Crumbo Indian Arts Thank You Cards

The Crumbo Indian Arts THANK YOU cards are in holiday presentation, on the stand and for sale at 

The Art Market Gallery of Native American Art in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The suite of six cards can be viewed below, each with a message and thank you in the two indigenous languages of Muscogee 

Creek and Potawatomi, English and room to write in a personal language of choice. 

Visit the gallery to view the best in Oklahoma Indian Art ... right on historic Route 66.

Gaa Biboon Ked

Winter Medicine Wheel

The winter maker approaches ...

It’s sitting by the fireand story telling time.

Crumbo Indian Arts Thank You Cards

The Crumbo Indian Arts THANK YOU cards are in holiday presentation, on the stand and for sale at 

The Art Market Gallery of Native American Art in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The suite of six cards can be viewed below, each with a message and thank you in the two indigenous languages of Muscogee 

Creek and Potawatomi, English and room to write in a personal language of choice. 

Visit the gallery to view the best in Oklahoma Indian Art ... right on historic Route 66.

Happy Holidays from the Bodewadmi Longhouse!

Happy Holidays from the Bodewadmi Longhouse!

Happy Holidays from the Bodewadmi Longhouse!

The Crumbo Indian Arts THANK YOU cards are in holiday presentation, on the stand and for sale at 

The Art Market Gallery of Native American Art in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The suite of six cards can be viewed below, each with a message and thank you in the two indigenous languages of Muscogee 

Creek and Potawatomi, English and room to write in a personal language of choice. 

Visit the gallery to view the best in Oklahoma Indian Art ... right on historic Route 66.

Happy Holidays from the Bodewadmi Longhouse!

Happy Holidays from the Bodewadmi Longhouse!

The Crumbo Indian Arts THANK YOU cards are in holiday presentation, on the stand and for sale at 

The Art Market Gallery of Native American Art in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The suite of six cards can be viewed below, each with a message and thank you in the two indigenous languages of Muscogee 

Creek and Potawatomi, English and room to write in a personal language of choice. 

Visit the gallery to view the best in Oklahoma Indian Art ... right on historic Route 66.

'Winter Solstice' excerpts from 'Spirit Talk':

Happy Holidays from the Bodewadmi Longhouse!

Excerpts from 'Spirit Talk':

Winter Solstice: By the calendar of the natural world, the winter solstice marks the ingress into the profound precincts of the deep Mother Earth Womb, the original confirmation point of all seed soul, sprout, and rootlet growth. The days and nights of silent contemplation and Quiet Time observances have served to quiet the mind and prepare the body, much as the field is prepared to receive the new seed. Winter means that much of the northern hemi-turtle shell of this hemisphere is blanketed by the purifying powers of Snow Woman’s gifts and freezes … We live always within the Sacred Rainbow Hoop. This hoop of life is a threshold of all the moments of the eternal present. The eternal present we now find ourselves within and contemplating is the first of the White Plains of Spirit, others will follow in succeeding seasons, each with basically the same purifying intent. The winter solstice, embedded within the purifying power of the cold, cloaked with the white plain of purity, located in and upon the wisdom body of the original gift, represents the core wisdom quality of winter … Conscious arrival and acquaintance with the Winter threshold of the Sacred Medicine Wheel Hoop of Life is a primal renewal experience, made ceremony. If this is a new concept to you, trust that you have entered into one of the most beautiful and comprehensive systems in this galaxy and beyond for containing, supporting, and interpreting life in a sacred way. Best wishes upon this journey. The winter solstice is a naturally occurring station within the year and, as such, has accrued a long history. The holy days, holidays, are usually grounded in natural phenomena that grew out of the Creative Mind and manifested in the first, most beautiful and enduring gifts of our Mother Earth, our Father Sky-Sun and the myriad of clustering entities we call the powers and fixtures of the natural world … This then, is the sacred charge: to bring oneself forward in all possible wholeness, mindfulness, and beauty, and to conceive of and design ceremonies of personal meaning, fulfilling the sacred charge to be happy and enjoy life. This winter solstice is our time to unite with the natural world. Take these long nights to rest, tell stories, celebrate, and dream deeply of life before the stronger suns call us forward once again to grow and to labor. But for now, enter into and be one with the conceptual Return of the Light.

The Crumbo Indian Arts THANK YOU cards are in holiday presentation, on the stand and for sale 

at The Art Market Gallery of Native American Art in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The suite of six cards can be viewed below, each with a message and thank you in the two indigenous languages of Muscogee Creek and Potawatomi, English and room to write in a personal language of choice. 

Visit the gallery to view the best in Oklahoma Indian Art ... right on historic Route 66.

'Winter Solstice' excerpts from 'Spirit Talk':

Happy Holidays from the Bodewadmi Longhouse!

Excerpts from 'Spirit Talk':

Winter Solstice: By the calendar of the natural world, the winter solstice marks the ingress into the profound precincts of the deep Mother Earth Womb, the original confirmation point of all seed soul, sprout, and rootlet growth. The days and nights of silent contemplation and Quiet Time observances have served to quiet the mind and prepare the body, much as the field is prepared to receive the new seed. Winter means that much of the northern hemi-turtle shell of this hemisphere is blanketed by the purifying powers of Snow Woman’s gifts and freezes … We live always within the Sacred Rainbow Hoop. This hoop of life is a threshold of all the moments of the eternal present. The eternal present we now find ourselves within and contemplating is the first of the White Plains of Spirit, others will follow in succeeding seasons, each with basically the same purifying intent. The winter solstice, embedded within the purifying power of the cold, cloaked with the white plain of purity, located in and upon the wisdom body of the original gift, represents the core wisdom quality of winter … Conscious arrival and acquaintance with the Winter threshold of the Sacred Medicine Wheel Hoop of Life is a primal renewal experience, made ceremony. If this is a new concept to you, trust that you have entered into one of the most beautiful and comprehensive systems in this galaxy and beyond for containing, supporting, and interpreting life in a sacred way. Best wishes upon this journey. The winter solstice is a naturally occurring station within the year and, as such, has accrued a long history. The holy days, holidays, are usually grounded in natural phenomena that grew out of the Creative Mind and manifested in the first, most beautiful and enduring gifts of our Mother Earth, our Father Sky-Sun and the myriad of clustering entities we call the powers and fixtures of the natural world … This then, is the sacred charge: to bring oneself forward in all possible wholeness, mindfulness, and beauty, and to conceive of and design ceremonies of personal meaning, fulfilling the sacred charge to be happy and enjoy life. This winter solstice is our time to unite with the natural world. Take these long nights to rest, tell stories, celebrate, and dream deeply of life before the stronger suns call us forward once again to grow and to labor. But for now, enter into and be one with the conceptual Return of the Light.

The Crumbo Indian Arts THANK YOU cards are in holiday presentation, on the stand and for sale 

at The Art Market Gallery of Native American Art in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The suite of six cards can be viewed below, each with a message and thank you in the two indigenous languages of Muscogee Creek and Potawatomi, English and room to write in a personal language of choice. 

Visit the gallery to view the best in Oklahoma Indian Art ... right on historic Route 66.

Ancestral Thanksgiving Ceremony

THANKSGIVING

The Gratitude Principle and a four-day Indigenous Ancestral Thanksgiving Ceremony suggested outline follows. Remember, this is a personal ceremony so feel free to add or subtract elements. Watch and endeavor to cultivate awareness of every little thing and remember that gratitude mindfulness is a proven and worthy tool by which to live and thrive. If you do not have a cultural song to sing, and many of us do not, just be willing to step out and 'raise a voice'. Your song will come. And it will be YOURS. This is how ceremony has always been kept fresh, personal and healthy. Do not be afraid or hesitate too long to step into this new spirit space, sacred beings that we are. AHO!

The indigenous Thanksgiving ceremony is a harvest and seasonally oriented honoring of the ancestors spanning four days ... which may be selected at your choice ... but should be concurrent.

The four days of activities are:

Prepare by the 'fanning off' of the selected grounds, yourself and any/all participants.

Day 1: invitational feasting and offering plate

Day 2: you may compose an original song or bring forward an honoring song

 ... with drum ... this may be a solitary activity

Day 3: dance and drum to honor the ancestors ... again, may be solitary

Day 4: feasting, offering plate and prayers of gratitude for all of beingness