Countdown!

9 days 'til departure! Yippee!

Fundraising, Festivalling, and Fishing!

Summertime...and the living is busy!
I've been dancing, hiking, fishing, and working---alot!
Had a fabulous weekend near Ucluelet on Vancouver Island, helping out with the Soundwave music festival (www.soundwavemusicfestival.ca). Now in it's 11th year, this really fun festival has a cult following. A weekend of dancing in a forest clearing under the stars and camping on a beautiful beach with great people; friends old and new. Midsummer highlight!
Now I am on gorgeous Langara Island in Haida Gwaii. Eagles, salmon, whales, cedar trees, crazy weather and endless ocean....there will be pictures; this place is too amazing to put into words!

Sweet Sweet Sweet...

Good times were had on Sunday night!
Much love and gratitude to our fabulous DJ's- Dom Le Funkaphone, Hebegebe and Muchi Mambo; the superstar bartenders Shandy Rae and Antoine; Andrea the decor provider and Scott Musgrave of Liquid Assets for supplying the bar; Chaedon super security dude and Jacqui for arranging the deal with Grace Gallery. Great place for a party!

FINAL FUNDRAISER!

My final deadline is rapidly approaching and Dom is finishing his job so we're having a party to celebrate--and fundraise!
This Sunday, July 11th at Grace Gallery on Main at 3rd Avenue.
Bobby, Muchi and Dom will be supplying our ears with tasty tunes, Liquid Assets are graciously providing the bar and we will dance until late! Cover only $5 with all proceeds going to the Canadian Diabetes Association, of course.
See you there!

Happy BIrthday!

...to the Dalai Lama who turns 75 today! Happy Birthday, and thank you for your endless wisdom, patience, kindness, sense of humor and compassion.

Shared with me, sharing with you

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

*photo taken from Four Worlds International Institute

Free will reigns supreme!