Month: December 2025

MY MENTOR AND SPIRITUAL FATHER—SUN BEAR

Introduction from Wind Daughter.

Sun Bear, Gheezis Mokwa, who was born Vincent LaDuke, was a sacred teacher of Ojibwaa/Metis descent and the Founder and Medicine Chief of the Bear Tribe, a multi-racial, educational society. He was a world-renowned lecturer and teacher and the author or coauthor of eight books. He was publisher of the magazine Wildfire and founder of the World Earth Fund. Sun Bear was the founder and Medicine Chief of the Bear Tribe Medicine Society. He was born in 1929 on the White Earth Reservation in Minnesota.

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WINTER SOLSTICE 2025

Messages from the Solstice Crystal

This new moon, which marks the beginning of this year’s cycle, from the deepest darkness to the growing day’s light, illuminates the path to our renewal. Humanity is currently being asked to create peace between nations. This precedes the peace that is necessary with nature. To achieve this, it is important to consider the fundamental laws of life, which are the same as those of nature.

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Winter Solstice Soon !

Dear readers,

My plan for this weekend’s article was to share my experience with the medicine man Sun Bear, who was for me an inspiring teacher, mentor and spiritual father. Yet, when I got into it and started writing, I soon realized there was just too much to say. I can’t possibly do the same kind of article I share every weekend. The magnitude of it all was soon overwhelming. I’m thinking more like a chapter than an article!! 😀

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SUN BEAR AND WHITE HAWK

I recently received a testimony from a man whose mother and family were helped by Sun Bear. It is a truly touching, almost supernatural, tragic, and inspiring story. I’m sharing it with you as it was written to me by Black Cloud of the Chippewa Nation.

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