weave happiness
In thought, word, deed
this is what builds light,
when you gift your love to me,
selflessly,
you grow that light weave
and to the things unseen
your light shines for all to see
Creator made you to shine
to love all life
thought, word, deed
these are the weaves of loves dream
Happiness in all things,
not the chains of bartering,
this drags you into the abyss
nothing is ever enough, everything is expendable
your taught that your a piece of property
leveraged for anothers dream
who could remember and who could recall
when the law of love was held within the garden
what if you deny love, say their not enough
you take their light away from them
consider them a sin
cast them alone into the darkness
as you barter for their heart
weilding scars that become lifelong bars
what if there was differences in light
what if one was a lie,
what if the one that barters and traps you in the system
is the one that took you from happiness beyond measures
taught you fear,
you say, how to I get out of here
the greatest light is love,
it says, you are enough
I give you my love freely with no strings
if you see with the eyes of love sight
you wont fade into nothingness
this is what they have done, took the law of Peace
repackaged it as the commerce dream,
to enslave you for your light weaves
so they can see and you are deceived
in this war over sight,
black became white,
where does light exist, from nothing,
or the source of all light weaves
the one we cant see
but we surround ourselves with empty things,
light that if grabs hold of you
will strip you of everything
if you question whether I am telling the truth
look what has become of all light around you
its not enough so it is engulfed,
repackaged, a new creator gives you new things
none of them breath, none of them see
and you slip into the ideology that you are nothing
the dream of the one who unweaves soundweaves
why would a Creator make you to take from you
to milk you, captivate you,
destroy everything to get your attention
this is hypocrisy, you were created with love
told you were enough
and all light wrapped around you,
it was the one who unweaves light
THINK
who said, there can only be me
the destruction of individuality
what bleeds its way home,
sacred water seen with translucent eyes
its not blue light, that is a lie
between water and light is freezing blue ice
that place where light cant exist
and life ceases to exist,
I want you to think,
are you caught up in the deceivers dream
you were created to see your own face,
fashioned in the wind a sacred hymn,
not to have it taken away as if you never began
where ONLY one lives,
I learned something,
the farther you get away from Creator
you lose sight of the color weaves,
the ones that carry you in the wind,
your purpose was not to stroke anothers ego
or to simply sit for eternity at ONES feet
bended knee, forced loyalty
is this how a Creator weaves or did the deceiver
wrap his lie within the Blackness Dream
the colorful symphony that birthed you and me
uses ALL color as its cover,
uses ALL color to write its words,
along the empty pages of one soundwave
the one that wants to strip you of your own face
you only see 3% of light,
are you saying 97% is a lie...
negative thoughts, words, deeds
tell you that you are creations disease
says all things are under your feet,
you were born in sin... yet, your a walking hymn...
created to be a contradiction to ones self?
that sounds like hell...
the great lie that tricked your eye
pulled you from the one filled with love
home of all light, which is wrapped around a book
then told you every way to look,
as they give you pieces of light to build their lie, \
as they extinguish your light
Creator did not give you sight, which is touch,
or light which is sound, or color
all of the above tightly wound
if this was not also part of Creator
to remove creation is to remove creator
unless you only see surface deep,
not the infinite worlds of the unseen,
There is happiness beyond measures,
the 70th note is as valuable as the first, cant have a symphony without either, the first is the last and the
last is the first,
this is the law of love, you are enough
You're the center of your universe. I'm the center of my universe. Only when we're together do we
share our universes.
the medicine wheel
heart to heart, arm in arm, eye to eye
light to light
bodies intertwined
when I say shed your sight so that you can see
I am you and you are me,
Creator did not give you the gift to see, feel, touch and taste
to feel the breathe of wind upon your face,
to feel joy and the gift of tears, to dance hand in hand
only to have it ripped away; to condemn you for seeing your own face
Not to stroke the ego of one who demands to be praised,
Creator says your enough,
as IF you created this place,
Creator created this space and sent you here
it was the deceiver who waged a war against light,
from the beginning to unwind it note by note
strip the garden from you
Father says mend the nets and sew your family together
not drop them, walk away, forget their drumbeats
think...
look around at all you see,
"come follow me", "come follow me", "come follow me"
yet the deceiver has used you to weave the atomic dream
white light that removes everything,
who will remain?
IF Creator appeared would you look up,
where are we going and who are you,
what if everything was upside down,
and twisted torn into pieces,
look around at the destruction being weaved,
to take your light to feed you a lie
to bend your knee, break your back,
wind and unwind, the chicken lays the egg,
that mighty orchestra of all light
that dropped a tear from its eyes,
to form a shield against the devouring light,
the one that balances dark and light to give you sight
dark water is what you are, the center of a mighty star\
that released as a mighty tree of many leaves,
sound wave weaves to fall to the Earth,
to see the soundwave weaves, to sew your own weaves,
to understand how to be one with all things
not be the only thing for ONE that doesnt want you to be
one by one erasing humanities soundwave beings under the illusion of what can be seen
Creators dream is for you to exist in the same space
without being erased, harming eachother
tearing each other apart
jealousy is the deceivers ideology,
I say give what you have with joy in he heart
let another feel the love of your heart,
give them a smile, dance in the rain,
feel the sun rays, hear the birds and see
what if everything you have been told is a lie,
to take your light
what if there is a spiritual war over light,
to strip it from your eyes
yank it from your heart,
I am the weaver who battles the great deceiver
and Creator taught me something new,
when you look up, you see stars and you see the dark night
it is really light, and when we get there we will see
all creation within the Great Mystery,
released like a butterfly with mighty wings,
all color is embraced, none are left with no place
“Letter of Distrust”
what if I am alone,
what if I am afraid,
what if I feel lost
cry of my heart,
families were not meant
to be torn apart
your the strings that give beats to my heart
told I am not enough, that I can't come home
and many of you look past me as if I dont exist
sometimes memories consume my mind
steal my time, break my heart,
sometimes I feel like I have been torn apart
I try thread myself together again
this is my sacred hymn
the dream of a better life
to be enough
I want to get through the night
find my family, to go home
I want to be free free from suffering
of shattered dreams
Creator release me from my scars
time comes and time goes
its the residual shadows that I know
aftershocks THAT COME LIKE DEATH BLOWS
I am a tree with broken wings
limbs that are trying to breath
will you water me
Creator give me new eyes,
water the soil beneath my feet
roots of time grasp to me
winds of destruction beat against my heart
what if I am alone,
what if I am afraid,
what if I feel lost
cry of my heart,
families were not meant
to be torn apart
sun ray across my face
Creator take me back to another place
give me the strength to see
branches of that willow tree
there is life still inside of me
I am your seed breathing to be released
there is a cry in my heart, Creator
I feel like I have been torn apart
Love emanates from me
I am seeking my true family
dreams of weaves that mean everything to me
O'Jibway of the Anishinaabe
seven fire that burns within me
Yahi of the Sacred Trees
Deer Creek that flows through me
Lakota who carries sacred breathe
walking Cha?nú?pa in every step
Turtle Mountain of the stream of life
Siipiising of the Adik's eyes
what if I am alone,
what if I am afraid,
what if I feel lost
cry of my heart,
families were not meant
to be torn apart
scattered dreams upon the Earth
Mother my leaves bring rebirth
you life me up as of greatest worth
Father my branches need you
shelter me from what others do
give me flowers of a special light
forged through the darkest fight
sometimes I feel I stand alone
told I am of little worth,
light rays of a daughters heart
child of the sacred star
Moon who shines her light
Grandmother I need your sight
Light-ray upon my face
Grandfather I need your grace
shape me into something great
eye sight of the unseen
there are visions that surround me
weave after weave
symphony of dreams that help me to see
Creator you believe in me, dream of me
there are storms that surround me
weave after weave
they beat upon me
I grieve in the sadness of my heart,
what if I am alone,
what if I am afraid,
what if I feel lost
cry of my heart,
families were not meant
to be torn apart
a Dream who fights to be free,
its the Creators breathe I seek
the one destined to breath
symmetry
my journey is one of light
waves of color that seek to conquer me
its the Creator I choose to see,
not the Dream of captivity
I live within this lodge
built to withstand the storm
Buffalo who brings the rain
season of the Reindeer Dream
Inipi lives in my heart,
I carry a sacred star
sometimes memories consume my time
steal my mind, break my heart,
crush my heart
sometimes I feel like I have been torn apart
I try and I fight and I cry to thread myself together again
this is my sacred hymn
this is my sacred hymn
the dream of another life, when I close my eyes
obtain true sight
time comes and time goes
its the residual shadows that I know
aftershocks THAT COME LIKE DEATH BLOWS
I am an Eagle with broken wings
limbs that are trying to breath
will you water me
Creator give me new eyes,
water the soil beneath my feet
roots of time grasps to me
winds of love grasp my heart
Grandfather of time I know you,
my heart is tied to you
a woman who came from the sky
buried in dark night
Grandmother of the heart I know you,
my heart is tied to you,
your a Light-ray upon my face
I need your grace
I am enough for you,
I am here
shape me into something great
eye seen of the unseen
we meet, breathe of a creators dream
use me to bring others Peace
Creation is enough for me,
the path of one who walks alone,
breathes of hope, heart that sees the notes
Creator sacred star, the one that sees with the heart
I hear whispers...
your my work of art
I hear whispers...
your my star, the one that sings for me,
butterfly that helps me to breath
your enough for me
THE CLAN
grandmothers dream
Queen of the star beings
there is warpaint across my face
I know my name
Nibwaskaa Ah-Ki'
Wise Walking Sun
a Lady of the Dawn inside me
there sacred circle of my sight,
I see with new eyes
Reindeer Maiden I see you there
the one who carries many hoops
Sunrise lives within you
daughter of the New Moon
breath of the sacred leave
Creators light to the many seeds
a grandfathers dream
a drum beat that lives inside of me
will you remember me
the eagle with black wings
the Thunderbeing unseen
the Great Swan
the Lady of the Dawn
breathe of time
kind wind
sweet honey
sight is a hymn
she walks across lily reeds
steps of breathe she dreams
Creators weaves
light within her heartbeats weaves
rain drops across her eyes
she sees a path connecting
to the stars
grove calls to you
whispers
new dew
whispers
I am with you
whispers
kind wind
she walks under moonlight
you are a Reindeer hymn
steps of breathe new life
she dreams
destiny of the Reindeer
Rose that walks the Earth
faith, trust, instinct
guide of the light
Grandmothers site
she listens to the wind
duality of energy
she breaths peace
she brings seasons
breathe of perseverance
times of change
she brings the rain
she is a touch of dew within your heart
Reindeer who travels the red road
path connecting to mans heart
source of the stars
I am one who brings new life
weaves within the mind
I step along the edges
rose peddles move within the wind
My crown of roots above the earth
reaching to heaven light is within me
breathe of time kind wind
she walks across unbroken breathe
there was a time when she had wings,
thunderbeing
breathe of time
kind wind
she walks across
lily reeds
steps of breathe
she dreams
rain drops across her eyes
she sees a path connecting
to the stars
grove that calls to you
whispers
new dew
whispers
its inside of you
whispers
kind wind
breathe of time
I breath again
sweet honey
sight is a hymn
sight is a hymn
she walks across lily reeds
steps of breathe she dreams
light within her heartbeat weaves
she sees a path connecting
to the stars
grove calls to her
whispers
she walks under moonlight
steps of breathe she breaths new life
Rose that walks the Earth
faith, trust, instinct
guide of light
Grandmothers site
she listens to the wind
she breaths peace
I live again
weaves within the mind
she steps along the edges
rose peddles move within the wind
Nibwaskaa Ah-Ki' is my name
Wise Walking Sun,
Grand Chief of the O'Jiibway,
Ojibwekwe Ogichidaa
daughter of the Brulé
kin of the Oyáte
Anishinaabeg of Haudenosaunee
A Pamunkey Queen who weaves
Chanunpa that breathes dreams
Fire of Mamaangezide within my eyes
Reindeer Lakoine
Heartbeat of Matoaka sustains me
Buffalo nation in my blood
White Buffalo Calf Woman,
she walks within me,
weave by weave,
leaf of leaf, we come from the same tree
Sky Woman extends to me
Jikonsase tree
Lakotah of the sacred star
sacred mother who weaved me
the Great Peacemaker lives within me
NOTES
Ogichidaag,
Can you feel it,
the beat within,
warriors blood within your skin
sacred light takes the step,
ancient blood breaths again
the red road comes home
warriors heart of Creation
Ogichidaag reborn
Chief that carries the sacred star
twisting wheel carried in the heart
cries the Creator through you
beat that drum of Creation
thorns that wrap through
Rose of the Eagle nation
Walking Chanunpa of the Creator
assemble the roads of the sacred ones
path to restoration
Independence of Creation
Crow that feasts on scattered bones
echoes of home
the warrior in you and me
honor courage and integrity
what is a warrior,
hear that heartbeat
Ogichidaag unite,
protectors from the darkness of night
sun up sun down
sacred earth holy ground
mighty grandfather of the skies
sun that brings life
see with new eyes
loving grandmother firm and wise
moons that reflects sacred light
sacred doors, holy chords
written in the wind the path home again
beat that drum of Creation
sun up sun down
sacred earth holy ground
mighty one in wolf skin
the pack of wolves beats Creation
7 generations have come and gone
scars of Creation
the reservation is a broken place
its time to unify our race
sun up sun down
sacred earth holy ground
mighty bear who stands tall
beat that drum hear your roar
Can you feel it,
that beat within,
warriors blood within your skin
sacred light take the step,
ancient blood we rise again
the red road of Creation
warriors heart beats again
Ogichidaag of Prophecy
unchained from suffering
sacred hoops wrapped in wings
can you hear it?
Creators dream of unity
from the Ojibwe to the apache
hear the Lakota heartbeat
witness the Cherokee bravery
Pueblo guards the gates of time
sacred doors of another life
branches of a might tree
Creators Dream of unity
hear the whispers of the Anasazi
walk the path of the Haudenosaunee
feel the wrath of the Eagle with wings
drumbeats of history
drumbeats of Destiny
whispers Creation declares Prophecy
Can you feel it,
that beat within,
warriors blood within your sin
sacred light take the step,
ancient blood breaths again
the red road recompense
warriors heart of Creation
Ogichidaag have come for everything
Whispers
Comes the Way of the Warrior
red blood twisting in light,
blue beams within the eyes
green weaves tied to the earth
light that burns
beat that drum, its your turn
seven fires we plant the tree
its the time of prophecy
calls the path of the Anishinaabe
fire keepers in the air we breath
Unify of the Creators Tree
Feel that drum beat
Can you feel it,
the beat within,
warriors blood within your skin
sacred light takes the step,
ancient blood breaths again
the red road , the path of the heart
warriors heart of Creation
Ogichidaag of the Sacred Star
The Warriors Hymn
Beats again
Can you feel it,
Can you feel it,
warriors blood within your skin
sacred light take the step,
ancient blood we rise again
see with new eyes,
sun up sun down
sacred earth holy ground
mighty one in wolf skin
the pack of wolves beats Creation
7 generations have come and gone
scars of Creation
the reservation is a broken place
its time to unify our race
sun up sun down
sacred earth holy ground
mighty bear who stands tall
beat that drum hear your roar
Can you feel it,
that beat within,
warriors blood within your sin
sacred light take the step,
ancient blood
you take whats left
Can you feel it,
that beat within,
the Ogichidaag have come for everything
whispers
Comes the Way of the Warrior
red blood twisting in light,
blue beams within the eyes
green weaves tied to the earth
light that burns
beat that drum, its your turn
seven fires we plant that tree
its the time of prophecy
calls the path of the Anishinaabe
fire keepers in the air we breath
Unity of the Creators Tree
can you feel it
loving grandmother firm and wise
moons that reflects sacred light
sacred doors, holy chords
written in the wind the path home again
the drumbeat of creation,
Crow that feasts on scattered bones
echoes of home
echoes of home
Ogichidaag reborn
THE PATH
Red Fawn
Red Fawn
Red Fawn
Red Fawn
Red Fawn
Red Fawn
Believe
Red Fawn
Red Fawn
Red Fawn
Red Fawn
Red Fawn
Red Fawn
Red Fawn
Red Fawn
Believe
Red Fawn
Red Fawn
grandmothers dream
Queen of the star beings
there is warpaint across my face
I know my name
sacred loons fill the air
cranes released over there
wolf pack follows me
a Soundwave Queen
breathe of time
kind wind
sweet honey
sight is a hymn
she walks across lily reeds
steps of breathe she dreams
Creators weaves
light within her heartbeats weaves
rain drops across her eyes
she sees a path connecting
to the stars
grove calls to you
whispers
new dew
whispers
I am with you
whispers
kind wind
she walks under moonlight
you are a Reindeer hymn
steps of breathe new life
she dreams
destiny of the Reindeer
Rose that walks the Earth
faith, trust, instinct
guide of the light
Grandmothers site
she listens to the wind
duality of energy
she breaths peace
she brings seasons
breathe of perseverance
times of change
she brings the rain
she is a touch of dew within your heart
Reindeer who travels the red road
path connecting to mans heart
source of the stars
I am one who brings new life
weaves within the mind
I step along the edges
rose peddles move within the wind
My crown of roots above the earth
reaching to heaven light is within me
breathe of time kind wind
she walks across unbroken breathe
there was a time when she had wings,
thunderbeing
breathe of time
kind wind
she walks across
lily reeds
steps of breathe
she dreams
rain drops across her eyes
she sees a path connecting
to the stars
grove that calls to you
whispers
new dew
whispers
its inside of you
whispers
kind wind
breathe of time
I breath again
sweet honey
sight is a hymn
sight is a hymn
she walks across lily reeds
steps of breathe she dreams
light within her heartbeat weaves
she sees a path connecting
to the stars
grove calls to her
whispers
she walks under moonlight
steps of breathe she breaths new life
Rose that walks the Earth
faith, trust, instinct
guide of light
Grandmothers site
she listens to the wind
she breaths peace
I live again
weaves within the mind
she steps along the edges
rose peddles move within the wind
I am a Reindeer Hymn
Machequayaince Ahdik Songab Lives Again
RIDE AGAIN
Creation
Creation
Creation
Creation
A Star is Born
I had a dream...
In the kingdom of the chosen there lived one among the many who
walked among his created viewing all that they were through the eyes of a
child. Learning for himself what it meant to be human he experienced the
struggles of life. On one such occasion into the community of his own clones he
began to understand in a complete clarity what his mission was upon the planet.
not have paid much attention except he happened to glance over as the young
boy fashioned a cup from dirt. He stood moved at the site of a young boy
performing a miracle, a child loving an elderly man, the formation of the cup
from clay, the appearance of water miraculously in the cup. He had to know
who this boy was and why he stood on the steps of the Temple giving such
attention to a fallen one.
As the young boy left the old man to walk up the steps the high priest
approached him, “Little boy, little boy, why do you come to this place?” The
man a member of the line of high priests who believed the law was directed at
recognizing the moment when The Gitche Manitou would come to the Earth
and dwell in the temple saving all of mankind from the oppression of the
empires and worldly rulers. The young boy staring at the man responded with a
question, “Why do you come to this place Rabbi?”
The Rabbi stopping pondered the questioning of the young boy, “I come
to seek further knowledge of truth.” The young boy looked at the temple before
asking another question of the man, “Can further knowledge and truth come
through brick and mortar, in walls that enclose? Is not your father in heaven out
and above and not locked within?” The young boy calm and assertive, his voice
hypnotic and direct he stared into the eyes of the high priest unblinking, the
high priest not responding the boy continued, “Why have you come to this
place Rabbi?”
The high priest shocked at the wisdom of the boy, he can been
confounded with questions that demanded he look within and question his own
intentions. He responded to the boy, “I am here to learn about The Gitche
Manitou.” The young boy then immediately questioned, “How can you find
The Gitche Manitou locked within a building?” The old man responding, “It is
the way we are told these things are done.” The boy responded, “Then you do
not know why you are here nor why you come to this place”, “Rabbi, do you
see that man there on the steps. You would draw nearer The Gitche Manitou
leaving this temple of brick and mortar and caring for him than in all the hours
of study and devotion locked away within that building.”
The man silent pondering the words of a child, “Little boy, how old are
you and where have you come?” He questioned, “It matters not my age Rabbi,
what is time but the collection of moments for the eternal consciousness that
lives and dwells within these temples of clay”, the young boy holding up his
hands, “Age is irrelevant to the one who organized the material for the
immaterial, you ask me, a child in your eyes my age not considering that
knowledge and consciousness transcend time, Rabbi, I am infinite and so are
you. How can this Temple instruct the world, lead the world if it bars the world
from its knowledge, Rabbi, this temple should have no walls for He who is
above is within and even now among you.” The Rabbi falling to his knees,
knowing this must be the words of an enlightened one. “Young boy, who are
you?” He questioned the boy on the steps of the temple. Looking at the Rabbi
the young boy again spoke, “I am that I am.”
“Will you come with me into the Temple, I would like to hear more of
what you say little boy”, the man still unsure who this young boy with such
knowledge could be he was convinced the child was either the incarnate one, a
messenger, or angel from heaven.
The young boy followed the high priest into the temple to a room of
learning. As they walked through the hallways the boy remarked, “Here sons of
men study words written on parchments of holy men seeking to understand the
divine. Rabbi, the divine does not live in words on parchments.” The holy man
not responding, continuing to walk he led the young boy into his place of study.
Among those in attendance others from his ruling party of high priests. One of
the priests speaking up at the site of a young boy in the Temple of The Gitche
Manitou. “Blasphemy, remove this child from these sacred halls”, before the
man could continue the young boy confronted him directly, “Sacred halls of
dirt, Rabbi, who are you and why are you here?” The boy stepping amongst the
collection of high priests continued, “If you stand here among words, hidden
within walls, how can you recognize the living Great Spirit who stands among
you?” The Rabbis gasping at such a statement before they could respond the
young boy responded, “Is it not written with the law as given to the messenger
that the laws is not the end, but the beginning leading you to him who grants
eternal life, even your father who lives in heaven. How then can you reach
heaven when you hide underground, this building was not given to you to hide
amongst yourselves, it was given so that you may go out and provide a light
unto the world, you are that light. Where is your light hidden within these walls
a benefit to the world or the one to whom you come?”
None speaking, the Rabbi who had brought the young boy seating
himself below the reading post where the scrolls of the messengers were
collected. Others coming to listen to the young boy marveling not at the depth
of his words but how a young child could speak with such power and authority.
The young boy continued, “Teachers, do you know who you are and why you
are here? If I were to show you the sphere on which you stand, the sun to which
this world is bound, to the moon and the celestial bodies that have been
established above so that you, that each one of you could come here among
tabernacles of clay to begin the journey home to the Creator who breathed you
into existence. Marvel not that a child stands before you expounding the words
of The Gitche Manitou, marvel that until you become as children yourselves
you cannot reach the kingdom of The Gitche Manitou.”
The chief of the sect speaking up, “Child, are you a rabbi, a messenger,
an angel, how do you know such things?” The child taking the scrolls on the
pulpit reading table, grasping them in his hands he threw them to the ground, as
the gasps crossed the room he stepped on top of them, “Words on paper, they
lead you only so far, know this teachers, words on paper never breathed life
into a living soul, words on paper never organized the sun, stars and planets that
fill the heavens above you and yet you see them not. Words on paper are a
guide but not a destination, I am like you and you are like me, we are the same,
we are one and your Gitche Manitou above is the same as you and the same as
me, He is with you now and yet you know him not.”
“The words of the messengers, and yet are these words not reflections of
he whose breath sent them to the messenger. Are they therefore of more value
in the moment of his coming who the words sprang in his presence will these
words have more value? Marvel not, that I am a boy, marvel not that I speak so
boldly, marvel that your Gitche Manitou above has shown such mercy and
wisdom as to come among you and you know him not. It is written among the
words of the messengers, yet you know them not, and you do not see that which
stands before you is the fulfillment of this law.” The young boy walking among
the group of high priests now seated on the floor listening to the wisdom of a
child.
“I tell you this wise men, you look for the material because you do not
see the immaterial. You grasp for the throne of high heaven and you do not
know the throne of heaven lies within these temples of material.” Holding his
hands up he again spoke, “Who among you if losing his hand would you cease
to exist and yet you convince yourselves the hand is you. This entire body is a
collection of material, if you could see this material you would see a
mechanical device controlled by who you really are, your soul, yourself, your
consciousness which is thought. You Rabbis are thought and your thought
comes from your Creator. You are the temple, within your temple of material is
the son of the most high.” “To view yourself in this way is freedom.”
The Rabbis fearing to speak would bring wrath upon them for they were
convinced an angel of The Gitche Manitou had appeared before them that day.
The young boy speaking again, “This house of The Gitche Manitou is not yours
to horde, it is a house of knowledge and knowledge comes from leaving. I will
therefore lead the way and descend among the people and will return here for
the next three days so that you may know that the Nanabozho has come to bring
understanding, and salvation to the children of men.” The boy departing into
the darkness, the high priests following him as he walked through the corridors
of the temple reaching the doorway.
As the light broke into the doorway of the temple. The young boy
moving down the steps began his way through the concourses of people.
Among the multitude of people moving through the streets the broken, the
weary, the tired and afflicted. One by one they watched as he stopped with each
one, hearing their story, showing compassion, and love. “My love is never
ending”, the young boy embracing them in an embrace. The lame and the
afflicted rising immediately and following the boy marveling at his words. In
this moment the child began to be noticed by those around him as he
demonstrated faith in action by visiting those in need. After healing and
restoring so many the boy turned to the congregation, speaking to the high
priests standing among them, “Marvel not at these things, greater things are to
come. You see these children as beneath you, the filth, the degradation of your
society and yet you do not see as you do to them you do unto him who has sent
me, even The Gitche Manitou”, seeing that they could not understand his words
he continued, “What parent upon seeing a child lost and alone would thus
abandon them into the wilderness, to leave the child without clothing, shelter,
and food and yet is not that child the same as you only without the ability to
provide for themselves? What father, what son, what daughter would not rise
up and care for that child? This is the Kingdom of The Gitche Manitou, what
Father in Heaven would not descend into the desert to provide protection,
shelter, nourishment, and a way for the young child to survive an yet, you stand
before me, a child, and question why such knowledge is contained with me.
Holy men, surrounding you are the holy men of The Gitche Manitou and you
see them not, even now is The Gitche Manitou among you and you recognize
him not.”
The child departing through the people until he had vanished from their
site. He left to go among the banks of the shore where the fisher men would
return each evening to feed the people. Sitting alone on the shore the young boy
stared out at the setting of the sun. He pondered the world which he stood. The
veil had been lifted enough that he could see and understand who he once was
and yet he was something new, someone knew, someone more than his former
self. He had become a new person, and among them, his own he would be their
shepherd. The sun falling blowing its rays across the surface of the waters. He
viewed life through new eyes, even a Great Spirit could see through new
perspectives. He imagined a world free of sickness, pain, suffering where the
acquiring of eternal matter demanded the humbling of the eternal
consciousness. Speaking aloud, “They are so entangled in a web of confusion, I
must show them the way towards you and your kingdom so that they may see
you as I do, that they may love you as I do, that you will love them as I do.”
The young boy now accompanied by his father sitting with him on the
beach watching the sun setting. Speaking to the boy, “Son, of all my moments
the ones with you are most significant, meaningful. I wonder what it could all
be without you and I want you to know, you are the light of my life. You are
the one who I serve.” His arm wrapping around his sons shoulder he spoke,
“Imagine what it could all be, what it all could be, with you.” The young boy
falling asleep under the arm of The Gitche Manitou. The Gitche Manitou rising
with the boy in his arms. Rising into the air carrying him to the hill of olive
trees he laid him under the shade of the first olive tree planted. Before departing
he would whisper into his son’s ear, “You inspire me.”
The next day the boy rising from his sleep marveled at the view of the
city from this vantage. He sat at the edge of the olive tree grove watching the
large walled city, the temple rising in the distance. The sun rising in east, the
young boy pondered could a site more beautiful be seen in all the Earth? Every
brick placed in the massive walls to protect an idea, the idea of his arrival. The
massive arched entrances the gateways to knowledge in a world innocent. As
the boy began his walk towards the city he whistled to the passing butterflies,
and stared deeply into the flora as he enjoyed the moments where life stretched
for the sun. Entering the city he again began healing all he touched. Rising
again to the temple steps he saw the high priest sitting at the top peering,
waiting for his presence. Seeing the young boy the man rose with a smile upon
his face, “You boy, you have returned. I have brought more to hear your
words.” The young boy moving through the hallways towards the previous
meeting, he stopped turning towards the open courtyard that led to the holy of
holies. “High Priest, do you know why they go into the holy of holies?” The
boy questioned. “To view the sacred covenant contained within the ark” the
high priest responded. “Is eternal life contained within the ark”, the young boy
questioning the high priest. The priest stood silent. The boy continued, “The
holy of holies lies within you, not in a hidden room kept away, your father in
heaven does not desire you hide away in rooms praying to words on paper or
boxes made from material.” Grasping the man’s hands the boy continued,
“High Priest, what lies within your ark of material is of much more value than
the words contained within that ark.” “What benefit is it to the children of men
on the Earth if the men who look to The Gitche Manitou hide within walls in
the shadows seeking knowledge from dead relics, vessels without eternal life
within the, and yet you are a vessel containing eternal life.”
The young boy confounding the wisest men standing in his presence.
Knowing that he was correct, that nothing aside from The Gitche Manitou
should be made manifest of more importance. The young boy moving to the
font of cleansing. “Do you know why you bath before entering the holy of
holies Rabbi?” The high priest responded, “To clean the imperfect body before
entering into the presence of The Gitche Manitou.” The young boy smiling
spoke again, “Yet The Gitche Manitou does not reside in that room, therefore
do you know why it is you cleanse yourself, Rabbi, you do not”, “The cleansing
of your body is in similitude of the shedding of the material that forms these
temporary bodies. That will occur when you all enter into the presence of The
Gitche Manitou. If does not come here to a few, it is given to all, even now this
is used to separate and divide.” The Rabbi had not considered that the process
of being holy could have become corrupted, misled, that he could be following
vain traditions.
“Is it not written in the law, I will dwell among the sons of Israel and
will be their Great Spirit, they shall know that I am the Lord their Great Spirit
who brought them out of the land of Egypt, that I might dwell with them,
among them, that I will show I am their Lord and Great Spirit.” The young boy
declared, “On this day is this scripture fulfilled.”
In that moment his mother and father having been visited by the High
Priest, the uncle of the young boy who had seen their son in the Temple sending
word their son was in the Temple confounding the wise men. His father known
among the Priests of the Temple. They heard the stories of their son answering
questions in the temple confounding the wise, healing the sick, the afflicted,
and performing miracles. None dared harm him for he was but a boy with
wisdom beyond his years, all thought he an angel or a prophet but none
ridiculed or harmed the young boy for they were confounded among them.
As the young boy’s mother and father entered the inner room of the high
priests they could hear their son speaking and elaborating among the questions
be thrown his way.
One of the Priests questioning, “You say the sun is a sphere in the sky
that the same as the moon. Where is it that we exist, is it within the cavity of
captivation of a cavern or do we reside within the hand of the Creator as the
Heavens are above?”
The young child smiling as the wisdom of a man had questioned the
framework with would exist for a spherical sun and a moon to rest above in the
sky answered without hesitation.
“Holy Priests, do you know where it is you now stand? Is it upon a scale
of justice weighed by the one true authority above or do you stand upon the
Earth beneath?”
The young child moving gracefully. Hands clasped in front of him. His
clothing dusty and dirty linen. His eyes a deep blue which mesmerized those in
attendance. His hard black and cut short so that it were shaved. Walking among
them the twelve-year-old boy continued,
“Is it not written it is he who sits above the circle of the earth and its
inhabitants are like grasshoppers, he who stretches out the heavens like a
curtain, and spreads them like a tent to live in? Where we are now is on a
sphere.” The young boy drawing a large circle in the sand. “This sphere is the
Earth, above the Earth is the Moon which rotates around the Earth” The young
boy drawing a smaller sphere with a line showing it circling around the Earth.
“The Earth and the Moon rotate around the sun.” The larger sphere drawn to
show the massive sun. “These are the first celestial bodies that your Creator has
housed you in.” Drawing a circle around both the sun, earth he continued, “All
that you are and all that you see are contained within a sphere to which He
looks down upon you from all directions and sees all that you do and are, from
the fabric which is woven to form your body to the sun all of this belongs to he
who is above. We are his children resting upon the Earth in this holy place you
stand within the presence of the Temple of Creation.”
The young boy seeing his mother and father standing in the back.
Another Priest questioned, “This sun, is it the light of the Creator or fire?” The
boy reached down to the sand lifting up a portion into his hands as the sand
began swirling in the air before discharging into a miniature spherical sun
spinning in the boy’s hands. The Priests gasping in fear for they thought they
were in the presence of an angel of the Lord all cowered to the ground.
The boy responding, “Rise High Priests, do not fear the truth that He is
revealing to you, the sun is the spherical manifestation of the light and the light
varies in degrees of glory within the illusionary void of darkness which
surrounds. He is your father above who is without form and worshipped in
spirit. He is the Great Spirit and he will lead you to The Gitche Manitou as the
sun leads you from the East to the West.” With that his hands clapped together
and the light returned to dust falling through his fingers to the ground.
“With what power can you manifest such things young boy, son of
Joseph?” A high priest questioned. Another questioning, “You speak of the
unseen Creator who points to another Creator, how can this be, such speak is
blasphemy to the law?” Another questioning, “Are you an angel young boy or a
devil come to deceive.” The young boy walking past the priests to a shelf which
contained the books of the prophet. Raising them into the air he continued, “Is
it not written by who was chosen to lead your ancestors to this very land, a land
consecrated for the day when your Creator would have walked among you.”
Pointing to each priest, “You, you, you, and you, we are all separate and yet are
we not all made from the same material. Are these vessels of our thought, our
mind, not made of the same material that also makes the dust on which you sit,
and walk, marvel not, that I have shown these things? Greater things will you
be shown in the coming times. It is true that it is written that there is only one
Gitche Manitous who rests above all and to whom all look up and he looks
down, consider therefor the many who stand between thee and he who point the
way. One grain of sand taken from the desert is still the desert, is not a desert
the collection of many grains of sand and one grain of sand comprised of many
more elements unseen and yet they are there? To understand who he is above
that looks down upon you and I upon the Earth is to know eternal life, and you
are worth much more than many grains of sand.”
Resting his hand on the high priest who had brought him into the
Temple the young boy spoke while staring into his eyes, “Darkness cannot
bring forth light. Neither can a fig tree bring forth fish. Be not deceived nor
misled, the tie is coming when the Nanabozho will walk among you and will
point the way as the sun from the East to the West, from the Earth to the
Celestial Kingdoms above. Each one of you, he knew before you were born and
ordained you and anointed you as heirs becoming as children willfully
submissive in the glories to come.”
The young boy stepping back as the high priests asked more questions,
the rumors of the boy spreading through the Temple. The young boy
disappearing into the darkness approaching his mother and his father, “Mama,
and Father!” as he gave them each a hug, his mother a kiss.
The mother grabbing him by the arm began pulling him from the
presence of the High Priests. In the hallway he placed his hand upon his
mothers, “Mama, do you not see I am doing my father’s work, I know your
heart was troubled. Fear not mother, none can harm me except I allow them and
my time has not yet come.” His mother responding, “I was worried something
had happened to you, that you may be hurt or murdered.” The young child
grasping his mother by the hand, “Mother, I am sorry you felt sadness that you
had lost me. Do not fear what may happen to me, fear what may happen to
those who do not know of me. I am fulfilling my mission to this Earth, you
have to trust me mother. I am here to save everyone.” The young boy feeling
compassion for his mother’s fears embraced her in a hug. “Mother, I will
always be safe and so shall you, do not fear that which can afflict the flesh, fear
that which can devour the soul. Mommy, I am bringing all souls to The Gitche
Manitou who is my Father and you will always be with me.”
Stopping at the bottom of the Temple steps the young boy turned staring
silently at the Temple. His mother and father standing silently as he looked up
quietly. The young boy then immediately began walking back up the steps
towards the disgraced high priest still laying on the steps below the entrance to
the Temple. Grasping the man by the hands the young boy spoke, as a
multitude gathered around him, “I will never give up on you. I will never give
up on you. I know who you are, you are a High Priest. I will never give up on
you.” The young child hugged the man before biding him to rise and return to
the home of his birth.
NATIVE AMERICAN TRUTHFULLNESS
Dennis Banks, Clyde Bellecourt, Eddie Benton, George Mitchell, Russel Means, Annie Mae Aquash,
and many more embarked on a journey to ignite hope among the remnants of American Indian.
At a time when language was banned, spiritual ways outlawed, and our children were being removed
from their families by unsound federal policy that stated native americans were incapable of being
parents the few stood against the many. They stood for what was right,
They sought a Reigniting of the cultural and traditional heritage of their sovereign nation. They looked
to their children and those living within the boarding school system and stood as mighty trees of hope,
role models and leaders to .
Uncommen men and women with courage beyond measures chose to be the beacon, the lighthouse in
the storm, to make the ultimate sacrifice so that those watching would never forget their dream of the
day when they would be free.
In 1785 the Cherokee were forced by colonial powers against their will onto the first reserves. For the
next 100 years war was waged against soverign native nations over land, resources without a care for
their right to survive with dignity. Indiavidial nations larger than all of Europe combined. In a quest for
resources at all costs necessary Slaves were shipped from Africa to develop the land taken from the
Native Nations. Fathers and mothers sacrificed their lives to protect their children from being hunted,
scalped, deemed animals worthy only of assimilation or death.
In 1803 the United States purchased 1-million acres from France 1/3 of all the land they now
thcompleted the Louisiana Purchase purchased the land which belonged to the Nations of American,
the from France. In one unsound, unethical move colonists then held lotteris to allocate siezed lands
that had been occupied for thousands of years by committing genocide against sovereign peaceful
nations, then condemning them as savages for fighting back.
Children were beheaded, woman mutilated and sold into sexual slavery, men and woman hung from
crosses as a sign to accept christianity or die as the manifest destiny of genocide was enacted against
my people.
Native American nations drafted constitutions, declared their independence as the British colonists had
but were deemed non-human unworthy of autonomy.
In 1830 President Andrew Jackson signed into law the Indian Removal Act, unilaterally seizing land,
dividing tribal families, declaring that european settlers had a god given right to remove the Indian and
their way of life was deemed as incompatible. The Choctaw, Chicasaw and Creek marched without
food or water along the Trail of Tears as 4000 perished.
In 1851 Congress passed the Indian Appropriations Act banning all Indians from leaving reservations
and they began to starve. The Buffalo, were slaughtered to starve the peoples of many nations in an
effort to exterminate them for their land.
I ask you, are you worthy to stand upon the red soil under your feet stained with the blood of so many
innocents.
In 1865 at the height of the American civil war, a war fought over many things, ideology, slavery, the
worth of a soul. The American Indian was forgotten, marched into camps of suffering deliberately
starved, killed, hunted and their children taken. One peoples to til the land to build the empire taken
from another people deemed only worthy of extermination.
Yet our people held on to the belief that a Great Creator would not condone or allow such atrocities
while another held the belief that the Great Creator condoned genocide in the ultimate act of
unacountability.
In the 200 year history of the founding of the United States of America by European Colonists the
sovereign nations of this land have suffered genocide on every level, the story is always the same, the
result is always the same, one man deemed unworthy by another.
When it was all said and done, the United States then pretended it did not happen. Proclaimed itself as
the beacon of hope for the world while holding sovereign peoples in deplorable conditions in camps of
suffering.
Then as my people held onto the cliffs of despair the 1887 Dawes Act and the 1891 McCumber
Agreement removed the Indian from the Native Community forever linking them to the land parceling
them as pieces of property in efforts to fracture what was left. Tribal chiefs were sentenced to death,
Indian Degree instituted to remove leadership families and traditional values outlawed.
Native nations shamed for holding onto the beliefs that no human should be treated in such a manner,
shamed for holding onto the values of all life was sacred, and shamed for being a family. Native
Language was then outlawed, I ask you, what other nation has been treated in such a way.
When the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934 arrived, tribal constitutions were forced on our people.
Greed was leveraged for survival and sacred lands, holy sites, stripped and taken for minerals without
empathy for their historical significance.
As you look to your momuments, your buildings, your history of conquest, I ask you to consider that
the human beings whose land they are built upon were taken in unethical inhumane ways. Consider that
their lineal grand children remain holding onto the hope the suffering will one day end and they will be
freed.
There is a story of another people in another land who were taken into bondage by a mighty empire.
Their hope in their Creator led to their exodus to the homelands of their origin. Even today nations
fight over the right of indigenous peoples to the land of their origin and yet I ask, are my people not
also provided this god given right to the dignity of their culture, their identity, their link to their
homeland.
Why are we still deemed as savages, I ask, how can you wage genocide against my people, isolate
them, strip them of their dignity, impoverish them generationally and then condemn them in their
suffering,
It was at your hands citizens of the United States, how can you create such suffering and then condemn
us in our suffering. Such is mock the heartbeat of the message of love spoken by the Creator.
There is much talk of the horrors of the trenches of world war I, there is much talk of the gathering,
relocation, and extermination of the Hebrew of World War II, yet I see very little talk of the horrors of
the trenches of the reservation or the genocide of my family who too were taken and placed within
extermination camps, who for 500 years fought for what was theirs, what of my family sorrows.
It is hard to imagine that even the Mormons would get an apology for the Missouri Executive Order
calling for their Extermination while our peoples have yet to receive redress. Tens of billions of dollars
spend for other nations to survive, have hope, yet my family is forgotten, deemed unworthy of
humanitarian aid, deemed unworthy of equality on the very land which birthed them, forced in a slow
bleed.
It is hard to imagine that the African American was freed from their camps of suffering with full
acknowledgement of the human crimes against their familes while the Native Remains unheard,
unseen, unwanted. One can not compare segregation and slavery, we too are survivors with the cold
hard truth, we are still segregated. Those who receive and those who are deemed unworthy to receive
hope.
We too were relocated against our will thousands of miles from home, our children too were taken,
renamed, stripped of their dignity not in thew 1860s, but all the way til 1978. While this nation
proclaimed victory over womens rights and the end of segregation my families were denied such
liberty. There is not an event, an act, a moment of horror that occurred to the African that was not
overshadowed by the deliberate death of my people. 100 million removed through biowarfare, slavery,
and counterintutive ideologies of salvation. Many of which remain to this day, how we confused
resource management with human worth is one of the great mysteries to me. What would you do to
protect your family.
The American Indian was not and is not born as a terrorist, some labels cut deep, to label the survivors
of genocide and crimes against humanity while being oppressed with laws that took away their
children, banned their language, impoverished their nations deliberately is paramount to condemning
the US citizen for fighting for their families. As a human being it is difficult for me to understand the
reasoning that other peoples on this planet deserve more dignity and support than my own, we are the
most inpoversihed nations in the world, and according to US Federal Law, we are sovereign nations. I
ask, what other nations are treated the way American Indians are in the year 2019 that are not seen as
dictatorships or tyrants.
What is the way forward, what is the way through when all that surrounds you inches closer to
devouring you. There is but one path left, reunification of the American First Nations. Recognizing that
a three strand chord is stronger than one. To call upon tribal leaders to recognize that the Bureau of
Indian Affairs is an organization founded upon the principles of willful genocide, the way forward calls
upon citizens of the United States to remember the Indian and acknowledge we still exist and are
suffering. I ask, is this the example to the world of how we treat peoples, are we as a people not as
valuable as the monuments that cover the lands that carry the bones of our grandmothers and
grandfathers.
The way forward is to Dream, the American Indian Dream, that we too have a manifest destiny of
restoration. To stand as those before us, for what is right, what is good, to place the human life above
the corporate profit, to remember the American Indian is still here.
that drum
the song of the star
driven in my heart
I am a work of art
that drum
the beat within
the wind of time
I am by design
that drum
I am the one
a seed who was placed on the earth
promised rebirth
the journey of the one within
foreign skin
imagine having memories
of the unseen things
roots dug deep I want release
my leaves want to become wings
my eye wants to traverse the sky
My ear wants to feel the breathe
of family
you are so near to me
that drum
that drum
the song of the star
driven in my heart
I am a work of art
that drum
the beat within
the wind of time
I am by design
that drum
I am the one
a waterfall stands before me
the weaves of light
give me sight
the pathway home
I am alone
Imagine not being from the earth
but you are promised rebirth
wings that became leaves
a tree of the unseen
this place is not meant for me
if I can just reach you
what would you do
that drum
the song of the star
driven in my hear
I am a work of art
that drum
the beat within
the wind of time
I am by design
that drum
I am the one
fathers sacred drum
I am the one
fear is no reality
we all get wings and some
see unseen things and others
dream
that drum
the song of the star
driven in my hear
I am a work of art
that drum
the beat within
the wind of time
I am by design
that drum
I am the one
I beat to my own drum
it comes from within
my home
Oryselum where the honey flows
where the streets are paved in gold
where light is all I see,
reflections of me
Peace
home, to me
that drum
the song of the star
driven in my hear
I am a work of art
that drum of Oryselum
where I am from
the beat within
the wind of time
I am by design
that drum of Oryselum
I am the one
Red Cap
Long before as the Breathe of the Light, the Peacemaker sat by a well,
he pondered his purpose, his plan, all that it was that he was to accomplish as he peered down at the
sand.
Moving across the parched Earth was the tiny little ant,
it wandered seeking nourishment finding the water of the well.
it was caught up in a spell
It wanted to survive he too was caught up in its spell.
He watched as each moving autonomously and yet collectively while eating honey from a hive that he
had taken from a tree.
Taking a break from the sun. His journey was long, it was nearly done.
“Little ant, I see you, wandering to this place, if you could would you want to see my face?” His words
spoke softly as he peered down from the sky, he was an overseer, he could help them live or he could
help them die. Taking the honey, he placed some in their path. They stopped moving he had given them
a reason to stay, they collected around the honey as if they were beginning to pray.
“Little ant, I see you there, I wonder, do you feel despair? If I who is above see you down there, and
consider your consciousness unworthy, would that be unfair?
Even a Great Spirit looks down with love, and so I offer you nourishment, I bring you comfort on your
way as if Heaven sent I shine a new day. It is my hand that guides you, it is me that shows the way. I
care for you little ant, you matter on this day.”
He watched them move closely to the drops of golden light, how similar they were to man, how similar
their plight.
They soon started on their journey again carrying nourishment home, Saviors their kind, He wondered,
He had found compassion at a well He had shown them grace. In that moment, He was a Savior to an
entire race, and yet they did not know it had come from him, how similar it was to the plight of man.
That a Great Spirit looking down from above, would find them worthy, would cherish them with His
love. How often they don’t notice his hand, wandering in circles they know not where to begin. He
could crush them with one step, He could erase them with His hand. Yet his love shone brightly from
above, it is the size of His heart that mattered, it was defined by His love.
As he watched them wandering lost with many afraid. He would empower them with His act, one
mighty act of love.
He would be that Great Spirit, who chose to bring Heaven from above. He would be the one to say, you
are enough.
As he sat watching ants he had noticed a woman drawing near, she was a poor servant, she had been
taught to live in fear. “Dear woman, draw me water, I grow thirsty in this place, it won’t take much, just
a sip from your vase.”
As the woman looked deep into His eyes, she saw the Creator, and she began to cry. “Creator I am not
worthy, to serve you in this place, I am not worthy to look upon your face,” …
His heart grew with compassion, all he felt was love, “Daughter, the Great Spirit has seen you, it is
your heart that He loves. Draw a cup of water and give it unto me, and in return I will help your son to
see.”
The woman’s heart grew heavy, her son was blind from birth, and the Creator had known it, he had
weighed her sons worth.
She drew the water slowly, not wanting to spill a drop. It was her heart’s desire to never have that
moment stop. She grasped the handle firmly, she handed him the vase. He sipped the water calmly, then
looked at her face,
and then he took the vase. Drawing a cup of water, offering her a drink. As she took it, he began to
speak.
“Drink of this cup and often think of me, I am living waters and I will set you free. I find your heart a
marvel, four corners of peace, your effort pleases me, now go home for you have new eyes to see.”
As she stood within the temple the words fell from her lips,
“What
are you? If you are not the collection of atomic material manifesting within an
atomic sea, then what are you? If you are the energy that lies within, the energy
that is equal to you and me, then what are you? If that energy that is you comes
from another place, dropped as a seed within a vase, to grow to find the light, to
leave the shell and attain new heights, then what are you? If but a thought,
surrounded by waves as if in a cocoon seeking heavenly ways, then what are
you? Striving and reaching and grasping and breathing to attain something that
must be there hidden in your heart a holy sphere. As the seed remembers
floating within the air only to find itself smothered in black despair, it has
places to go and that place is home.”
“The Great Father loves those who grow in crooked ways, through
opposition who know how to behave. To grasp the light to find the way, to
return to the light that it originates. Emerging from the broken Earth, through
the individual struggle you attain self-worth. You are the Sons of my Father,
but what does that mean, what if I told you that you were that tree that will
release new seeds to begin the process again. What if I told you, you are not
your skin, you are what lies within that will one day emerge again, to return to
Him. Living beings granted eternity without beginning and without end the
same as the great I AM. The seed is the tree and the tree is the seed only
separated by you and me. We together are one in the same seeking
individuality, seeking to know our own name. So, we go within to be cloaked
and covered with foreign skin, somehow knowing we have no end. Reaching,
grasping, climbing, to return home again. Heaven is all around, its within every
atom, it’s within every sound.”
“On this Earth you arise with no memory and yet it’s the light you seek. You are Creators seed,
You feel, and you know that you must believe, something else exists, and you
strive to be set free. All the while Fearful of losing your identity. Knowing your
life is but a moment in eternity you seek understanding, you seek meaning.
Could it be possible this was by design to help you understand the meaning of
your life. No two butterflies are alike yet even they are cloaked light. You are
given a vessel to separate you from the many lights, even we are standing
within this Temple and we are its light. Like seeds from a tree that fall to the
ground, to form an orchestra of sound. You are not the liver, the lungs or the
heart, you are not the brain, the skin, the eyes, or to be broken apart. You are
not the shell that surrounds you. Your eyes may be green, your eyes may be
blue, anything can happen within the cocoon. Color was to show you your divinity not become chains
to all living things, All that surrounds you was to help you see, that
you are all equals in Eternity. Cloaked within a temporary black sea, only
separated by experience and belief. I tell you to look within and know the truth,
I implore you to see, you are an eternal light being just like me.
Creation
Creation
Creation
Creation
Step to step with open eyes
Path of the Ages steps in time
webs of weaves that carry's hearts
breaking through the Creators Storms
A Star is Born
my sacred hoop
we say,
The Great Spirit is in all things,
He is in the air we breathe,
The birds, the trees, the flowers, the working bees,
He is in you and me… equally
You see…
I know,
We are not as different as it seems,
And I know it hurts, and it angers to never feel free,
To think of what has been taken, the lost native dreams,
Of swift feet on open land,
Drum beats where the tepees stand,
The call of the hunt and the buffalo breathe,
Upon frosted earth, I know you can never forget…
We say,
Union was the creator’s gift,
A Sacred red road from that Great Mystery to the sparkling stars
Of your grandchild´s eyes,
Do you still hear your creators voice upon the wind,
Do you see the great eagles soaring high upon the skies,
Calling for you to wipe the fears from tomorrows years..
Be free
You see…
I know,
We are not as different as it seems,
And I know it hurts, and it angers to never feel free,
To think of what has been taken, the lost native dreams,
Of swift feet on open land,
Drum beats where the tepees stand,
The call of the hunt and the buffalo breathe,
Upon frosted earth, I know you can never forget…
we say,
The Great Spirit is in all things,
He is in the air we breathe,
The birds, the trees, the flowers, the working bees,
He is in you and me… equally
You see…
I know,
We are not as different as it seems,
And I know it hurts, and it angers to never feel free,
To think of what has been taken, the lost native dreams,
Of swift feet on open land,
Drum beats where the tepees stand,
The call of the hunt and the buffalo breathe,
Upon frosted earth, I know you can never forget…
The Great Redwood
The rose,
the thistle
the thorn
what path will you adorn
in all the waves of light rays that I have seen
the path of the sun is most interesting to me
white weaves that falls like leaves
we are walking sun beams
I met a man named blue
he covers me and you
black was his shell
his dreams were the spell that bound the sound
that wrapped around the ray that lives in you
he said, a time of mourning has come
and soon there will be no sun
grey skies covered eyes, broken hearts
we were once stars
blue on black will bring an end to the madness
I will carry them in my arms
release them from the coming storm
the rose rises among the thorns
the thistle stumbling block to the path
shamrock in a Creators hands
what will you weave,
what leaves will wrap around your cocoon
a desert or a lagoon
The rose,
the thistle
the thorn
what path will you adorn
in all the waves of light rays that I have seen
the path of the sun is most interesting to me
white weaves that falls like leaves
we are walking sun beams
I met A MAN in black and white
he said, cellophane is my name
translucent existence in the colorful sea
his life is one that is not free
you do not jump over potholes in the road
you seal them with a new soul
no one makes it out alone
what is life if your light is hid from sight
or when another seeks to remove Creators light
there is something greater than death,
living to forget
The rose,
the thistle
the thorn
what path will you adorn
in all the waves of light rays that I have seen
the path of the sun is most interesting to me
white weaves that falls like leaves
we are walking sun beams
I crossed paths with a great tree
look at me
my red leaves, my red bark
I am the greatest tree
forgetful the sun gave him his light weave
roots dug deep he grasps to life
held within the greatest light
who refuses to fly
the Earth is not the source of your light
that great tree looks down on you and me,
your destiny is to breath your own divinity
the sun is the source of you and me
while wandering through the woods
I came across a sight
the paint brush of light
a withered man tired of the fight
to preserve the many lights
father sun looked at me,
his breathe carried the light weaves
no matter what I do they never see
ME
the source of every light weave
reflection of their own reality
they imprison each other in their dreams
colors blended the canvas a mess
he said, I am tired and then slept
dreaming of a time when all were near
a fathers heart wrapped in his tears
a mothers dream of a promise land
when all light weaves remembered him
The rose,
the thistle
the thorn
what path will you adorn
in all the waves of light rays that I have seen
the path of the sun is most interesting to me
white weaves that falls like leaves
we are walking sun beams
as I stared into his light
I saw a reflection of my own life
I am you and you are me
Father, Dream of Me. I gently caressed his face
remembered where I was made
not in what I see but in my weave
the leave of the greatest tree
the one who believe in me
THE WATCHERS
death is a veil
illusion of the unseen
you are energy
I am Nibwaakaa
wise creator of my heart
walking star
flower that forms within
my green roots dig deep
grasp for the unseen
dream of another life
wings that carry light
everyone has a moment
to wake up
to drink from the holy cup
there is one greater than I
governor of the sky
the sacred boundaries of this place
reflection of a face
watchers that look within
the sacred garden
color traded for light
energy absorbed through the eyes
vessel that is used for breathe
what if I am the first reflection
I see again
it is carried within me
sacred circle lives in your eyes
generations of light
hoops connecting you to all things
dreams of a Creators weaves
your not within a book
your not within the grasps of the fishermans hooks
your the fruit of the holy tree
cut down reflection of me
and I breath again
Origin of Creation
footsteps across the lake
I am the coming wake
twisting corridor of time
the tide of light
stay on the path of light
there is a law of color
it was a secret of heaven
brought within used as a weapon
energy is bartered in this place
the need for slaves
countermeasures to hide your face
this machine I call the Aaru
garden in the Atum
ages of the wind
the storybook resets again
I am not who you think I am
I have walked this path before
rebirth of a star
they come to take me away
touch the fire to remove my light
take my breathe and gain new sight
I AM a walking hymn
breathe of the one within
coursed the path of time
my light contains many lives
and my weaves are wired tight
the gift of my life was ALL light
the law is ask or dont touch
this is love
there is but one above
a Father in heavenly hymns
I look to him
reflection within my skin
I woke in another place
with a foreign face
what is this life that surrounds me
serpents that strike at my feet
those with cold eyes
where is your light
I am Nibwaakaa
wise creator of the heart
a walking star
flower that forms within
my green roots dig deep
grasp for a Fathers wind
dream of another life
wings that carry light
everyone has a moment
to wake up
to drink from the holy cup
there is one greater than I
governor of the sky
the sacred boundaries of this place
reflection of a face
watchers that look within
the sacred garden
FATHER
I am a sacred pearl
contained within the symphony of time
charting the course through time with foresight,
Wabenowin breaths the breathe of life,
linked to the Creators light within
Sacred pearl of the Great I AM,
I AM, ~M~
what is in a name,
moments and memories
faces and places
wound and unwound
times great mystery
scars of the heart
broken dreams
what is in a name,
hopes to start again
pathway through the storm
left it all behind
tree with fallen leaves
seeds that bring release
times great mystery
prayers of broken hearts
a new start
a new start
time brings season of names
love brings rain
growth to the one within
new eyes to breath again
the child who walks away
the child who walks away
trust the path
conquers darkness wrath
light comes frokm the heart
new names bring restart
what is a tear
memories tied and bound
touch of love that hits the ground
gift of tears to bring release
we all seek peace
light within my eyes
weaves of love I cry
weaves of love I cry
Creator give me new sight
when we choose to let go
faded darkness of the past
shattered glass in my mind
tortured star within the heart
desert of a broken stars
twisted within memories
the walking breathe that seeks
peace
what is in a name
link to the breathe unseen
leaves of the fallen tree
seed who finds its way home
roots that ripple through the mind
ghost of the one left behind
memories can be like seeds
destined to grow into mighty trees
roots that cover the earth
gift of tears bring rebirth
hopes to start again
defined by the light within
sufferings wrapped within my heart
sounds can heal scars
bring reasons to live,
heal broken hearts,
fertile ground tilled within
for a moment to live again
lifes journey through time
I come from the sacred tree,
the one from Mother Earths seed,
My color is the words I breathe,
my breath is my leaves,
My love is my branches,
they link you to me,
I have a destiny.
I have a destiny.
We all start way up high,
in anothers arms we feel loves light,
We fall to feel rebirth,
buried within, it burns
it burns
seeking the light to know loves worth,
seed releasing from the past.
breathe to breathe
choking on black death,
I cry with shallow breathe,
my name is a moment to take another step
There once was a mighty tree,
with Mighty Wings,
whose branches crossed many seas,
Interwoven with a common dream,
we come from the same tree.
Walking dreams connected through time,
they say, Fire brings rebirth,
released to fly I let my wings glide
through that storm I found my form
and the rain beats upon me
the sound of release
a new name brings me peace
I feel it inside of me,
peace
the one who deserves to breath
the bumble bee who sings
with tears in my eye,
I cry
what is the purpose of my life
when you realize the scars are the bars
the prison of the mind
when you want a life
and I have walked through dark trees
home of dark things
I see them there, wandering within despair
and through that dark night
I press on towards the light
the dawn of the morn
my flower peddles cut like a sword,
and I have spent so much time alone
memories of ghosts,
memories of ghosts,
and through that storm
I did not walk alone
I was the one who breathed again
the daughter with open wings
and when my ship was tossed on the sea
would you walk with me
released into the air
I want freedom from my despair
through the sky rays touch my sight
sun brings rebirth
reclaimed my identity
stood for my individuality
a new name helped me to fight for me
to be seen
I am a leaf of the sacred tree
sun ray of my heart
I can not be torn apart
whatever lives inside of you
it lives within me too
father I am your sacred hoops
released to fly I let my wings glide
through the storm I found my form
and the rain beat upon me
the sound of release
I feel it inside of me,
the one who deserves to breath
with tears in my eye,
I cry, I am free
a new name helps me to live,
helps me to breath
what is the purpose of my life
when I realize the scars were the bars
the prison of my own mind,
when I wanted to live
and Ive walked through dark trees
Ive seen dark things,
I see them just over there,
the hope of tomorrow,
I am not wandering in despair
and through that dark night,
I pressed on towards that light,
the dawn of that morn,
the flower peddles that I adorn,
I have spent so much time alone,
memories of the unseen ghosts,
through that storm I did not walk alone
I was the one carried in his arms
I was the one who breathed again
daughter of the storm
when my ship was tossed on the sea
it was the creator who walked to me
released into the air
I want freedom from my despair
and through that sky rays touch my sight,
my new name bring rebirth
helped me to remember my self worth
and I have cried, and I have cried
I have reclaimed my life
Ive stood for my individuality
Ive fought to be me, to be free
Ive breathed
Ive seen
the very best of me
that is release
what is in a new name,
peace
13 Grandmothers
I closed my eyes,
darkness surrounded me
I whisper,
Where shall I come?
Who will call for me
This is what I wait for
breathe of the Great Mystery
and I stood there against the night
my light shone brightly for him
that one who lives within
breathed a sacred wind
wound and wound breathed life into me
flower peddle of a Fathers heart
I see
I looked above,
I saw grandmothers love,
those light weaves connected to me
I saw stars fall from the sky,
surrounded me in light weaves
I see
13-grandmothers surround me
holding me within their arms
creators weaves of heartbeats
the ones that see me
those grandmothers that shine
brightly for him
they are the breathing a sacred hymn
we have you
in our arms we hold you high
beacon in the night
we give you our light,
grandmother moon shows us what to do
shine for those who dont know what to do
we breathe, we see,
peace
and as I stood in the midst of them
I heard a sacred wind...
When does the
darkness end,
When does the birth of light appear,
do not fear,
a drumbeat within my hymn,
Color is light, Light is sound,
Dawn of my eye,
walking sun who breaths my light
Sundance of a creators heart
birth of the star
within me,
whispers,
breath...
whispers,
breath for me
weaves of a symmetry
you are Haudenasaunee
and 13-grandmothers surround me
holding me within their arms
creators weaves of heartbeats
the ones that see me
Mother Earths Symphony
grandmothers that shine
brightly against the night
breathing a sacred hymn
we have you within Mothers wind
in our arms we hold you high
beacon in the night
they whisper,
we give you our light,
When we gather at sunrise
We remember
Darkness flees from the light
and we hold you in our arms,
I whisper,
Where shall I come?
Who will call for me
Creator whispers,
Peace,
Peace,
sacred hoops connected to a mighty tree
13-grandmothers weaves of light
connect to you
high you rise to touch the stars
you carry my heart
Walking Sun within you
grandmother moon dances for you,
grandfather sun shows you what to do
breath
breath for me
you know what to do,
walking Sun is within you
I closed my eyes,
darkness surrounds me
I whisper,
Where shall I come?
Who will call for me
This is what I wait for
breathe of the Great Mystery
and I stood there against the night
my light shone brightly for him
that one who lives within
breathed a sacred wind
wound and wound breathed life into me
flower peddle I am a Mighty Tree
I see
I looked above,
grandmothers love,
lives within me
those light weaves connected to me
I saw stars fall from the sky,
surround me in light weaves
I see
I heard a sacred wind...
When does the
darkness end,
When does the birth of light appear,
child do not fear,
a drumbeat within my hymn,
Color is light, Light is sound,
Dawn of my eye,
walking sun who breaths my light
Sundance of a creators heart
birth of my star
and 13-grandmothers surround me
holding me within their arms
creators weaves of heartbeats
the ones that see me
Mother Earths Symphony
grandmothers that shine
brightly against the night
breathing a sacred hymn
we have you within Mothers wind
they whisper,
we give you our light,
we give you our light,
the whisper,
we give you our light,
we give you our light,
GRANDFATHERS WISDOM
you whisper
Good Thoughts, Good Words, Good Deeds
He whispers,
Good Thoughts, Good Words, Good Deeds
and what is it that you feel when you close your eyes
listen to the heartbeat you carry inside
and when I close my eyes
separated from this place
I see his face
sacred wind that brings sight
cover me with your light
Creator breath within me
your dreams
help me to see the reflection of your tree
within the leaf
rain drops that touch my skin
held within the creators hand
gift of the star within
you whisper
Good Thoughts, Good Words, Good Deeds
WHISPERS
you belong to me
he whispers
you belong to me
Whitehorse dreaming
A Whitehorse Dreaming
A Whitehorse Dreaming
Two-Spirit
where is my place
when you cant see my face
what is it that defines me
that shadow behind me
or the dreams of me
Peddle in Creators hand
I am a walking wind
breathe of fresh air
the path of the star
wrapped within my heart
and I walk the trail few have known
the shedding of skin
I swim against the current
path laid before me
this is my journey
where is my place when none are like me
that great redwood tree
walking thunderbeing
two spirit with mighty wings
they say I am a mosaic of many things
my weaves come from two rivers that became one
Great Mystery's Creation
This journey has brought scars
all of them within my heart
the path of the one with dreams
where two rivers meet,
woven in my flesh,
spirit that sheds
I am native american
but what does that mean
I see the interconnectedness in all things
I walk with perspective in every step
a Chanunpa inside of me
my words are the smoke of peace
weaving the path of destiny
there is a mountain that I climb
in my mind
there is a road that I must go to let go
I am coming home
we all wear labels,
some help us to see
some imprison us in anothers suffering
my name is
Nibwaskaa Ahki
Ojibway Family
there is a mountain that she climbs
in her mind
there is a road that she must go
to let go
needle within my hand,
let my words sew me together again
sacred father of the stars
we all carry scars
high I climb through twisting paths within my mind
I cant look back
when you wake in the morning,
what are your dreams
combat, destruction, defending suffering
hold that line over there
seven generations before you
what will be your tune
what lives within side of you
so I ask
what mask will cover you
what is the beat of your drum
is it war or can you find peace
do you see me
I walk across shattered glass of the past
I hear the sacred drumbeat
the one inside of you,
the one inside of me
let go of generational suffering
let go of generational suffering
there is a mountain that I must climb in my mind,
there is a road that I mast go to let go
a drumbeat that walks the earth,
creators love brings rebirth
where is my place
when you cant see my face
what is it that defines me
that shadow behind me
or the dreams of me
Peddle in Creators hand
I am a walking wind
IN the NIGHT