A call for prayer from Chief Arvol Looking Horse

A letter from Chief Arvol Looking Horse

A Great Urgency

To All World Religious and Spiritual Leaders

My Relatives,

Time has come to speak to the hearts of our Nations and their Leaders. I ask you this from the bottom of my heart, to come together from the Spirit of your Nations in prayer.

We, from the heart of Turtle Island, have a great message for the World; we are guided to speak from all the White Animals showing their sacred color, which have been signs for us to pray for the sacred life of all things. As I am sending this message to you, many Animal Nations are being threatened, those that swim, those that crawl, those that fly, and the plant Nations, eventually all will be affect from the oil disaster in the Gulf.

The dangers we are faced with at this time are not of spirit. The catastrophe that has happened with the oil spill which looks like the bleeding of Grandmother Earth, is made by human mistakes, mistakes that we cannot afford to continue to make.

I asked, as Spiritual Leaders, that we join together, united in prayer with the whole of our Global Communities. My concern is these serious issues will continue to worsen, as a domino effect that our Ancestors have warned us of in their Prophecies.

I know in my heart there are millions of people that feel our united prayers for the sake of our Grandmother Earth are long overdue. I believe we as Spiritual people must gather ourselves and focus our thoughts and prayers to allow the healing of the many wounds that have been inflicted on the Earth. As we honor the Cycle of Life, let us call for Prayer circles globally to assist in healing Grandmother Earth (our Unc'I Maka).

We ask for prayers that the oil spill, this bleeding, will stop. That the winds stay calm to assist in the work. Pray for the people to be guided in repairing this mistake, and that we may also seek to live in harmony, as we make the choice to change the destructive path we are on.

As we pray, we will fully understand that we are all connected. And that what we create can have lasting effects on all life.

So let us unite spiritually, All Nations, All Faiths, One Prayer. Along with this immediate effort, I also ask to please remember June 21st, World Peace and Prayer Day/Honoring Sacred Sites day. Whether it is a natural site, a temple, a church, a synagogue or just your own sacred space, let us make a prayer for all life, for good decision making by our Nations, for our children's future and well-being, and
the generations to come.

Onipikte (that we shall live),

Chief Arvol Looking Horse
19th generation Keeper of the Sacred White Buffalo Calf Pipe
(Wolakota.org)

Center for Sacred Studies
P.O. Box 745
Sonora, California 95370
209-532-9048

CHEROKEE MORNING SONG

The Gulf of Mexico oil spill is such a world-wide disaster. We need some hope and prayers now to end the continued destruction of our world. Please join me in offering prayers to heal our world and click on the title of this post to listen to the Cherokee Morning Song posted on YouTube. If you have any sage, sweetgrass, or lavender that you can burn for prayer offerings, please do so. Our Mother Earth needs all the help we can offer.

Jim Buchanan - the first entry in the Jim Buchanan Characters Series

Jim Buchanan, the protagonist in my novels is of mixed-blood. Banished from the Crow tribe in 1978 for an indiscretion when he was just 16 years old, Jim fled to Thompson Falls to live with his Scottish father. Using high school athletics as an outlet, Jim’s success led to a four year football scholarship at the University of Montana. A recipient of the Outland Trophy, given annually to the best college interior defensive lineman in the country, Jim parlayed that into a first round draft selection by the Chicago Bears. Wearing number 92, Jim spent three long seasons toiling in the trenches for the Bears until a knee injury convinced him to retire. A four year hitch in the US Air Force as a military policeman with time spent in Kuwait led to his epiphany. In 1992, Jim applied for and graduated from the Montana Highway Patrol Academy. Two years later, Sanders County Sheriff Dan McCoy’s retirement presented an opportunity for Jim. At the urging of his wife Kate and most of the townspeople, Jim ran for the office and won election to a four year term. The first few months in office were a breeze but in his second year, a personal attack, chronicled in my novel, ‘Montana Harvest’, puts Kate's life at risk.

Priorities

This week a family illness required my utmost attention. Fortunately, it could have been much worse and because I'm retired I now have more time to devote my attention to such matters. As my wife always says, 'Your health is your wealth'.

The Jim Buchanan Novels' Characters

I am planning to provide my blog followers with a glimpse of the recurring characters in my novels. On the 12th of each month I will write a small capsule or profile, if you will, of one character; a summary of their experiences across the three novels that have been written or are in the process of being written. I won't give things away but I will offer some tidbits of things they've accomplished or events which happened to them. Get ready for Wednesday's profile of Sheriff Jim Buchanan, my novels' protagonist.

CAPA-U

I attended CAPA-U on Saturday. The keynote speaker was the famous Dr. Henry Lee. I found him to be quite engaging with a broad sense of humor, a deep commitment to hard work, and a substantial lack of ego. He is a sincere, decent human being and I am lucky to have heard him speak. I met with an agent later in the event and provided her with the first 58 pages of 'Mystery at Little Bitterroot'. She promised to get back to me in two weeks.

2010 Powwow Schedule for Connecticut

Click on the title of this post to see the powwow schedule for all of New England.

CONNECTICUT:

• January 16
  Turtle Drum Singer's Winter Social, Rockville United Methodist Church 142 Grove St., Rockville, CT Pot luck - pls bring a hot or cold dish to share - all are welcome Call 860-454-7340 or email
• February 20
  Spirit Lake Foundation, Intertribal Social, Groton City Municipal Bldg, 295 Meriden St., See flyer
• February 20
  Turtle Drum Singer's Winter Social, Rockville United Methodist Church 142 Grove St., Rockville, CT Pot luck - pls bring a hot or cold dish to share - all are welcome Call 860-454-7340 or email
• March 20
  Turtle Drum Singer's Winter Social, Rockville United Methodist Church 142 Grove St., Rockville, CT Pot luck - pls bring a hot or cold dish to share - all are welcome Call 860-454-7340 or email
• April 17
  Full Circle Mini Powwow, Rockville United Methodist Church 142 Grove St., Rockville, CT Call 860-454-7340 or email 
• April 18
  Light the Lodge Powwow, U.of Ct., Storrs Campus, Dow Field, Storrs, CT 203-521-8999 or email
• May 15-16
  Golden Hill Paugusett Powwow, Town Beach, E.Haddam/Colchester Turnpike, East Haddam, CT 860-873-1672
• June 19-20
  Bison Powwow, Creamery Brook Bison, 19 Purvis Rd., Brooklyn, CT call 860-870-5879 or email
• August 21-22
  Mohegan Tribe Wigwam Festival, Fort Shantock, Uncasville, CT 800-664-3426
• October 16-17
  Wolf Den 17th Annual Powwow, Wolf Den State Park, Jct Rte.44 & 101, Pomfret Ctr., CT 860-428-7271 or email

CAPA-U

Saturday, May 8th is CAPA-U at the Hartford Steam Boiler and I'm working on crafting my editor's suggestions into my 1st 50 pages of 'Mystery at Little Bitterroot'. I will submit this final product during my 10-minute meeting with a literary agent at the event. I was also contacted by my former writing teacher regarding an edit that he is working on of 'The Killing Zone'. He also suggested that if I do not hear from an agent in a reasonable amount of time that I should self-publish and get my novels out into the publishing world. He reminded me that many famous authors have gone this route with Tom Clancy being one of them. I have another novel which is unfinished titled 'Montana Harvest' and which I will complete by the end of this year.