Manataka
American Indian Council
UPCOMING EVENTS - 2008
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February 11 –
July 11, 2008
The Longest
Walk 2
Indians walking across the
United States on the 30th Anniversary of the 1978 Longest Walk
http://longestwalk.org
On Feb. 11th, Longest
Walk participants will embark on a 5 month journey from San Francisco to
Washington, D.C. arriving on July 11th. The Longest Walk south route is being
led by AIM co-founder Dennis J. Banks. It is an extraordinary grassroots effort
on a national level to bring attention to the environmental disharmony of Mother
Earth, sacred site issues, and to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the
original longest walk.
The Longest Walk embraces many issues far
beyond the sudden and secretive elimination of UC Berkeley’s Hearst Museum
NAGPRA unit, but organizers sympathize with our protest against turning
complete control of the remains over 12,000 Native ancestors to radically
anti-repatriation scientists like Osteologist Tim White. For this and other
reasons marchers have chosen to stop at Sproul Plaza on the UC Berkeley
campus at 12 noon on this Monday, February 11 for a press conference. Please
attend if you possibly can. At that time, speakers will be asking you to
support and be present at a California State Senate hearing on February 26
investigating the reorganization and the possibility of setting up a
mediation board between tribes and the UC system. Please attend this too –
it’s very important to show strength, numbers, and solidarity. http://longestwalk.org
April 26 to May 4, 2008
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Aboriginal Business Leadership
Trade Mission to Asia
Taipei/Hong Kong/Mainland China
download pdf file of Trade Mission
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Hong
Kong the Trade Centre of Asia
& the doorway to Mainland
China
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Hong Kong
Exhibition Centre
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World Trade
Center, Taipei |
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Limited Reproduction being made ready for
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Ceo Leonard
Linklater with AIBDG rep Irene Wong in Hong
Kong.
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Guandong,
China Factory Visit |
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Import/Export is a great existing business
opportunity for the Aboriginal Communities and urban centers.
The purpose of the Trade Mission is to create understanding for
the Aboriginal Leadership and its members by bringing them
directly to one of the largest trade shows in the world. In this
way the Leadership will gain the knowledge to support and create
opportunities for their business community and youth in
developing Global Trade. As a direct result they will inspire
their people and empower them with a business purpose. The
outcome is the creation of economic freedom.
The Aboriginal People have immense creativity and
already have established existing products. As an example their
are great possibilites in the reproduction of Aboriginal
Designs in the Art and Fashion Industry. The opportunities are
endless, join us today.
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May 03 - 26, 2008
37th Annual Trail
of Tears Art Show and Sale
Cherokee Heritage
Center
Tahlequah, OK
Spend some time with
your family and friends and visit this great show . For more information: (918)
456-6007, toll free at (888) 999-6007, or visit the website at:
www.CherokeeHeritage.org
Saturday, May 3rd
Drums Along The Hudson
A Native American Festival and Shad Fest
Northern
Manhattan's Inwood Hill Park at 218th Street, New York
Check
out our website for the details and program schedule for the day at
www.drumsalongthehudson.org.
www.lotusmusicanddance.org call us at 212 627 1076
Lotus
Music & Dance, 109 West 27th St. NY, NY 10001
May 10 - 11, 2008
Indian Men's & Women's Fast Pitch Tournament
Lawrence, Kansas
In conjunction with
Haskell Indian Nations University commencement in Lawrence, Kansas.
Registration deadline: May 5. Entry Fee: $200.00. Only money orders
accepted. For an entry form and additional information:
Kerry Girty (785-979-1771 kgirty@;haskell.edu),
Sherry Girty (785-979-5501
sgirty@haskell.edu)
Robert Berryhill Jr. (785-856-2992
robertberryhill@;hotmail.com
May 17, 2008
Spring Hike-A-Thon at Haramokngna
Highway 2 at Mt. Wilson Road, La Canada
Flintridge
www.haramokngna.org
Kat High (310) 455-1588
katcalls@aol.com
May 17 -
18, 2008
Healing Mother Earth’s Sacred Sites
Earth Healing Ceremony
Uluru – Ayers Rock - Kata Tjuta National Park Australia
To: The Elders of the Indigenous
Nations
Neighboring Uluru in Australia
&
States of Indigenous Nations
Bordering Stone Mountain, Atlanta
Georgia
Stone Mountain – Atlanta Georgia
Earth Healing Ceremony. The purpose of this
ceremony is to help aid in the healing of the environment. Our
environment has manifested droughts, tornados, volcanoes, forest fires
and earthquakes, to name a few and Mother Earth is waiting for the
stewards of their homelands to come to her aid. This will also help our
nations come together in peaceful resolutions of issues within our
Indigenous Tribal Nations and groups. This gathering will help in their
relationships of the past, the post traumatic stress syndromes of the
Indigenous Nations. The actions of societies have impacted the people
and the environment as mentioned in the prophecies of the Indigenous
Nations of the world at large, and we are all responsible for its
healing.
We
humbly ask for the Nations of the world to support these next
ceremonies.
Aho,
Awwee Hooo, many thanks for your special consideration for this vision
of peace.
Earth Wisdom Foundation
BlueThunder aka Bennie LeBeau,
Eastern Shoshone, Wind River Indian Reservation
Fort Washakie, Wyoming, USA
www.teton-rainbows.com
www.earthwisdomfoundation
www.viisionslifeforecefoundation.com
Email:
bzahants@yahoo.com or
tetonrainbows@yahoo.com
Home: (307) 857-6856 or Cell Phone at:
(307) 851-6249
EARTH WISDOM FOUNDATION’S NON-PROFIT
NUMBER: EIN 74-3192626
June 05 - 08, 2008
Sacred Gathering in the Black Hills
Pete Catches will be the special guest of honor.
Join us
on a spectacular journey into the heart and soul of our Earth
Mother, Pachamama. Returning to One: The Art of Ceremonial
Communion with Places of Sacred Power, is a combination of six
different sacred sites that are located around the world. June 5-8,
2008 we will gather in The Black Hills, South Dakota with don Oscar
Miro-Quesada who is the originator of the Pachakuti Mesa tradition
of cross-cultural shamanism and visionary founder of The Heart of
the Healer (THOTH) Foundation. We will gather from all walks of life
and unite in a ceremonial collaboration, working with the patterns
of our planetary biosphere and the vast energy field of the
universe. Come and embrace the ancient knowledge and teachings of
Lakota elders and Peruvian Shamanic wisdom traditions of the
original peoples.
JUNE 14 -
JUNE 21, 2008
MOON
DANCE
SOLISTICE CEREMONY
Welcome beautiful men and women to ceremony
Hosts: Magdala Rameriz and Mario Conroy
Place: Temple of Where the Waters Came Out
Near Harrison, Arkansas
About 500 years
ago the Mexica women as well as Mayan woman gathered together for a
ceremony called the Moon Dance to celebrate the sacredness and power
of women. When the Spanish saw the ceremony they became scared
and called the ceremony of “la puta-santa” (the whore and the
saint).
Come
and participate with us in this ceremony!
As
women it is our responsibility to honor our sacredness
Bring
camping gear, food, material for tobacco ties, sweat clothing.
Volunteers are needed. Donations are appreciated.
This
is not a New Age ceremony
P.O. Box 604
Harrison AR 72602
http://www.unionofpolarities.com
June 18 - 21
Eagle & Condor Nations the Dance of Oneness Gathering
Old Airport, West
Yellowstone, Montana
The tribes are
coming to the Yellowstone. Many around the world feel that the
prophecies of peace and the coming forth of the 5th world
are going to be fulfilled. The Bird Tribe (Angels) has told Joe
Crane,
www.atouchofangels.net
that this will, indeed, happen. They tell us that a new Eden-like
garden will return to the Earth if we bring the world together. We
will soon contact Elders within the Dali Lama�s organization as well
as contact Elders from Africa.
We ask all
peoples and all tribes who cannot travel to the Yellowstone to enter
into their own dances of Oneness. We will send out the patterns of
gathering given to us by the angels that people all around the world
can use to join us in our Grand Formation at Yellowstone. This will
connect people all around the world together along with the Bird
Tribes, who will assist humanity in bring forth the first vibrations
of Peace, spoken of in the prophecies of the First Nations since
ancient times.
June 26 - 29, 2008
SPIRITUAL UNITY OF TRIBES – GATHERING OF
EAGLES
Black Hills, South Dakota
Bear Butte Lodge area.
Northwest side of Bear Butte, outside the city of Sturgis.
Coming Together in Unity
The Spiritual Unity of Tribes is a gathering of all people from all
nations uniting spiritually through sharing and respecting each other's
traditions and philosophies of life.
Lodging / Meals
Primitive camping is available on-site. Limited showers are also
available this year. If you require electricity, the Free Spirit
campground is available just past the Bear Butte Lodge. Elders will be
housed in the Bear Butte Lodge itself.
If you prefer a motel/hotel/B&B, there are many to choose from in the
Sturgis area. Call the Sturgis Chamber of Commerce, 605.347.2556 or go
to their website at
http://www.sturgis-sd.org One potluck meal each day.
Contact Arlis, the Kitchen Coordinator, at 605.578.3796. Bring all
other food and supplies. We would like to assist as many Elders as
possible with their transportation expenses. Please contact us if you
are able to help with the "Sponsor an Elder Program."
Gathering of Eagles, P.O. Box 1162, Hill City, SD 57745
Mary Ellen and Clay at 605.341.0724
dcu777@rushmore.com
Gena at 605.673.5946
moebius2012@hotmail.com
http://www.spiritualunityofthetribes.org.au/
http://www.sdgfp.info/Parks/Regions/NorthernHills/BearButte2.htm
June 28, 2008
Summer Solstice Storytelling Day
Haramokngna American Indian Cultural Center
Highway 2 at Mt. Wilson Road, La Canada
Flintridge
www.haramokngna.org
Kat High (310) 455-1588
katcalls@aol.com
July 18 - 20, 2008
Redbird’s Children of Many Colors Intertribal
Powwow
(dates subject to approval by Moorpark College as
of January 2008)
Friday evening – open flute circle, potluck,
vendor set-up
Saturday 11 a.m. – 10 p.m. Intertribal Powwow
Sunday 11 a.m. – 6 p.m. Intertribal Powwow
Moorpark College
7075 Campus Road, Moorpark, California 93021
(805) 217-0364
redbirds_vision@hotmail.com
July 22 - 25, 2008
2008 Fostering Indigenous
Business & Entrepreneurship in the Americas (FIBEA) Conference
Manaus- Brazil
The conference will include academic &
business workshop sessions, and cultural performances. Please see the
attached flyer for more information. Visit our website
http://fibeamanaus.mgt.unm.edu
Indigenous nations and
communities are under increasing pressure to develop long-term
sustainable economic development strategies.
The FIBEA Manaus 2008
theme, Fostering Indigenous Business and Entrepreneurship in
the Americas Conference, is timely given the importance and
variety of business issues that need to be addressed for the
development and fostering of business alliances, trade, and
investment amongst Indigenous business in North, Central, and
South American countries.
To this end, the
conference will give participants the chance to network, share
ideas, and explore business opportunities. In addition, the
conference will also discuss Indigenous issues, trends, and
directions. The conference will explore the diverse environment
of Indigenous business and entrepreneurship, covering a variety
of topics which affect and permeate Indigenous business of all
sizes and structures.
Through this
conference, we hope to enable Indigenous business people in the
private, public, and tribal/community sectors to present
Indigenous business opportunities, solutions, and problems to an
Indigenous audience. We also want to promote networking among
Indigenous business people and communities toward
problem-solving and business opportunities.
Dr. Raul de Gouvea, Ph.D.
FIBEA 2008 Conference
Chair FIT Department,
Anderson Schools of Management
University of New Mexico
August
4-10, 2008
Summer
2008 Gathering of the Peacemakers
Camp Holston, Boone, North Carolina
6 Days of Conscious Instruction
6 Nights of Conscious Music
Make new friends, link-up with like-minded
people & prepare for your future while your spirit soars in the High Country!
Our goal is to prepare ourselves mentally, emotionally, physically and
spiritually for the coming decades of change so that we might share this peace
with others. Reserve early as space is very limited!
Your hosts are Julia & Robert Roskind
authors of
Rasta Heart, The Gathering of
the Healers, and
The Beauty Path:A Native American Journey Into One Love
&
Mayan Elder Tata Pedro Cruz.
Join us in the beautiful Blue Ridge
Mountains outside of Boone, NC A truly life-changing experience!
http://www.onelovepress.com
August 8,
2008
Grand Teton
Medicine Wheel Ceremony
Near the Grand Teton National Park. Moose, Wyoming.
Site
TBA
The Indigenous Nations
of the Americas are being called to the Yellowstone area from June 18th to
the 21st, 2008. Along with this event will be the call for a great Gathering
of Nations to unite in Oneness in the Grand Tetons of Wyoming on August 8,
2008 (known as the Great Time of Peace 8:8:8). For this second ceremony,
Blue Thunder will be asking for blessings of support from his Shoshone
Nations and all other Nations that will be attending from the Black, White,
Yellow and Red Nations.. It will be at this event that the Eagle and Condor
Nations will be called to gather together, once again in oneness, to dance
the Spirit Dance. Calling out to their ancestors to join them as we all
continue to heal the Environment with our sacred dances giving love to all
of creation healing the Spirit of Creation in all things: The spirit of the
trees, rocks, animals, birds, fish, insects, micro organisms and many more,
all of creation has songs within the Indigenous Nations as we dance sing the
songs. This alone will heal the Environments. This dance was once known as
the Spirit Dance done in a circle healing the spirit of all the Plant
Kingdoms, Animal Kingdom�s within the Elements of the Earth, Wind, Fire and
Water. to complete the healing of the Grand Teton Medicine Wheel.
August 25 - 28, 2008
Exploring the
Interface between Science
and Tradition
in Native Health Research
Portland
OR
The 20th
Annual Native Health Research Conference (co-sponsored this year by
the Indian Health Service, the Northwest Portland Area Indian Health
Board, and the Native Research Network, Inc.) will bring together
many different stakeholders involved in the conception, production,
translation, and use of health research in American Indian/Alaska
Native/Native Hawaiian (AI/AN/NH) communities from across the
continent. Conference participants will include health care
providers, administrators, educators, policy-makers, and tribal
leaders, as well as researchers.
It is
anticipated that the conference will enhance our collective ability
to advance biomedical, psychosocial, and health services research
for the benefit of Native communities, as well as to showcase recent
health research projects and efforts undertaken in Indian Country.
There is
opportunity in the conference program for pre-coordinated panel
presentations, oral presentations, and poster presentations
concerning AI/AN/NH research projects. We are especially interested
in proposals that will address this year¢s conference theme on the
Interface of Science and Tradition, as well as presenters who might
address Community-Based Participatory Research from the community¢s
perspective and Native Hawaiian Health Issues.
Beyond this,
proposals regarding any area of AI/AN/NH health research will
receive full consideration. Abstracts must be received by 5:00 pm
(Pacific Standard Time) on May 15, 2008, in order to be reviewed by
the Scientific Program Committee of the Native Research Network. We
anticipate notifying all potential presenters of the selection
outcome via email by June 15, 2008.
http://www.ihs.gov/MedicalPrograms/Research/conferences.cfm#national
September 13-14, 2008
Fall Flute Circle
World Festival of Sacred Music
Haramokngna American Indian Cultural Center
Highway 2 at Mt. Wilson Road, La Canada
Flintridge
www.haramokngna.org
Kat High (310) 455-1588
katcalls@aol.com
April 18-28, 2009
The Return of the Ancestors
Gathering
Northern Arizona April 18-28,
2009
A historic International multicultural gathering and
sacred pilgrimage welcomes Indigenous Elders and Future Wisdom Keepers
representing the seven continents of Mother Earth, beginning Earth Day weekend,
April 18-28, 2009 throughout Northern Arizona. The intention is to unite and
share their visions and prophesized ceremonies of 500 years of peace and harmony
for Mother Earth and all humanity.
The goal of the Institute for Cultural Awareness
is to sponsor 72 or more global spiritual/cultural leaders and at least 28 youth
council leaders from around the world. These Wisdom Keepers will share a harvest
of harmonic wisdom and understandings that will enable the world to fulfill the
prophecies of the ancestors. This gathering’s commitment to ceremony, as a focal
point, offers young spiritual men and women of the world the privilege to
witness councils sharing their original teachings and wisdom from the ancestors;
fulfilling our spiritual purpose, thus birthing clear decisions and manifesting
a conduit of hope for the future wisdom keepers of the world.
Humanity has waited for the day of peace and harmony
in this world for thousands of years. We are moving in a new direction for
present civilizations to reawaken and heal our ancestral memories to the fullest
potentials. The time has come for each individual to look for the healing of
their Ancestral memories, for a new direction to move forward. Through
reconnection to all of the ancestral memories, the seen and unseen from the
past, present and future unfold. A proclamation will be made for the ancestral
memories to be healed for all time and space.
We are now living in a time of our truth and an
intertwined field of destiny mending the circle of life. Let us look at the
truth: the tree of life, the seed of life, the flower of life. The world has
awaited a renewed life’s plan; the next 500 year prophesy calendar. The
ancestors left all Nations with specific instructions and responsibilities to
live by. Destiny brings us all to this point in time. The men and women of
wisdom have returned. History and Herstory is unfolding in front of our very own
eyes.
Wisdom Keepers and Youth Councils are being called to
participate in this historic and extraordinary event. We truly believe that each
participant and pilgrim will witness and experience a spiritual epiphany of
profound proportions. Through humanity’s enlightenment, once again we will live
in balance and harmony with Mother Earth. All is in divine timing!
One Mayan prophecy states, “At the time of the 13
Baktun and 13 Ahau is the time of the return of our Ancestors and the return of
the men of wisdom.” “That time is now,” says Grandfather Alejandro Cirilo Oxlaj,
President of the National Mayan Council of Elders of Guatemala.
The
Institute for Cultural Awareness is a 501c (3) non-profit cooperation
coordinating this monumental gathering.
The vision of ICA is strong and
motivated with a desire to build a better future for our children. Your support
will provide a firm foundation to create a broader expression of service for
humanity.
Our goal is to raise 1.5 million dollars for the
Return of the Ancestors Gathering. To learn more about how you can support
ICA and the preparations for this gathering, please feel free to contact ICA
directly at 928-646-3000 or visit our website:
www.ica8.org
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