Aaniin-Hello in Ojibwe! I can't remember my first actual experience with Native American culture. I guess growing up in the St. Paul Public school system was probably my first time in the classrooms or pow wow events we attended.
Going to UMM was probably the most significant educational-cultural impact. UMM has roots of this unique culture as there was a Catholic Indian School before this campus. In fact, one can tell with the names around the college campus: Turtle Mountain Cafe (Student Center's cafeteria), Oyate Hall, etc... Also, the Cultural Native Indian American (UMM student organization) group sponsors an annual Pow-Wow each spring, which other area Indian reservations participate.
I've been to camps that has focus on reaching out to the Native American people with Morris Community Church, which I've been able to pull up some of the following resources down below. For example, I went to Hungry Horse-Glacier National Park in Montana in the summer of 2002, which I learned more of other tribes (eg. Black Feet) other than the familiar ones in Minnesota (Ojibwe, Dakotah, etc...).
I've talk to some Native American Indian Christians, which they share the importance of not condemning ancient cultural customs (eg. pow wows). They can be a "vessel" in relating-reaching to these people. One I met at the "Ethnic Harvest 03" conference told me we need to embrace the different ethnic cultural heritage:
Ethnic/Indigenous Music is a pwerful tool in reaching a group of people
-ex. drum at the boys and girls club in contrast to the popularity of rap
*Above is some text I got from a worksheet that got passed at a workshop on "Ethnic/Indigenous Music" by David Innerebner (Native American Indian Christian, who travels all over to speak on this topic) at "Ethnic Harvest 2003" in the Twin Cities.
CNIA, Circle of Nations Indian Association-UMM Student Organization (new site)
Events
powwow morris, minnesota. teen fancy shawl
MARCH 29, 2008
24th Annual Circle of Nations Indian Association
PE Center, University of Minnesota Morris, Minnesota
Grand Entries: Saturday: 1pm and 6pm.
Mike Miller
320-589-6094
millermr@morris.umn.edu
Website: http://www.morris.umn.edu/~cnia/cnia Powwows.com, directions
-Archives CNIA 2007 Powwow, from flickr.com CNIA Powwow celebrates, educates
Posted by Judy Riley on Thursday, Mar. 30, 2006
Event Date/Time: Friday, Apr. 28, 2006 (UMM) "More than 55 dancers in full regalia and 14 drums gathered during the 22nd annual Circle of Nations Indian Association (CNIA) Powwow held at the University of Minnesota, Morris March 25. The event culminated the 33rd annual World Touch Heritage Week celebration at UMM. Northern Wind with UMM alumnus Gabe Desrosiers as the lead from the NorthWest Angle Reserve in Ontario, Canada, and the Buffalo Lake Singers with Gary HolyBull from Sisseton, S.D. were the host drums. Other drums included Young Guns, Leech Lake Nation, Mission Lake, Prairie Wind, Lil Earth, Red Storm, and Iyakapta. The event also included a drum contest and the selection of the second Miss CNIA-UMM, Marissa Mountain from the Upper Sioux Community.
"The Powwow is a time to gather and celebrate our culture as well as to offer an educational opportunity for others," said Linsey McMurrin, president of the CNIA and a member of the Leech Lake Anishanabe. Nearly 25 student members of the CNIA now coordinate the event, which each year has welcomed dancers of all ages from Minnesota, the Dakotas and beyond. The event is held annually and is free and open to the public.
UMM faculty members Julie Pelletier, anthropology, and Becca Gercken-Hawkins, English, were honored with star quilts "because of their contributions to the American Indian student community and specifically their diligent work on creating a Native American concentration major in the anthropology discipline," said event co-coordinator and UMM senior Dionne Crawford. "Star quilts were presented because they are significant nationwide as an honoring blanket by many groups of Native Americans. Years ago, a young woman had a dream about a healing blanket with a star on it, which is now depicted on our modern day star quilt. A song was sung in their honor, people shook their hands, told them thank you and danced behind them in support of their work." Crawford is a social science major from Sisseton, S.D. and is a member of the Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate.
"The star quilts are what the Dakota, Lakota, and other Plains people now use as an honorary gift, where in the past it might have been a buffalo robe," added Pelletier. "The Chippewa (Ojibwa) and other Woodland tribes like mine are more likely to give Pendleton wool blankets. Indians tend to celebrate important events in their lives by giving gifts instead of receiving gifts. Families often gather blankets and other gifts for a year before a major event, like graduation, a naming ceremony, wedding or the anniversary of a loved one's death. They always include a candy give-away for the little ones by pouring candy onto a blanket, which the kids then gather up."
Gabe Desrosiers was also the arena director, Danny Seaboy from the Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate was the emcee, the Sisseton-Wahpeton Vietnam Veterans were the color guard, UMM Dakota language instructor Clifford Canku was the spiritual adviser and head singing judges were UMM students Leo Baker and Ronnie WhiteMountain.
"There were many people who helped make the Powwow a success," added Crawford, "but I would like to mention Ron Kubik (UMM Media Services staff) who donated hours of his own time to operate the sound system. In addition, the UMM Black Student Union (BSU) and Imani student organizations donated money, and BSU members helped to clean up following the event." Other contributors for the event were the Chancellor's office, the Office of Student Activities, Gercken-Hawkins, alumna Dianne Desrosiers, and students Ed Isburg, Rose Jones and Estella Claymore who helped judge the Miss CNIA-UMM contest.
Photo: Kinew Desrosiers (left), outgoing Miss CNIA-UMM, prepares for the grand entry during the March 25 Powwow. She is assisted by her mother Diane, who, along with her husband, Gabe, are UMM alumni from Browns Valley. [photo by Brian Williams, Morris Sun Tribune]"
Powwow Morris MN 2010
History
-Otter Tail County Museum in Fergus Falls, MN
""Growing up in a reservation (see Native/Indian) in Canada and getting out to sharing the Good News. This is the first of three parts of her amazing story from drunkness to sharing the goodness of what God can do to deliver others from this addiction.""
Wilma shared about the need of more respect for Native American Indian women and her experience working for the rights for her Cherokee "family" and Native American Indian family overall through the values of the collectivist culture.
I first heard of this shooting last night while I was at work (group home), which I was very dissapointed and turned it off. I would later hear about the seriousness when I went home after work and had a long prayer for this situation the following morning with folks from my local church. I decided to do some "google" search=>
1433 E Franklin Ave., Suite 25
Minneapolis, MN 55408
Office: 612-746-4804
Fax: 612-870-3631
*Shu Yang, an old-time to current friend of my younger bro, works here!
Ministry offers primary care for Native Americans and others in need
by Scott Noble Published by Minnesota Christian Chronicle — August 2009 "MINNEAPOLIS — Trauma and disruption can serve as powerful motivators—or more importantly, what God can do with that trauma and disruption.
For Ken and Ginny McMillan (and their family), they were in the midst of these difficulties while serving as missionaries in the Congo. Ken grew up a missionary kid and spent time with his family as medical missionaries.
Eventually, however, after three rebellions in the Congo, the family came back to the U.S. after 15 years. But not before Ken’s dad was killed in the second rebellion, a rebellion in which Ken was also injured. But this type of trauma taught Ken a valuable lesson: “I think God has led me through a path that has brought me close to Him, and has made me appreciate what God can do with all kinds of trauma, in all kinds of disruption.”
Ministering to those in extremis
And what God has instilled in McMillan through these crises is a willingness and desire to reach out to those in need. “I feel called and very much still motivated to reach out to people who are in extremis, that don’t have an answer, who are hopeless and who may actually be very much sidelined.”
That calling led him to ministry with Native Americans when he returned from Africa. After McMillan and his family decided not to go back to the Congo, he was approached by Gordon Thayer of Overcomers Ministries to provide doctor services to Native Americans in Minneapolis.
According to McMillan, there are approximately 22,000 Native Americans living in Minnesota. Some 60 percent live in urban areas, like the Twin Cities, and 40 percent live on reservations.
Kola
After accepting Thayer’s invitation, McMillan became involved in a program called Kola, which means “friend” in the Lakota language. In addition to Lakota, McMillan sees men and women from 14 or 15 other tribes across Minnesota and upwards of 30 different tribes from across the country (those who may be traveling through the area).
He administers “primary care, screening, treatment for small wounds, screening for depression, as well as things like blood pressure [checks], sugar (high glucose), and weight problems and chemical use,” he said. His office is located in a fairly large basement room of a high-rise, right off Franklin Avenue in Minneapolis.
In addition, McMillan tries to get everyone into a local clinic; and if they do not have insurance, they try to get them on insurance.
The program is funded mainly by grants from the government, but private donations also help, since patients can rarely afford the $3.00 it costs for a consultation—or even the dollar it takes for a prescription.
Saving the county money
Even though the program relies heavily on grants, the entire grant process doesn’t come without its difficulties. “We’ve actually had to appear in hearings at the country,” McMillan said, “just to point out how we’re saving them (the county) money. If a patient shows up at an emergency room, McMillan said, he or she will incur $500 to $800 in expenses. If the patient shows up at Kola, expenses run only $50.
But with local, state and national governments trying to cut back on services because of the current economic conditions, it’s difficult for programs like Kola to get fully funded.
Pointing people in the right direction
In addition to treating and referring patients for physical issues, McMillan also helps patients with mental illness. “We know we’re not treating the biggest illnesses like schizophrenia and bipolar from the start, but certainly anxiety and depression—we can deal with that,” he said.
McMillan has had patients who have appreciated just being able to talk during times of suicidal thoughts or depression. “We realize that by doing that (talking with them about their depression or suicidal thoughts), by voicing it, they are diffusing it. Asking them if they have a weapon or a plan. Some of them have told me they were just going to go down to the bridge and jump. And just by talking through it, it has helped.”
And when a patient is struggling with depression or suicidal thoughts, McMillan often asks them about their source of spiritual help. If they say they don’t have any, “We offer to pray with them,” he said. “And they—almost to a person—will say, ‘Yes, please pray.’”
McMillan then refers them to Gordon Thayer’s ministry, where counselors are ready to talk with those struggling.
Forgotten people
McMillan believes that Native Americans are a forgotten people. “I think that Native Americans in Minneapolis and perhaps in many other cities, too, and even on the reservations are ignored,” he said. “I don’t think people even ask them much about their spiritual state or their peace of mind.”
An open door is what McMillan tells people to pray about. And he urges people to become involved in the lives of Native Americans. “I think somebody who is living either in their community or is working with them on a discipleship basis, Christians who are devoting time to the Bible study, to the sobriety dinner once a month, and then the treatment center”—these are the kinds of activities that will help swing open the door to further ministry.
And that’s why McMillan devotes so much time to this ministry—for out of the trauma and disruption come lives influenced and guided by God’s plans.
For more information on Kola and Ken McMillan’s ministry and how to help, visit www.aicdc-mn.org or e-mail McMillan at kmcmillan@aicdc-mn.org."
Below is a shared experience that I thought was an awesome personal testimony from Wiconi's founder:
Background & History of First Nations Ministry
Christianity -- The White Man' s Religion
For many Native people, the gospel of Jesus Christ has not been good news, but bad. It
is tragic that Christianity is seen as a threat to their cultural identity and traditional way
of life. Jesus Christ Breaks Barriers As a Lakota born on South Dakota's Rosebud
Reservation, Richard Twiss knows first-hand the hatred toward white people many
Native people feel. He even went so far as to participate with the American Indian
Movement (AIM) in the 1972 militant takeover and forced occupation of the offices of
the Bureau of Indian Affairs, in Washington D.C. Today, however, Richard Twiss is a
different person. "I am grateful to God that, like you, I have also experienced the inner
transformation Jesus Christ produces in those who love him. As a Native man, I know the
Spirit of God can break through the strongest lies that still keep our people separated
from Christ." Challenges In the midst of the rich heritage and potential for First Nations
people, there exist centuries-old obstacles and challenges. Less than 5% of Native people
have a vital relationship with Christ. Many of our people suffer an alcoholism rate 10
times that of all other ethnic groups in the U.S. combined, teen suicide six times the
national average, highest rates of unemployment in the land, severe economic hardships,
and an average life expectancy for Native men of 47.
Restaurants
Famous Daves" Native American is an enrolled member of the Chippewa and Choctaw tribes and is the founder of Famous Dave�s of America, recognized as one of the Hottest Restaurant Concept�s in America by Nation�s Restaurant News"
"Born May 5, 1884 in Crow Wing County, MN " Charles Albert �Chief� Bender
A Biographic Profile
by Bob Warrington " Charles Albert �Chief� Bender was born on May 5th, 1883 at the White Earth Chippewa Indian Reservation, Brainerd, Minnesota. He was one of 13 children born to Mary Razor (Indian name: Pay shaw de o quay), who was of half Ojibwa (Chippewa) parentage, and Albert Bliss Bender, a homesteader-farmer of German-American descent.
Bender attended the Lincoln Institution, a school for Indians and whites in Philadelphia, from ages 8 to 12, and then returned briefly to Minnesota. From 1898-1901, he was a student at he Carlisle Indian School in Carlisle, Pennsylvania playing baseball for the legendary Glen �Pop� Warner. A natural athlete, Bender also participated in football, basketball and track.
In 1902, Bender attended Dickinson College (also in Carlisle) where he played baseball and football. That summer, Bender pitched for the semi-pro Harrisburg Athletic Club�earning $100.00 a month�and was discovered by Philadelphia Athletics� scout Jesse Frisinger. Connie Mack then signed Bender to a contract with the Philadelphia Athletics for $1,800 a year, the start of a 12-year relationship with the club.
" Wikipedia "(May 5, 1884 1 - May 22, 1954) was a pitcher in Major League Baseball during the first two decades of the 20th century. He is also a member of the Baseball Hall of Fame.
Bender was born in Crow Wing County, Minnesota as a member of the Ojibwa tribe - he faced discrimination throughout his career, not least of which was the stereotyped nickname ("Chief") by which he is almost exclusively known today. After graduating from Carlisle Indian Industrial School, Bender went on to a stellar career as a starting pitcher from 1903 to 1917, primarily with Connie Mack's Philadelphia Athletics (though with stints at the end of his career with the Baltimore Terrapins of the short-lived Federal League, the Philadelphia Phillies, and the Chicago White Sox).
Over his career, his win-loss record was 212-127, for a .625 winning percentage (a category in which he would lead the American League in three seasons). His talent was even more noticeable in the high-pressure environment of the World Series: in five trips to the championship series, he managed six wins and a 2.44 ERA. In the 1911 Series, he pitched three complete games, which set the record for most complete games pitched in a six-game series. He also threw a no-hitter in 1910..."
Pocahontas
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia "..(c.1595 – March 21, 1617) was a Virginia Indian princess notable for having assisted colonial settlers at Jamestown in present-day Virginia. She was converted to Christianity and married the English settler John Rolfe. After they traveled to London, she became famous in the last year of her life. She was a daughter of Wahunsunacawh, better known as Chief or Emperor Powhatan (to indicate his primacy), who headed a network of tributary tribal nations in the Tidewater region of Virginia (called Tenakomakah by the Powhatan). These tribes made up what is known as the Powhatan Chiefdom and were part of the Algonquian language family.[1]...
Names
After her baptism, Pocahontas was given the English name Rebecca. She was called Rebecca Rolfe by the English after her marriageIn 1609, an injury from a gunpowder explosion forced Smith to return to England for medical care. The English told the natives that Smith was dead. Pocahontas believed that account until she learned that he was living in England when she traveled there several years later, already the wife of John Rolfe.[16]
According to 17th-century historian William Strachey, Pocahontas married a Powhatan warrior called Kocoum at some point before 1612. Nothing more is known about this marriage.[17]
Historical records do not suggest that Smith and Pocahontas were lovers. The romance is featured only (but repeatedly) in fictional versions of their relationship (such as the 1995 animated film by Walt Disney ). The first romance was written about them in the early 1800s, suggesting the story's mythic appeal. Accounts of such a romance have been repeated in films made in the United States as late as 2005....
"
Capture
..When two English colonists began trading with the Patawomec, they discovered Pocahontas. With the help of Japazaws, they tricked Pocahontas into captivity. They intended to hold her to ransom and release her in exchange for English prisoners held by Chief Powhatan, along with various weapons and tools stolen by the Powhatan.[18] Powhatan returned the prisoners, but failed to satisfy the colonists with the number of weapons and tools he returned. A long standoff ensued, during which the English kept Pocahontas captive.
During the year-long wait, she was held at Henricus, in modern-day Chesterfield County, Virginia. Little is known about her life there, although colonist Ralph Hamor wrote that she received "extraordinary courteous usage."[19] The minister Alexander Whitaker taught her about Christianity and helped her to improve her English. After she was baptized, Pocahontas took the English name "Rebecca".[20]
In March 1614, the standoff built up to a violent confrontation between hundreds of English and Powhatan men on the Pamunkey River. At the Powhatan town of Matchcot, the English encountered a group of some senior Powhatan leaders (but not Chief Powhatan, who was away). The English permitted Pocahontas to talk to her countrymen. Pocahontas reportedly rebuked her father for valuing her "less than old swords, pieces, or axes," and told the Powhatan she preferred to live with the English.[21]..
*met Matt, a church attendee, who was visiting his friend Heather (friend of Sunny's) in Morris at Common Cup on Tuesday, March 15th of 2005
Demography
-Michigan
Turtle Island Project: Respect Indigenous Peoples, Nature
"Turtle Island Project: Respect for Indigenous Peoples, Environment Video #14 Turtle Island Project The Turtle Island Project in northern Michigan was founded in July 2007 by two Midwest pastors who believe the future of mankind and world is at a crossroads. Rev. Dr. Lynn Hubbard and Rev. Dr. George Cairns believe that Christians could learn a lot about nature and the environment by listening to Earth-based cultures like Native Americans, Celts, and other Indigenous peoples. .."
*see Science: Environment
-South Dakota
Let It Rain
"A vision of hope for the children of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. Music by Michael W. Smith. Primary video from "The Passion A vision of hope for the children of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. Music by Michael W. Smith. Primary video from "The Passion Of The Christ". Pictures from mission projects of the Winton Road Church of God. Guest appearance by CJ Sparrow."
"Senator Sam Brownback spearheads a formal apology to Native Americans. "
FWD: E-mail
Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2008 16:05:23 -0500 (EST)
From: "Rick H
To: saldapal@yahoo.com
Subject: Resolution of Apology to Native Americans
"Dear Minnesota Intercessors:
Please see this update on the Resolution of Apology to Native Americans that is making progress in the Senate. This is a major development. I know many of you have been praying for this for the past couple of years; please continue to keep this Resolution before God's throne. Passive of this Resolution will be historic for our nation, both naturally and spiritually.
Senator Brownback of Kansas has worked tirelessly to get this bill passed since 2004. I'm sure he would be blessed to receive a not expressing your thanks for his persistent efforts to pass this critical piece of legislation.
Blessings,
Rick Heeren
Apostolic Leader, USAGPN-MN
SENATOR BROWNBACK APPLAUDS PASSAGE OF NATIVE AMERICAN APOLOGY AMENDMENT TO INDIAN HEALTH BILL
WASHINGTON U.S.
Senator Sam Brownback today applauded passage of an amendment to the Indian Health Care Bill offering an official apology from the United States federal government to Native Americans. Senator Brownback has been calling for an apology since 2004. With this apology, the federal government can repair and improve our relationship with Native Americans, said Brownback. While we cannot erase the past, this amendment hopefully helps heal the wounds that have divided America for too long. The Indian Health Care Bill is being debated on the Senate floor this week. Brownback's resolution, which had 13 co-sponsors, and passed tonight by voice vote as an amendment, recognizes the impact of destructive federal policies in the past toward Native Americans and is intended to facilitate reconciliation and healing. Brownback continued, Our nation's relationship with the Native peoples of this land is an issue that is very important to the health of the United States. For too much of our history,
Federal-Tribal relations have been marked by broken treaties, mistreatment, and dishonorable dealings. We can acknowledge our past failures, express sincere regrets, and establish a brighter future for all Americans. This amendment does not diminish the valiance of our American soldiers who fought bravely for their families in wars between the United States and a number of the Indian Tribes. Nor does this amendment cast the blame for the various battles on one side or another. What this apology does do is recognize and honor the importance of Native Americans to this land and to our nation in the past and today and offers this apology to Native peoples for the poor and painful choices our government sometimes made to disregard its solemn word. Hopefully, this apology will help restore the relationship between the United States and Native Americans.
Sam Brownback
United States Senator - Kansas
303 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
(202) 224-6521 http://brownback.senate.gov
"Lt. John Dunbar is dubbed a hero after he accidentally leads Union troops to a victory during the Civil War. He requests a position on the western frontier, but finds it deserted. He soon finds out he is not alone, but meets a wolf he dubs "Two-socks" and a curious Indian tribe. Dunbar quickly makes friends with the tribe, and discovers a white woman who was raised by the Indians. He gradually earns the respect of these native people, and sheds his white-man's ways."
Skins, story on Pine Ridge (post Sitting Bull or Custard battle)
"Thomas' speech at the end of "Smoke Signals." The poem is by Dick Lourie.
How do we forgive our Fathers?
Maybe in a dream
Do we forgive our Fathers for leaving us too often or forever
when we were little?
Maybe for scaring us with unexpected rage
or making us nervous
because there never seemed to be any rage there at all.
Do we forgive our Fathers for marrying or not marrying our Mothers?
For Divorcing or not divorcing our Mothers?
And shall we forgive them for their excesses of warmth or coldness?
Shall we forgive them for pushing or leaning
for shutting doors
for speaking through walls
or never speaking
or never being silent?
Do we forgive our Fathers in our age or in theirs
or their deaths
saying it to them or not saying it?
If we forgive our Fathers what is left?
*see Forgiveness...
"...A grandfather who believes in tradition. A teenager who believes in today.
Plot:
In South Dakota, in an Indian reservation, an old storyteller Indian asks his grandson Shane, who is in trouble owing money to some bad guys... See more » ....
Dreamkeeper - She Crosses The Water & The Thunder Spirit part 1
" Mohawk legend from movie Dreamkeeper" Dreamkeeper
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia "..is a 2003 mini-series written by John Fusco and directed by Steve Barron. The main plot of the film is the conflict between a Lakota elder and storyteller named Pete Chasing Horse (August Schellenberg) and his Lakota grandson, Shane Chasing Horse (Eddie Spears). The plots unwinds as the two travel from Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota to the fictitious All Nations powwow in Albuquerque, New Mexico, a trip the grandson takes only under duress. Along the way, the grandfather tells his grandson various Indian stories and legends to help him understand and choose the "good red road," i.e. to embrace an Indian identity... Kiowa
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia "...(pronounced /ˈkaɪ.ɵwə/) are a nation of American Indians who migrated from the Northern Plains to their present location in Southwestern Oklahoma. They are a federally recognized tribe, the Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma, with over 11,500 members..
"A Native American Blues Band from the Eastern Agency of the Navajo Nation, with 14 year old guitar player Levi Platero with his family band. To learn more please view site at: www.myspace.com/theplateros "
-Contemporary
Calling Out Your Name - Rich Mullins
"Chorus:
I feel thunder in the sky
I see the sky about to rain
And I hear the prairies calling out Your name "
Homeless Man: Rich Mullins Part 1
"This is the start of a concert that Rich Mullins did in Lufkin Texas. Some excerpts from this concert made it to the homeless man video also available on You Tube.
This was the last concert tour that he did before he passed on."
-Rock
"his music video was serviced to us by its respective record label with license for broadcast.
Bill Miller "Trail of Freedom"
Director: Bob Burwell
3/11/94
Warner Bros. Records
The Mastering Studio
3300 Warner Blvd.
Burbank, CA 91505
U-MV154
"
Broken Walls: Sing to the Mountains
*performed in Morris' Common Cup Coffeehouse as part of the first week of classes celebration for the local college campus-UMM. I met him for the first time at a youth-outreach event called, "See You At the Party" in Alexandria in Dec. 31s of 2003.
Red Cloud, Go All Out! on CrossRockTV.com
"CrossRockTV.com artist, Red Cloud hits the hip hop scene with new album, "HMW", music and a new music video! Go All Out!"
Related Sites:
Videos: RedCloud - "Battlestar Galactic", from youtube.com
-Traditional
Great Spirit Prayer - Douglas Spotted Eagle - Native American
"Great Spirit Prayer - Douglas Spotted Eagle - Native American "
*heard about this group after watching a VHS recorded 2001 Grammy Awards this evening (Friday, February 13th of 2009) 43rd Annual Grammy Award-Nominations for Best Native American Music "The National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, (NARAS) has completed it's first round of votes. The "Gathering of Nations Powwow" 1999 has been selected as one of the finalist recordings for the voting! The final ballots will go out to the more than 10,000 members of NARAS, who will submit their final choices. On the night of February 21, we'll know who will be the winner of the first ever Native American Grammy!! Other nominees in this category are:"
Our Statement
April 23, 2001
-Tom Bee (thanked "greatest warrior "Lord Savior Jesus Christ" in 01' Grammys) Red Sea Ministries "Evangelists Vicki and Tom Bee are both actively involved in Red Sea Ministries. As a result, they have ministered at numerous prison facilities as well as churches of every denomination. The Bee's have traveled throughout North America to countless camp meetings, tent revivals, and reservations. In addition, their ministry has taken them to the harvest fields of both Mexico and Canada. In 2001, Tom Bee received his first Grammy Award as producer before a worldwide audience of millions. In his acceptance speech, Tom humbly gave all the glory to "The Greatest Warrior" of all---the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ! In 2004, Tom once again was blessed by God and received a second Grammy Award. Tom and Vicki have appeared on TBN, CBN 700 Club, the Jim Bakker show, God's learning channel, and an untold amount of local and regional television programs. In 2003 Tom performed on the Native American portion of the Promise Keepers "Come Near to Me" Pastor's Conference at the Diamondback baseball stadium in Phoenix Arizona. Vicki has been invited to speak at several women's conferences and Tom has preached and sung at numerous men's conferences. Although they have love for people of every creed. color, and background, their hearts are first and foremost for the First Nations people. Therefore, Tom and Vicki are adamantly committed to bringing the message of Jesus Christ to this forgotten and often ignored mission field. "
-Worship&Praise
Native American Flute Amazing Grace by Jay Red Eagle
"This is my all time favorite Native American flute song Amazing Grace by Native American flutist of the year, Jay Red Eagle."
Amazing Grace, an Cherokee National Anthem (see Negro Spiritual) sang during the "Trail of Tears" "This hymn was written in 1779 by John Newton who,
until his early 20's, was an unbeliever. A decade later he had become a devout preacher. The tune was known as "an early American Melody" and became a favorite of the Cherokees.
It was sung on the Trail of Tears and can be considered the Cherokee National anthem."
Related Sites: Cherokee, from Wikipedia
Hard Rock Cafe sold to Native Americans, from CNN-Money (12/7/06) "
The Seminole tribe of Florida to pay $965 million to Britain's Rank Group for restaurant and casino business."
Eugenics, Population Control and Global Totalitarianism (Part 4 of 5)
Social Issues
Part 1: MI Native American Roundtable covered many issues
"Racism, poverty, teen suicide on reservations, the derogatory perversion of American Indian names on Minnesota rivers and other locations across the country, and learning respect for the environment from Earth-based cultures were among the topics discussed at a Native American Roundtable held Sept 13-15, 2007 in northern Michigan."
"..After concluding the Warrior Leadership Summit, the above 50 Warriors and the rest of the On Eagles' Wings team traveled across the U.S. over 4500 miles to nine different reservations: "In just three weeks time, among a people group where it is rare for people to come to Christ, they led over 600 native young people to a relationship with Jesus Christ. Many of them declared it publicly in the middle of their village: not at a revival meeting, not at a church, [but] on the basketball court in front of all the young people of their community" Hutchcraft said.
As they journeyed across the country, these young Warriors shared stories of hurt and suffering from their own lives. They found that "wherever they went, they seemed to find kids like them. The issues are the same no matter where they are from: the same despair, the same suicide attempts, the same violence, the same brokenness, the same sexual abuse," Hutchcraft said. ..
"Brucko", by Bruce Olson
I had the privilege to read this for a missions class thay my local church held each Sunday morning before church service one year when I was still in college (1999?)
Pocahontas: The True Story of an American Hero and Her
Christian Faith
Andy Holmes,James Conaway / Hardcover / Ballantine Books, Inc. /
October 1995
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