Ancestor Honoring Ceremony

Bozho jayek, greetings everyone,

Following ancient traditions everywhere there will be an autumn observance to honor those who have ‘walked on’. These are some of the Thanksgiving/Day of the Dead origins.

Sunday, October 30, an altar will be erected to the Ancestors in the Longhouse. The ‘Walking On’ song will be offered around the place of the Fire-Flower altar, for who among us has not known of someone(s) who has ‘walked on’ in the recent or long ago past? It would be appropriate to use candles, fruit, flowers, candy, tobacco, a photograph/token/favorite food of loved one(s), or vice, as the case may be, that their lives on the other side might carry our best prayers and well wishes ... these things will be placed on or around the altar upon entering ... 'accepting and releasing into the light’ as we go. Begin to consider making an offering plate and prepare to dream, compose, or be available to receiving an original song, prayer or words … in the moment ... that life might go on ‘in a good way’?

This ceremony will begin to make itself felt far in advance and will carry love, mourning, and reflection, closure joy and spirit renewal into the knowing cell of every celebrant. I invite you to consider taking this harvest and honoring time into a personal earth walk whether in community or solitude. In this way we begin to approach the Gaa Biboon Ked, the Winter Wisdom Teachings whereby we begin to ‘Fire Our Seeds of Inspiration’ for the new year to come. Begin watching for the Orion Constellation to appear low in the eastern sky at early night, as the ancient harbinger of Winter Bringer. 

AHO!

Bama Mine, 

Dawn Woman

Mother Cacao Ceremony

Historically, puro cacao or pure cacao went through harvest, fermentation, drying, roasting and stone grinding to attain the finest degree of smoothness when whipped into hot water. The cacao drink, melted into water without the addition of dairy or sweetener is a sacred libation. This libation strengthens and supports healing and health qualities of mind heart, body and spirit within the wholeness context of the medicine wheel teachings. The facilitator makes and offers prayers from beginning to end. There is much rarified and etheric support flowing from higher realms to lift us to new, higher frequencies and experiences ... and many proven and worthy helper ceremonies and Mother Cacao is one powerful heart opener.

Autumnal Equinox 2022 Celebration

Bozho jayek, ni je na ...

This most beautiful transitional season of balance was hosted and celebrated in the Bodewadmin Teaching Longhouse on September 25, 2022 deep in the Blackjack Hills of Okla-Homa.

Kristen Arambula officiated a powerful Mother Cacao Ceremony at the renewed Fire-Flower altar.

Historically, puro cacao or pure cacao went through harvest, fermentation, drying, roasting and stone grinding to attain the finest degree of smoothness when whipped into hot water. The cacao drink, melted into water without the addition of dairy or sweetener is a sacred libation. This libation strengthens and supports healing and health qualities of mind heart, body and spirit within the wholeness context of the medicine wheel teachings. The facilitator makes and offers prayers from beginning to end. There is much rarified and etheric support flowing from higher realms to lift us to new, higher frequencies and experiences ... and many proven and worthy helper ceremonies and Mother Cacao is one powerful heart opener.

Two-four day land participant-guests from out of state built, painted, blessed and sang with their first 10” elk and deer skin hand drums. 

The event was followed with a feast of traditional Native American bounty, including corn soup and a dish of the four sacred berries, Lake Michigan wild rice and Wasaksing Preserve Canada maple syrup.

Migwech, Mamogosnan, Heart of the Sky and Heart of the Earth, for all of the gifts that we might each of us know with full awareness, that we ‘walk in beauty-all ways and all days ... now and forever more’.

AHO!
Bama mine,
Minisa Crumbo Halsey
Wabaksekwe

Making Hand Drums

Two-four day land participant-guests from out of state built, painted, blessed and sang with their first 10” elk and deer skin hand drums. 

The event was followed with a feast of traditional Native American bounty, including corn soup and a dish of the four sacred berries, Lake Michigan wild rice and Wasaksing Preserve Canada maple syrup.

Migwech, Mamogosnan, Heart of the Sky and Heart of the Earth, for all of the gifts that we might each of us know with full awareness, that we ‘walk in beauty-all ways and all days ... now and forever more’.

AHO!
Bama mine,
Minisa Crumbo Halsey
Wabaksekwe

Mother Cacao Ceremony

Historically, puro cacao or pure cacao went through harvest, fermentation, drying, roasting and stone grinding to attain the finest degree of smoothness when whipped into hot water. The cacao drink, melted into water without the addition of dairy or sweetener is a sacred libation. This libation strengthens and supports healing and health qualities of mind heart, body and spirit within the wholeness context of the medicine wheel teachings. The facilitator makes and offers prayers from beginning to end. There is much rarified and etheric support flowing from higher realms to lift us to new, higher frequencies and experiences ... and many proven and worthy helper ceremonies and Mother Cacao is one powerful heart opener.

Autumnal Equinox 2022 Celebration

Bozho jayek, ni je na ...

This most beautiful transitional season of balance was hosted and celebrated in the Bodewadmin Teaching Longhouse on September 25, 2022 deep in the Blackjack Hills of Okla-Homa.

Kristen Arambula officiated a powerful Mother Cacao Ceremony at the renewed Fire-Flower altar.

Historically, puro cacao or pure cacao went through harvest, fermentation, drying, roasting and stone grinding to attain the finest degree of smoothness when whipped into hot water. The cacao drink, melted into water without the addition of dairy or sweetener is a sacred libation. This libation strengthens and supports healing and health qualities of mind heart, body and spirit within the wholeness context of the medicine wheel teachings. The facilitator makes and offers prayers from beginning to end. There is much rarified and etheric support flowing from higher realms to lift us to new, higher frequencies and experiences ... and many proven and worthy helper ceremonies and Mother Cacao is one powerful heart opener.

Two-four day land participant-guests from out of state built, painted, blessed and sang with their first 10” elk and deer skin hand drums. 

The event was followed with a feast of traditional Native American bounty, including corn soup and a dish of the four sacred berries, Lake Michigan wild rice and Wasaksing Preserve Canada maple syrup.

Migwech, Mamogosnan, Heart of the Sky and Heart of the Earth, for all of the gifts that we might each of us know with full awareness, that we ‘walk in beauty-all ways and all days ... now and forever more’.

AHO!
Bama mine,
Minisa Crumbo Halsey
Wabaksekwe

Autumnal Equinox, September 22, 2018

Greetings Kin,
A fire will be Kin-dled. Bring your emptiness and fullness of the season in quietness and peacefulness into the reception chamber of all matter to observe and sit together, with the season.

Offer what you have or what spirit suggests … these breath offerings are designed to feed and nourish all sentient and insentient beings, including ourselves, through intent. It is through these things, thoughts, and actions we come to more deeply know ourselves and nourish the intent of this unified ‘knowing’ of ourselves within the structure of the Medicine Wheel Teachings.

Like minded community furthers each person’s opportunity to both see clearly and to be seen clearly, a deeply held blessing of knowingness that can further happiness and calm and to develop a growing sense of compassionate detachment and loving kindness in the context of the seasons and the natural world ... these first, most beautiful and lasting gifts from the Creator, are for us and all beings to live upon and within, all days, all ways, in balance and harmony. AHO!

Prepare to enter three circles of spirit energy, beginning now, as you approach the ceremonial grounds, from your personal central tree of integrity. We are the new myth makers, done from where we sit, stand or lay, be we a physical part of this circle or not. Let us be increasingly alert and aware of the emerging myths ... stories. Their times to be told come near with the winter quiet. The new creation stories ... they arise from out of the seeds of this harvest season, lying dormant for the blessing of their telling, remembering and telling of the fires that will make them ready for the new growth. This is one of the medicines of this season that make us ready for winter sun and winter rest ... as does our mother, the earth (sekmekwe) and our father the sky sun (kisus).

Through these ways we reconnect with the original instructions and link them where desirable and recognized, with the current stories and emerging myths/medicines by which we can know ourselves and live … feeling like we have a right to be here and to live. These ceremonies then assume a grounding and a radiance that can and does contribute to the continuance of all life, just by virtue of ours and others positive beingness. These then, are some of the sacred charges and as such, belong with the original instructions. Without them we are wanderers ... and to these ones, we would extend a helping hand of in-spirit … inspiration to those who would be seeking or in need, through vibration or physical service.

Bama mine, until we see one another again,
Wabaksekwe (Dawn Woman)