Following the birth of a White Buffalo Calf in 1994, the Keeper of the White Buffalo Calf Pipe for the Lakota, Dakota, Nakota Nations, Arvol Looking Horse, was directed to honor the Four Directions with ceremony on June 21st. According to Lakota Star Knowledge, the birth of Miracle, a female white buffalo, signaled a time of earth changes and the coming of the mending of the Hoop of All Nations. The Summer Solstice is said to be a powerful time to pray for peace and harmony among all Living Beings. Grandmother Earth’s gifts, the air, water plant, animal and rock nations must be allowed to heal if we are to live in harmony with Her.

All Nations recognize Sacred Sites as Places to gather or perform private ceremony. For countless generations these Sites were honored, cherished and strengthened through ceremony and Our Mother remained healthy. To ensure the lives of future generations for all our relations, we must begin again to honor, cherish and renew Our Mother. (more…)

Arvol’s address at the Thanksgiving Service, St. John The Divine, NYC November 2001

Here on Turtle Island we have many Nations. I, in my own spiritual way as a keeper of a Sacred Bundle have recognized Nations of the world, many Nations upon Mother Earth. We are at the crossroads. A prophecy that was handed down through generation, through generation, it was told among the people that some day we would see and hear, because the things that hold people together and a way of life through ceremonies and stories was not handed down properly. 1996 we came out with the statement called, ” We are at the crossroads”. Either be faced with global disasters, chaos, sickness, tears from our relatives eyes or to unite spiritually, as Nations upon Mother Earth. Because as we come into this new millennium, today coming here we think about forgiveness, we think about unity, world peace, global healing, to pray for healing, to pray for peace. (more…)