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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Dignity of Earth and Sky: A Reflection on Indigenous Resilience

Perched gracefully above the Missouri River near Chamberlain, South Dakota, the “Dignity of Earth and Sky” sculpture stands as a profound tribute to the spirit of the Plains peoples. Created by artist Dale Claude Lamphere, this 50-foot-tall statue portrays an Indigenous woman in traditional Plains attire, receiving a star quilt—a sacred symbol of honor, respect, and connection in Native cultures. Known simply as “Dignity,” this artwork invites us to pause and reflect on the enduring strength and wisdom of Indigenous heritage.

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A PRACTICE SHARED BY AMERICA’S INDIGENOUS NATIONS AND TIBETAN BUDDHISTS

There are great and impressive similarities between the Native American—Indigenous nations of the Americas and the Tibetan and Mongolian people. The pure-bloods look the same, same traits, same tone of skin, same form of face, even same disposition of mind. I have studied with Tibetan Tulku Lamas and worked with Mongolian shamans in Mongolia. The Tibetan and Native Americans both had prophecies that said one day they would come together again and that time would be the beginning of the new world.

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SUMMER SOLSTICE 2024

It’s summer! The garden and forest love this hot, humid weather. The plant growth is visible day by day. I’ve beautiful and abundant wild flowers growing everywhere on my small family domain. They’ve come uninvited, yet their beauty is welcome.

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The interpretation of signs and dreams

THE INTERPRETATION OF SIGNS AND DREAMS

Great Spirit speaks to us

The Creator, the Great Spirit, the Primordial Intelligence who creates and organises the universe speaks to us. He is in constant communication with us. His language is the one of creation. He speaks neither in French nor in English nor in Innu-Aïmun. It is through the world he created for us that he speaks to us. He is within us, as the most intimate, the actual essence of who we are. It’s that part of us that can understand the messages as they are embedded in the landscapes of the world.

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THE LEGEND OF THE BUTTERFLIES!

In those times lived a young lady who was called Flower of Spring. She was a joy for all those who knew her, she always had a smile and a kind word for everyone she saw, and her hands were similar to the freshest spring for those who were affected by a fever or a burn.

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