Miguel Sague Jr's Posts - Indigenous Caribbean Network2024-03-19T10:16:10ZMiguel Sague Jrhttp://indigenouscaribbean.ning.com/profile/MiguelSobaokoKoromosaguehttp://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3671201651?profile=RESIZE_48X48&width=48&height=48&crop=1%3A1http://indigenouscaribbean.ning.com/profiles/blog/feed?user=eodd24ms3pli&xn_auth=noSolsticio Diciembre ... December Solstice Miami 2023tag:indigenouscaribbean.ning.com,2023-12-24:2030313:BlogPost:2417972023-12-24T07:30:00.000ZMiguel Sague Jrhttp://indigenouscaribbean.ning.com/profile/MiguelSobaokoKoromosague
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<p>De nuevo tuve el honor de oficiar la ceremonia del Solsticio de Diciembre en la ciudad de Miami, Florida como en años pasados.</p>
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<p>I again had the honor of conducting the December Solstice ceremony in Miami Florida as in years past…</p>
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<p>De nuevo tuve el honor de oficiar la ceremonia del Solsticio de Diciembre en la ciudad de Miami, Florida como en años pasados.</p>
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<p>I again had the honor of conducting the December Solstice ceremony in Miami Florida as in years past</p>
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<p>Nos acompañaron hermanos y hermanas taínos que viven en el área, y también amigos y amigas de otras etnias hermanas, indígenas y no-indigenas.</p>
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<p>We were joined by Taino brothers and sisters who live in the area, and also other relatives from various other Indigenous nations as well as non-indigenous relatives.</p>
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<p>Celebramos el ritual del Sol Radiante y la Danza del Tiburón.</p>
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<p>We celebrated the Radiant Sun ritual, as well as the Shark Dance.</p>
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<p>Al fin de la ceremonia se llevó a cabo el ritual del amarre, através del cual unimos el cemi trigonolito de Yokahu moribundo que representa el alma de nuestra divinidad masculina en su papel de héroe sacrificado al aro lítico de Atabey. La mujer que hizo el papel de Atabey durante la ceremonia aguantó el aro lítico en forma ovoide que representa el útero materno de la madre cósmica. El hombre que representó a Yokahu colocó el cemi trigonolito en la superficie exterior del aro y yo amarre los dos objetos sagrados uno al otro. Así celebramos el hecho que en este momento del año el alma moribunda de Yokahu se une de nuevo al útero de Atabey para allí gestar hasta el día 21 de Marzo cuando de nuevo renace el señor de la yuca.</p>
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<p>At the end of the ceremony we carried out the ritual of tying, via which we join together the three-point cemi of the dead or dormant Yokahu, who represents the soul of our male divinity in his role as a sacrificed hero to the stone hoop of Atabey. The woman who played the role of Atabey during this ceremony held the ovoid-shaped stone hoop that represents the uterus of Atabey in her hands. The man that played the role of Yokahu placed the three-point cemi on the surface of the hoop and I tied the two together. In this way we celebrated the fact that at this point in the yearly cycle the dormant soul of Yokahu reaches the womb of the cosmic mother after having died at Autumn Equinox, and having reached her womb he will gestate there until his eventual rebirth at Spring Equinox in March.</p>
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<p>Que agradecido me siento de haber tenido la oportunidad de compartir estos momentos tan sagrados con estas personas tan bellas. Le doy las gracias a Yokahu, a Atabey y a todos los que se unieron a nosotros en Women's Park este Sábado pasado. Hahom (gracias) y Seneko Kakona (bendiciones abundantes).</p>
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<p>How grateful I feel to have been given the opportunity to share the sacred moments with these beautiful people. I thank Yokahu, Atabey and all of those who joined us at Women's Park this past Saturday. Hahom (thank you) and Seneko Kakona (abundant blessings).</p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Desde hace años, algunas personas han creído que las imágenes de figuras humanas envueltas como bultos como las que se muestran en estas fotos representan a niños envueltos en pañales. Muchos taínos actuales todavía llaman a estas imágenes "guaili" usando la palabra taína para "niño". Sin embargo, el antropólogo…</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Desde hace años, algunas personas han creído que las imágenes de figuras humanas envueltas como bultos como las que se muestran en estas fotos representan a niños envueltos en pañales. Muchos taínos actuales todavía llaman a estas imágenes "guaili" usando la palabra taína para "niño". Sin embargo, el antropólogo Peter Roe ha demostrado que en realidad se trata de imágenes de antepasados venerados que han cruzado la frontera y que los animalitos o figuras antropomórficas que se representan en la parte superior de sus cabezas son en realidad el espíritu guardián de la persona fallecida. Roe señaló que está bien documentado que nuestros antepasados taínos solían envolver a sus muertos en sus propias hamacas, en otras palabras, la persona muerta pasaría la eternidad durmiendo en la misma hamaca en la que solía dormir mientras estaba viva. En el Círculo Espiritual Caney entendemos que el entierro de una persona envuelta en su corvejón era el primero de una larga serie de pasos utilizado por nuestros antepasados para tratar el cadaver del difunto. El cuerpo fue enterrado envuelto en su propia hamaca. Luego, más tarde, los restos fueron desenterrados después de que toda la carne se hubiera descompuesto. Los huesos se limpiaban y a veces se incineraban y finalmente lo que quedaba se ponía en una calabaza para colgar de las vigas de la casa con cuerdas o se enterraba en un cuenco de barro debajo de la casa, o ambas cosas. Es la imagen del ancestro envuelto que se representa en estos petroglifos, con las piernas flexionadas y los brazos abrazando el pecho.</span></p>JORNADA INDIGENA TAINA, Jayuya, Puerto Ricotag:indigenouscaribbean.ning.com,2023-08-21:2030313:BlogPost:2411732023-08-21T04:04:25.000ZMiguel Sague Jrhttp://indigenouscaribbean.ning.com/profile/MiguelSobaokoKoromosague
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<p>Los dias 11 y 12 de Agosto </p>
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<p>Los dias 11 y 12 de Agosto </p>Reencuuentro Taino Canovanas, Puerto Rico ----- Taino Gathering Canovanas, Puerto Ricotag:indigenouscaribbean.ning.com,2023-08-17:2030313:BlogPost:2411682023-08-17T22:33:17.000ZMiguel Sague Jrhttp://indigenouscaribbean.ning.com/profile/MiguelSobaokoKoromosague
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<p>Canovanas</p>Celebracion taina en Buffalo------Taino celebration in Buffalo 7-15-2023tag:indigenouscaribbean.ning.com,2023-08-17:2030313:BlogPost:2411642023-08-17T21:30:00.000ZMiguel Sague Jrhttp://indigenouscaribbean.ning.com/profile/MiguelSobaokoKoromosague
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<p>El dia 15 de Julio 2023 la organizacion boricua de Buffalo,New York llamada CENTRO PURTORRIQUE~O EL BATEY celebro su segundo encuentro taino anual en el parque PROSPECT PARK de esa ciudad. La organizadora principal de EL BATEY Beatriz Flores, le extendio una invitacion muy cordial a nuestro Circulo Caney para participar en esta…</p>
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<p>El dia 15 de Julio 2023 la organizacion boricua de Buffalo,New York llamada CENTRO PURTORRIQUE~O EL BATEY celebro su segundo encuentro taino anual en el parque PROSPECT PARK de esa ciudad. La organizadora principal de EL BATEY Beatriz Flores, le extendio una invitacion muy cordial a nuestro Circulo Caney para participar en esta ocacion de festejo. Yo tuve el honor de vijar a Buffalo para hacer presentaciones de cultura y cuentos miticos de nuestro legado indigena. Nuestro aporte fue muy bien recibido por los miembros de la comunidad Taina de ese area y nos divertimos mucho.</p>
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<p>On July 15 2023 the Buffao, New York organization called EL BATEY PUERTO RICAN CENTER celebrated its second annual Taino heritage gathering at that city's Prospect Park. EL BATEY'S principal organizer Beatriz Flores was kind enough to extend a very cordial invitation to our Caney Circle to participate in the celebration. I had the honor of travelling to Buffalo that Saturday to offer presentations of Taino culture and story-telling. Our contribution was very well received by the members of the Taino community of that region and we had a wonderful time.</p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">En este blog quiero compartir con ustedes la investigación que he llevado a cabo sobre la antigua tradición de la danza que parece ser un elemento fundamental de la cultura arahuaca. Es una tradición que se hace evidente en un gran número de grupos arahuacos que habitan áreas de América del Sur continental, como Guyana y Surinam, así como en la reserva Kalinago en la isla caribeña de Dominica y entre los residentes mestizos de regiones rurales remotas…</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">En este blog quiero compartir con ustedes la investigación que he llevado a cabo sobre la antigua tradición de la danza que parece ser un elemento fundamental de la cultura arahuaca. Es una tradición que se hace evidente en un gran número de grupos arahuacos que habitan áreas de América del Sur continental, como Guyana y Surinam, así como en la reserva Kalinago en la isla caribeña de Dominica y entre los residentes mestizos de regiones rurales remotas de Cuba. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">El siguiente video demuestra la tradición de danza altamente sincretizada de Cuba conocida como la Danza del Cordón. Grabé este video en 2014 en la remota región rural de Granma llamada Monte Oscuro. Este video ha sido visto por más de 7,000 espectadores en Youtube y ha sido citado como fuente en al menos un trabajo de investigación académica del profesor de la Universidad de Miami <a href="https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jorge-Morejon-Benitez-2" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jorge Luis Morejón</a> llamado <a href="https://www.redalyc.org/journal/4635/463556259009/html/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">FROM AREITO TO CORDON</a>. Muestra a los residentes mestizos de una región de Cuba que mantuvo una fuerte influencia cultural taína, incluso después de una fuerte mezcla étnica de europeos y africanos occidentales.</span></p>
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<p>.(Para ver el video completo sobre la cultura del cordón cubano por favor haga clic en este <a href="https://youtu.be/8Vhaq2Z4xSw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ENLACE</a>)</p>
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<p><br/> <span style="font-size: 14pt;">He descubierto que hay dos elementos importantes de esta tradición de danza que parecen ser evidentes en prácticamente todas las manifestaciones o versiones de su actuación. Estos dos elementos son los movimientos del pie, y aún más notable, los movimientos de los brazos. Esta segunda característica de la tradición de la danza (los movimientos de los brazos) exhibe una uniformidad asombrosa de tribu a tribu y de comunidad a comunidad desde Surinam y Guyana en el continente sudamericano, hacia el norte en las islas del Caribe a través de Dominica hasta los confines más occidentales de su cobertura en la región Oriente de Cuba, en otras palabras, en todas partes donde el pueblo arahuaco existe o existió y donde la cultura arahuaca todavía puede ser detectada.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">La característica más importante del movimiento distintivo del brazo es el movimiento de balanceo hacia adelante y hacia atrás, hacia arriba y hacia abajo de los brazos, realizado al unísono (ambos brazos al mismo tiempo). En muchas de las diversas comunidades, este movimiento se inicia mientras los participantes se agarran de las manos, pero a menudo esto se convierte en una manifestación de "manos libres" o la toma de las manos puede no suceder en absoluto y los participantes van directamente al balanceo del brazo manos libres.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Aquí hay algunos ejemplos de bailarines Lokono de Surinam que realizan la versión manos libres de la tradición de la danza.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Por favor, haga clic en este <a href="https://www.facebook.com/100068502726834/videos/234959728797564/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ENLACE</a> para ver otro ejemplo. En esta improvisada fiesta de reunión familiar de Lokonos en Guyana, algunos de los participantes se toman de la mano mientras que otros bailan con las manos libres, pero todos balancean los brazos hacia adelante y hacia atrás, hacia arriba y hacia abajo.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Los wapishanas son un grupo tribal arahuaco que vive en la actual Guyana, no lejos de los lokonos. En este video que grabé en 2016 se puede ver a un grupo de wapishana que estaban de visita en la ciudad de Nueva York realizando su baile tradicional todos en fila tomados de la mano y balanceando los brazos.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">En la isla caribeña de Dominica grabé esta danza tradicional kalinago en 2007. Tenga en cuenta los movimientos idénticos de balanceo del brazo. La tradición y el idioma de los Kalinago (también conocidos como caribes de la isla) están muy influenciados por la cultura arahuaca y la mezcla genética de esa etnia.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">En su libro <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Huellas-Vivas-del-Indocubano-Spanish/dp/9590609236" target="_blank" rel="noopener">HUELLAS VIVAS DEL INDOCUBANO</a>, El erudito cubano José Antonio García Molina expone el resultado de un proyecto de investigación detallado que demuestra las raíces taínas (arahuacas) de la Danza del Cordón. </span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">El Dr. García Molina ofreció una demostración de la danza que había investigado en una reunión de académicos y participantes del Movimiento de Resurgimiento Taíno en el anexo de Nueva York del Museo Nacional de Indios Americanos en 2014.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Su interpretación de la danza demostró los movimientos distintivos de brazos y pies que hacen que esta danza sea tan fácilmente reconocible como una tradición arahuaca única que nuestros antepasados taínos que habitaban en las islas caribeñas seguramente manifestaron hace más de 500 años y que ellos mismos habían heredado de pueblos aún más antiguos que emigraron a la región del Caribe hace más de 2,000 años y trajeron esta danza con ellos desde su lugar de origen a orillas del río Orinco en la selva sudamericana.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Entrevisté personalmente al Dr. García Molina en su casa en Miami, Florida, más tarde ese mismo año. Compartió conmigo detalles en profundidad de su investigación sobre esta tradición de danza. Luego, años más tarde, asistió a una ceremonia del solsticio de invierno taína que celebré en Miami durante la cual nos enseñó los pasos y los movimientos de los brazos de la danza.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">En nuestra era actual, en el Círculo Espiritual Indígena Caney enseñamos nuestra propia versión de esta danza al ritmo de la música que refleja los cantos del cordón cubano pero que utiliza letras taínas en lugar de las oraciones kardecianas españolas de las sesiones de cultura mixta cubana. Al hacer esto, hemos recuperado los elementos curativos taínos originales de la tradición y hemos dejado atrás las capas de mezclas europeas que ha recogido en los últimos 500 años.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Como resultado de este esfuerzo, ahora estamos expresando la danza más cercana en forma a las manifestaciones indígenas reales del pueblo indígena Kalinago de la isla caribeña de Dominica y el pueblo indígena Lokono del continente sudamericano.</span></p>Taino Summer Solstice Ceremony At Taino Woods 2023tag:indigenouscaribbean.ning.com,2023-06-27:2030313:BlogPost:2402372023-06-27T02:30:00.000ZMiguel Sague Jrhttp://indigenouscaribbean.ning.com/profile/MiguelSobaokoKoromosague
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<p>It was an honor for me to be given the opportunity to lead a Summer Solstice Ceremony in the tradition of the Caney indigenous Spiritual Circle at the Taino Woods nature sanctuary in upstate New York on the weekend of June 24 and 25 2023.…</p>
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<p>It was an honor for me to be given the opportunity to lead a Summer Solstice Ceremony in the tradition of the Caney indigenous Spiritual Circle at the Taino Woods nature sanctuary in upstate New York on the weekend of June 24 and 25 2023.</p>
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<p>The sacred Caney Circle altar was constructed on the floor of the ceremonial caney structure in the site that Chantel and Jesse call the Maloca.</p>
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<p>After the initial opening ritual we celebrated the Radiant Sun ritual and the Shark Dance outside </p>
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<p>Extensive teaching workshops were shared during the two-day event. These included a Healing Dance and a Guaitiao Dance demonstration.</p>
<p>Later we all participated in a Caney Circle Guanara purification lodge.</p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Takahi my relatives, as we approach the sacred point in the tropical year cycle when the rains ultimately intensify in the Caribbean. I would like to offer three presentations that explore various aspects of this weather phenomenon and its spiritual significance in Taino culture. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> First I want to present the concepts surrounding Taino beliefs about rainy weather and dry weather. This duality plays a…</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Takahi my relatives, as we approach the sacred point in the tropical year cycle when the rains ultimately intensify in the Caribbean. I would like to offer three presentations that explore various aspects of this weather phenomenon and its spiritual significance in Taino culture. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> First I want to present the concepts surrounding Taino beliefs about rainy weather and dry weather. This duality plays a crucial role in the way we perceive our own sense of self and how we interact with society and the world around us:</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The significant character in this duality now that we are experiencing the beginning of the Rainy Season is the spirit called Boinayel, the benevolent spirit of gentle rain.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Now I want to present an exploration of the significance of the Spring season in Taino culture. The Spring Season begins with the date of the Spring Equinox on March 21st when we Tainos recognize the gradual approach of the beginning of the yearly cycle. The following three months are perceived as the period of gradual reawakening during which time as the Spring rains slowly intensify, the earth comes back to life after the long dead period of the wintertime Dry Season. At the conclusion of this three-month period when the Rainy Season has finally come to full intensity we celebrate the second Spring ceremony at the end of the month of May, just before the onset of the Summer season. That ceremony is called Sirik: </span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Finally, we must face the more challenging aspect of the Rainy Season, the aspect that can manifest later in the Summer and Fall, in the form of more destructive torrential rains and hurricanes. The name of this spirit is Koatriskie, one of the two male companions of the female mistress of destructive natural phenomena, Guabancex. This entity, accompanied by her two companions presents to us the element of life that reminds us of our infinite vulnerability and the overwhelming power of nature: </span></p>
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<p></p>Visit to Artist Robert Griffing's studiotag:indigenouscaribbean.ning.com,2023-04-04:2030313:BlogPost:2390702023-04-04T01:00:00.000ZMiguel Sague Jrhttp://indigenouscaribbean.ning.com/profile/MiguelSobaokoKoromosague
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<p><span style="font-size: 18pt;">This afternoon at 12:30 pm my friend Susan Goughler, a member of HARRISON HILLS PARK'S Council Of Friends stopped at my house and picked me up in her car. We headed north to the community of Gibsonia, PA. a Pittsburgh suburb with which I am well acquainted, it having briefly been the temporary home of my parents…</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 18pt;">This afternoon at 12:30 pm my friend Susan Goughler, a member of HARRISON HILLS PARK'S Council Of Friends stopped at my house and picked me up in her car. We headed north to the community of Gibsonia, PA. a Pittsburgh suburb with which I am well acquainted, it having briefly been the temporary home of my parents in the 1980's. We were scheduled for a visit at the studio of the internationally acclaimed artist <a href="https://www.paramountpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Robert Griffing</a>, the foremost illustrator of western Pennsylvania historical images for the period of the French and Indian War (1700's).</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 18pt;">As explained in my <a href="https://indigenouscaribbean.ning.com/profiles/blogs/new-exhibit-in-natrona-heights" target="_blank" rel="noopener">previous post</a> I recently collaborated with Susan on her project of updating the Harrison Hills Park environmental learning center, adding a beautiful new exhibit that features the historical legacy of Indigenous people in western Pennsylvania. The new exhibit includes several prints of Robert Griffing's paintings that illustrate historical events in the eighteenth century.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 18pt;">The eighteenth century was a pivotal period in the history of North America. The events of that century decided, first; the dominant language that ended up being spoken in what are now the nations of the US and Canada (English), and then later; the origin of the new nation called the United States of America.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Griffing has made it his life mission to create a spectacular pictorial chronicle of that era in his magnificent oil paintings. His award-winning art has been hailed internationally as nothing short of extraordinary! A huge percentage of his paintings feature dramatically accurate representations of the original inhabitants of our region.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><span>Griffing has made it his business to become extremely well informed on the topic of western Pennsylvania history with a special interest in its original inhabitants. He frequents the closest federally recognized Native community, The <a href="https://sni.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Seneca Nation of Indians</a> at the Allegany Indian Reservation (Salamanca) and Cattaragus as well as the Tonawanda reservation, in western New York state and has cultivated great friendships with many of the Senecas there and in our general area. </span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Susan and I arrived in Gibsonia and fairly quickly made our way to Robert's studio not far from Route 910, a road that connects Gibsonia with nearby Dorseyville where our Indian Center is located.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 18pt;">It was such an honor to meet this man. As a fellow artist and oil painter I see him as a wonderful model.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 18pt;">The fact that Susan and I were given this opportunity to spend so much time with Robert and discuss topics that are of such interest to me personally was an incredible treat!</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Robert's studio is replete with beautiful Woodlands culture Indigenous arts and crafts.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 18pt;">I am incredibly grateful to my friend Susan for giving me this opportunity to meet and spend time with this amazing artist whom I have admired for so very long. </span></p>A Case of Two storiestag:indigenouscaribbean.ning.com,2023-03-31:2030313:BlogPost:2389772023-03-31T20:30:00.000ZMiguel Sague Jrhttp://indigenouscaribbean.ning.com/profile/MiguelSobaokoKoromosague
<p><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Here in Southwestern Pennsylvania there is a controversy. It is not clear to rational people why this controversy exists.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 18pt;">The controversy is about a children's book that I believe has been banned in other states but not here in southwestern Pennsylvania.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 18pt;">I will offer the essence of the controversy by presenting two videos. You may make up your own mind about the legitimacy…</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Here in Southwestern Pennsylvania there is a controversy. It is not clear to rational people why this controversy exists.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 18pt;">The controversy is about a children's book that I believe has been banned in other states but not here in southwestern Pennsylvania.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 18pt;">I will offer the essence of the controversy by presenting two videos. You may make up your own mind about the legitimacy of the controversy.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Here is the first video:</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Here is the second video:</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 36pt;">Click this <a href="https://www.wtae.com/article/norwin-school-board-member-opposing-all-are-welcome-childrens-book/41760216" target="_blank" rel="noopener">LINK</a> to watch video</span></p>New exhibit in Natrona Heightstag:indigenouscaribbean.ning.com,2023-03-28:2030313:BlogPost:2388652023-03-28T22:30:00.000ZMiguel Sague Jrhttp://indigenouscaribbean.ning.com/profile/MiguelSobaokoKoromosague
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">I have been spending time at the <a href="https://www.alleghenycounty.us/parks/harrison-hills/index.aspx" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Harrison Hills Park</a> in Natrona Heights, Pennsylvania, on the banks of our Allegheny River here in the region northeast of Pittsburgh.…</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">I have been spending time at the <a href="https://www.alleghenycounty.us/parks/harrison-hills/index.aspx" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Harrison Hills Park</a> in Natrona Heights, Pennsylvania, on the banks of our Allegheny River here in the region northeast of Pittsburgh.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span>The park features a number of woodland nature trails, outdoor learning and activity areas and a beautiful view of the Allegheny River.</span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">There is also evidence of historic Indigenous presence in the area. The most probable residents would have been Senecas, Lenapes and Shawnees.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">The COUNCIL OF THREE RIVERS AMERICAN INDIAN CENTER (COTRAIC) was contacted by Susan Goughler who is a member of the FRIENDS OF HARRISON HILLS PARK <a href="http://www.friendsofharrisonhills.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Council of Friends</a>. </span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Susan has been working on revisions of the park's Environmental Learning Center which until now has housed a number of exhibits of taxidermy prepared animals and birds, as well as specimens of plants and of animal bones. It has also housed a wide variety of nature and environmental displays.</span></p>
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<p><span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Susan felt that there was a need to include a more</span> <span style="font-size: 14pt;">comprehensive display that would represent the Indigenous legacy of our region. As the Indian Center's community outreach and speaker's bureau person it was my pleasure to help her with the research necessary to create a good display.</span></span></p>
<p><span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">The display features an authentic Seneca lacrosse stick, a very accurate replica of an 18th century flintlock musket complete with bayonet like the ones traded to the Native people of this area by both the French and the English during he French and Indian War (1754–1763) </span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">It also features woodland culture moccasins, porcupine quills such as the ones used by Norteastern woodlands Natives to decorate their buckskin clothing. She has also managed to acquire beautiful prints of some of the most iconic paintings of eighteenth century Pennsylvania Indigenous people by the world-renowned Gibsonia artist Robert Griffing.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">The paintings include this masterpiece that illustrates a game of lacrosse which she framed and hung next to the lacrosse stick.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">It was my honor to create a small diorama of a Seneca bark-walled longhouse which has assumed a central position in the display.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">It has been a pleasure to help Susan create this great Native American display in her little museum there at Harrison Hills Park. </span></p>
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<p></p>Equinoccio en Pittsburgh 2023----------Equinox in Pittsburgh 2023tag:indigenouscaribbean.ning.com,2023-03-26:2030313:BlogPost:2388602023-03-26T22:30:00.000ZMiguel Sague Jrhttp://indigenouscaribbean.ning.com/profile/MiguelSobaokoKoromosague
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<p>Nos reunimos el día Domingo 26 de Marzo en el centro Indigena de la ciudad de Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania para celebrar la ceremonia del Equinoccio…</p>
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<p>Nos reunimos el día Domingo 26 de Marzo en el centro Indigena de la ciudad de Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania para celebrar la ceremonia del Equinoccio 2023.</p>
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<p>We gathered on Sunday March 26 at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania's Council of Three Rivers American Indian Center to celebrate the 2023 Equinox Ceremony.</p>
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<p>Nuestros hermanos y hermanas de la comunidad se sumaron a la celebración con el tabaco sagrado y en precencia de los cemies de nuestra tradición.</p>
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<p>Our local community brothers and sisters became part of our celebration with the sacred tobacco and in the presence of the cemies of our tradition.</p>
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<p>Las mujeres de nuestra congregación nos bendicieron con su Danza De La Serpiente Boa, invocando el espíritu de la serpiente maja que es el tótem de la madre cósmica Atabey.</p>
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<p>The women of our congregation blessed us all with their Boa Serpent Dance, invoking the spirit of the maja snake which is the totem animal of our cosmic matriarch Atabey.</p>
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<p>Nuestra hermana Lisa nos honró cuando asumió el papel de la madre Atabey y su hijo Ian asumió el papel de Yokahu. Ella tomó en sus manos el aro lítico con la forma ovoide del útero materno que representa el vientre de Atabey. Este aro todavía tenía el cemi trigonolito de Yokahu en su manifestación de espíritu moribundo atado a su superficie. Esto representa el hecho que el espíritu de la vida murió durante la ceremonia del Equinoccio de Otoño en el mes de Septiembre, viajó al útero materno de Atabey en el Solsticio de Invierno donde se reencarno y ahora renació de nuevo durante esta ceremonia de Primavera. Durante la ceremonia de renacimiento yo ayudé a Ian en el acto <a href="http://indigenouscaribbean.ning.com/group/caneycircle/forum/topics/tying-the-knot-the-tradition?overrideMobileRedirect=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">de separar el cemi trigonolito de Yokahu del aro lítico</a> y manifestar ese renacimiento.</p>
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<p>Our sister Lisa honored us when she assumed the role of the mother Atabey and Lisa's son Ian assumed the role of Yokahu. She took in her hands the stone hoop with the ovoid shape of a maternal uterus that represents the womb of Atabey. This hoop still had the three-point cemi sculpture of Yokahu in his manifestation as a mortally dormant spirit attached to it. This represents the fact that the spirit of Life died during the Autumn Equinox ceremony in September, traveled to the maternal womb of Atabey at Winter Solstice where he became reincarnated and now he was reborn during this Spring ceremony. During that re-birth ceremony I assisted Ian in the act of separating the three-point cemi of Yokahu from the stone hoop and manifesting that re-birth.</p>
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<p></p>Celebramos el Equinoccio en New York --------We celebrated Equinox in New Yorktag:indigenouscaribbean.ning.com,2023-03-21:2030313:BlogPost:2391502023-03-21T03:30:00.000ZMiguel Sague Jrhttp://indigenouscaribbean.ning.com/profile/MiguelSobaokoKoromosague
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<p>El Sabado 18 de Marzo tuve el honor de participar en la celebracion de la ceremonia de Equinoccio de Primavera del 2023 en New York con la communidad de Yukayeke Guainia y la Confederacion Unida del Puebio Taino lideriada por mi hermano espiritual Kasike Roberto Mukaro Borrero</p>
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<p>El Sabado 18 de Marzo tuve el honor de participar en la celebracion de la ceremonia de Equinoccio de Primavera del 2023 en New York con la communidad de Yukayeke Guainia y la Confederacion Unida del Puebio Taino lideriada por mi hermano espiritual Kasike Roberto Mukaro Borrero</p>
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<p>On Saturday March 18 I had the honor of participating in the celebration of the 2023 Spring Equinox ceremony in New York City with the community of Taino Yukayeke Guainia and the Confederation of Taino People, led by my spiritual brother Kasike Roberto Mukaro Borrero.</p>
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<p>La ceremonia comenzo con la bendicion del guatu sagrado, el fuego.</p>
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<p>The ceremony began with the benedicton of the sacred guatu, the fire.</p>
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<p>La ceremonia del Equinoccio de acuerdo a las tradiciones del Circulo Espiritual Indigena Canery se llevo a cabo bajo un bello cielo azul con sol y con temperatura relativamente calurosa.</p>
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<p>The Equinox ceremony according to the traditions of the Caney Indigenous Spiritual Circle was carried out under a beautiful blue sunny sky and a relatively warm temperature.</p>
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<p>Despues del rito del tabacolas mujeres se separan de los hombres para participar en la Danza del Sibukan y luego la Danza de la Serpiente Boa Constrictora, un rito que rinde tributo a la madre tierra atravez de su animal avatar la serpiente.</p>
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<p>After the tobacco ritual the women move away from the men to participate in the Sibukan Dance and the Boa Constrictor Serpent Dance, a ritual that renders tribute to Mother Earth through her avatar animal, the serpent.</p>
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<p>La ceremonia culmino con la separacion del cemi trigonolito de Yokahu y el aro litico ovalado que representa el utero de Atabey. El espiritu de la vida nace. Es el principio del ciclo del a~o.</p>
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<p>The ceremony culminated with the separation of the three-point Yokahu cemi from the oval stone hoop that represents the womb of Atabey. The spirit of Life is born. It is the beginning of the new year cycle.</p>
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<p>Research paper published by Ivan Rodriguez of the University of Holgin, Cuba. Feb 2016 in the JOURNAL OF RELIGIOUS HISTORY under the name ANTILLEAN ISLANDER SPACE: On The Religious Beliefs Of The Taino People. This content is available in PDF format by accessing this …</p>
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<p>Research paper published by Ivan Rodriguez of the University of Holgin, Cuba. Feb 2016 in the JOURNAL OF RELIGIOUS HISTORY under the name ANTILLEAN ISLANDER SPACE: On The Religious Beliefs Of The Taino People. This content is available in PDF format by accessing this <a href="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/10954734694?profile=original" target="_blank" rel="noopener">LINK</a></p>New Research On Taino Sacred Cavestag:indigenouscaribbean.ning.com,2023-01-14:2030313:BlogPost:2376942023-01-14T18:49:49.000ZMiguel Sague Jrhttp://indigenouscaribbean.ning.com/profile/MiguelSobaokoKoromosague
<p>This<span> </span><a href="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/10929467469?profile=original" rel="noopener" target="_blank">LINK</a><span> </span>provides access to a special paper by researchers Reinaldo Morales Jr and Melisa A. Quesemberry in which they present evidence that demonstrates the importance of caves in Taino ancient spiritual tradition and the connection between caves and the concept of a cosmic maternal creation womb.…</p>
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<p>This<span> </span><a href="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/10929467469?profile=original" target="_blank" rel="noopener">LINK</a><span> </span>provides access to a special paper by researchers Reinaldo Morales Jr and Melisa A. Quesemberry in which they present evidence that demonstrates the importance of caves in Taino ancient spiritual tradition and the connection between caves and the concept of a cosmic maternal creation womb.</p>
<p><a href="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/10929467494?profile=original" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/10929467494?profile=RESIZE_710x" class="align-full"/></a></p>Die Geschichte von Taino Gesang an Mutter Erde TAINO TI OAKIA ATAtag:indigenouscaribbean.ning.com,2023-01-06:2030313:BlogPost:2376132023-01-06T09:00:00.000ZMiguel Sague Jrhttp://indigenouscaribbean.ning.com/profile/MiguelSobaokoKoromosague
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<pre class="tw-data-text tw-text-large tw-ta" dir="ltr"><span class="Y2IQFc" lang="de" xml:lang="de">Meine Verwandten, viele von Ihnen erkennen dieses Lied als den großartigen Gesang an <br></br>Atabey, unsere…</span></pre>
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<pre class="tw-data-text tw-text-large tw-ta" dir="ltr"><span class="Y2IQFc" lang="de" xml:lang="de">Meine Verwandten, viele von Ihnen erkennen dieses Lied als den großartigen Gesang an <br/>Atabey, unsere heilige Mutter der Erde und der Gewässer, den wir in der Taino <br/>
Resurgence-Bewegung seit 1982 singen, als ich ihn unter der Inspiration unserer <br/>
Taino-Vorfahren komponierte. Dieses spezielle Video, das oben gepostet wurde, zeigt mich,<br/>
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<pre class="tw-data-text tw-text-large tw-ta" id="tw-target-text" dir="ltr"><span class="Y2IQFc" lang="de" xml:lang="de"> wie ich das Singen des Liedes als Teil einer historischen Vollmondzeremonie des <br/>CANEY INDIGENOUS SPIRITUAL CIRCLE von 1992 in Pittsburgh, PA, leitete, an der die <br/>
Führer eines der allerersten Yukayekes der TAINO RESURGENCE MOVEMENT teilnahmen , <br/>
die Taino Native American Association. Wie ich oben erwähnt habe, wurde dieses Lied 1982 <br/>
von mir selbst inspiriert komponiert (zu dieser Zeit begann es gemäß den <br/>
Urheberrechtsgesetzen der Vereinigten Staaten, durch die Urheberrechtsgesetze der <br/>
Vereinigten Staaten geschützt zu werden). Wir haben das Singen dieses Liedes in unseren <br/>
Taino-Gemeinschaften als Teil der Mission unseres Caney-Kreises, die zeremonielle Tradition <br/>
unserer Vorfahren mit all unseren Leuten zu teilen, enthusiastisch gefördert. Wir ermutigen <br/>
andere Tainos, es zu singen und es in ihren Zeremonien auf der ganzen Welt zu verwenden,<br/>
wo immer sie sich befinden mögen. Wir haben die öffentliche Verwendung unseres Liedes <br/>
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<p><span class="Y2IQFc" lang="de" xml:lang="de">selbstlos sowohl an Tainos als auch an Nicht-Tainos weitergegeben, die unsere Lebensweise</span> <span class="Y2IQFc" lang="de" xml:lang="de">respektieren.</span></p>
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Natürlich erwarten wir, dass, wenn jemand unser Lied in einem Kontext verwendet, in dem<br/>
er es veröffentlicht oder damit Geld verdient, diese Person gemäß den <br/>
Urheberrechtsnormen unsere Erlaubnis einholt, bevor sie dies tut, oder uns zumindest <br/>
dafür Anerkennung zollen. Jahrzehntelang hatten wir keine Ahnung, dass sich<br/>
irgendjemand für unser Lied interessierte, außer Tainos, und wir glaubten, dass dieses <br/>
Lied nur von Leuten gesungen wurde, die wir kannten, oder von Leuten, die andere<br/>
kannten, die wir kannten. Wir haben uns sehr sehr geirrt! 1991 nahm eine Frau namens <br/>
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<pre class="tw-data-text tw-text-large tw-ta" dir="ltr"><span class="Y2IQFc" lang="de" xml:lang="de">Guaba Guarikoku (Spinne) das Lied auf und veröffentlichte es mit unserer Erlaubnis als <br/>Teil eines begleitenden Tonbandes, das entworfen wurde, um ihr kürzlich veröffentlichtes <br/>
Buch "SONGS OF BLEEDING“ zu begleiten. Das Tonband enthielt mehrere Lieder des <br/>
Caney-Kreises, darunter diesen Gesang an Atabey sowie einige Lieder aus anderen <br/>
Traditionen, die für das Thema des Buches relevant waren, nämlich die Spiritualität<br/>
indigener Frauen aus verschiedenen Ureinwohnerstämmen. Spider nannte mich eindeutig <br/>
den Autor des Songs und markierte das Band auch deutlich mit dem <br/>
bekannten (c) Copyright-Symbol des kleinen "c", umgeben von einem Kreis und begleitet <br/>
von der Jahreszahl 1992. Spiders Band wurde unterder vermarktet Namen des Buches <br/>
"SONGS OF BLEEDING" und wurde zusammen mit dem Buch international verkauft.<br/>
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<pre class="tw-data-text tw-text-large tw-ta" id="tw-target-text" dir="ltr"><span class="Y2IQFc" lang="de" xml:lang="de">deutscher Kindermusik-Promoter Pit Budde Spiders Band, als er Kanada besuchte, <br/>und er mochte unseren Atabey-Song. Pit Budde verstand, dass das Lied Mutter Erde <br/>
gewidmet war, obwohl ein Großteil der Texte in der Taino-Sprache verfasst war, also <br/>
komponierte er eine Reihe deutscher Texte "Fur Die Erde Singen Wir“ <br/>
und veröffentlichte das Lied dann in seinem Land sowohl auf Deutsch als auch in den<br/>
Originaltexten der Taino-Sprache, die ich 1982 erstellt hatte. Er nannte seine Version <br/>
des Liedes "TAINO TEE", wobei er die ersten beiden Wörter des Liedes verwendete. <br/>
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<pre class="tw-data-text tw-text-large tw-ta" id="tw-target-text" dir="ltr"><span class="Y2IQFc" lang="de" xml:lang="de"> Herr Budde hat erklärt, als er dieses Lied 1998 auf seiner CD veröffentlichte, war</span></pre>
<pre class="tw-data-text tw-text-large tw-ta" dir="ltr"><span class="Y2IQFc" lang="de" xml:lang="de"> ihm nicht bewusst, dass es von mir komponiert wurde und dass ich das Urheberrecht an <br/>der Melodie und den Texten in Taino-Sprache besitze. Er hat erklärt, dass er dachte, <br/>
dieses Lied sei ein alter traditioneller Arawak-Taino-Indianergesang und daher gemeinfrei. <br/>
Deshalb hat er uns nicht um Erlaubnis gebeten, unseren Song zu kopieren und öffentlich <br/>
zu veröffentlichen, und wir hatten keine Ahnung, dass er das getan hatte. Das Lied war <br/>
ein Hit! Es wurde jahrelang von tausenden deutschen Kindern und sogar Kindern anderer<br/>
europäischer Länder gesungen. Er hat in den 1990er Jahren und sogar bis ins 21. <br/>
Jahrhundert viele Kassetten und CDs mit unserem Song verkauft, und wir hatten keine <br/>
Ahnung, dass irgendetwas davon passierte!<br/>
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</span><span class="Y2IQFc" lang="de" xml:lang="de">Dies ist ein Screenshot der Online-Werbung für das CD-Album Fligende Feder <br/>
von Pit Buddes Kindermusikband Karibuni-Weltmusic Fur Kinder, die unseren Song <br/>
unter dem Namen "Taino Tee" enthielt, wie im eingekreisten Bild oben zu sehen ist. <br/>
Dieser Künstler hat unseren Song auf YouTube und auch auf Tik Tok beworben.<br/>
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<pre class="tw-data-text tw-text-large tw-ta" id="tw-target-text" dir="ltr"><span class="Y2IQFc" lang="de" xml:lang="de">Dies ist Pit Budde mit seinen Mitarbeitern, die unser Lied öffentlich als Teil des <br/>Kindermusicals KARIBUNI WELTMUSIK FUR KINDER aufführen Dies sind Screenshots <br/>
der offiziellen Auflistung unseres Songs auf der Karibuni-Website:<br/>
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Schneller Vorlauf ins Jahr 2013... als ich eines Tages im Internet surfte, entdeckte <br/>
ich auf Youtube ein Video, das von einem anderen Deutschen, Klaus Stezenbach, <br/>
hochgeladen wurde, der sich ebenfalls für Kindermusik interessierte. Er hatte eine <br/>
Zusammenstellung von drei Liedern der amerikanischen Ureinwohner veröffentlicht, <br/>
die unseren Gesang an Atabey enthielten. Das Video ist äußerst professionell und <br/>
der Song wird wunderschön von einer schottischen Sängerin interpretiert. Ich war sehr <br/>
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<pre class="tw-data-text tw-text-large tw-ta" dir="ltr"><span class="Y2IQFc" lang="de" xml:lang="de">überrascht und fing an, Herrn Stezenbach auf sehr respektvolle Weise zu erreichen, <br/>versuchte, mich nach der Geschichte seiner Entsendung zu erkundigen und ihm <br/>
mitzuteilen, dass dies unser Lied sei, das habe ich drei Jahre lang getan. Ich habe nie <br/>
eine Antwort von ihm bekommen. Irgendwann wurde mir klar, dass Stezenbach <br/>
Pit Budde für den Song verantwortlich gemacht hatte. Ich wandte mich an Pit Budde <br/>
und er war äußerst freundlich in seiner Antwort und bot an, alle öffentlichen und <br/>
Online-Ausstellungen des Songs zu ändern, um mir und dem Caney Circle Anerkennung<br/>
dafür zu geben. Später wurde mir klar, dass die Pit Budde-Version des Liedes in <br/>
Deutschland so erfolgreich war, dass es viele Videos auf YouTube gab, die verschiedene<br/>
Interpretationen unseres Liedes präsentierten, einige davon zeigten eine Menge Kinder, <br/>
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<pre class="tw-data-text tw-text-large tw-ta" dir="ltr"><span class="Y2IQFc" lang="de" xml:lang="de">die es sowohl auf Deutsch als auch auf Taino und sogar auf Taino sangen als "Indianer" <br/>verkleidet dazu tanzen. Keiner dieser Leute, die unseren Song auf Yutube gepostet haben,<br/>
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<pre class="tw-data-text tw-text-large tw-ta" dir="ltr"><span class="Y2IQFc" lang="de" xml:lang="de"> hat uns das jemals zugetraut. Einige von ihnen schrieben nur Pit Budde zu und einige von</span></pre>
<pre class="tw-data-text tw-text-large tw-ta" id="tw-target-text" dir="ltr"><span class="Y2IQFc" lang="de" xml:lang="de"> ihnen verdienten Geld mit der Verwendung des Songs.<br/><br/><br/><a href="https://rhoenklub-eichenzell.de/indianerwanderung-im-turmwald/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://rhoenklub-eichenzell.de/indianerwanderung-im-turmwald/</a><br/></span></pre>
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<br/> <br/> Hier ist ein neueres Video, das von einem anderen Europäer gepostet wurde. <br/> <a href="https://youtube.com/shorts/viUof0RBxb8?feature=share" target="_blank" rel="noopener">VERKNÜPFUNG</a> <br/> <br/> Es gibt eine deutsche Kindersendung <a href="https://kindergarten-ideen.de/natur-pur/elemente-kindergarten-themen/erde-ton-und-lehm/taino-tee-fuer-die-erde-singen-wir/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kindergarten-Ideen</a>, die unser<br/> Lied verwendet. Es gibt sogar eine <a href="https://www.nmsrohrbach.at/index.php?id=aktuellesdetails&tx_news_pi1%5Bnews%5D=605&tx_news_pi1%5Bcontroller%5D=News&tx_news_pi1%5Baction%5D=detail&cHash=69b5bd01e1574442c9c87ec7c85cab78" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Grundschule in Österreich</a>, die unser Lied unseres <br/> Liedes verwendet und eine Youtube-Interpretation davon gepostet hat. <br/> <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Sk8OIDteNb8?wmode=opaque" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe>
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<pre class="tw-data-text tw-text-large tw-ta" dir="ltr"><span class="Y2IQFc" lang="de" xml:lang="de">Im Allgemeinen habe ich keine dieser Verwendungen des Caney Circle <br/>Atabey-Liedes als anstößig empfunden, da viele unschuldige Personen sind,<br/>
insbesondere Kinder, die sich im Wesentlichen an der Heiligkeit des Liedes erfreuen. <br/>
Ich sehe ehrlich gesagt keinen Schaden durch diese verschiedenen Videos, obwohl das <br/>
Lied vollen Urheberrechtsschutz nach US-Recht genießt.<br/>
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<pre class="tw-data-text tw-text-large tw-ta" dir="ltr"><span class="Y2IQFc" lang="de" xml:lang="de">Ich pflegte weiterhin einen fortwährenden herzlichen Austausch mit Pit Budde<br/>in der Hoffnung, die Veränderungen zu sehen, die er mir versprochen hatte. <br/>
Ich bewundere sehr die Arbeit, die Herr Budde und sein Ensemble Karibuni für <br/>
rassische und soziale Gerechtigkeit auf der ganzen Welt geleistet haben. Ich war <br/>
fest davon überzeugt, dass er uns irgendwann auf seiner Website Anerkennung<br/>
für unseren Song geben würde, genau wie er es bei Jim Peppers Wichi Tai Tai, <br/>
bei David Campbells No, Not Columbus und bei Lindbergh Naminghas Grand Entry <br/>
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<pre class="tw-data-text tw-text-large tw-ta" dir="ltr"><span class="Y2IQFc" lang="de" xml:lang="de">getan hat. Im Februar 2021 hat Herr Budde unser Lied schließlich in die <br/>G.E.M.A. Geben Sie mir die Urheberschaft des Liedes:<br/>
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<pre class="tw-data-text tw-text-large tw-ta" id="tw-target-text" dir="ltr"><span class="Y2IQFc" lang="de" xml:lang="de">Jeder kann auf diese Informationen zugreifen, indem er sich bei der <br/><a href="https://online.gema.de/werke/search.faces?lang=en" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Repertoire-Suchseite der GEMA</a> online anmeldet und die Wörter "TainoTee“ in <br/>
das Suchfenster eingibt. Wir danken und loben Herrn Budde für seine Ehrlichkeit <br/>
und wir loben und segnen die wunderbare Arbeit, die er und Josephine Kromfli vom <br/>
Esemble Karibuni in all den Jahren in Deutschland geleistet haben. Im November 2021 <br/>
habe ich meinen Song, der dem Geist der Taino-Mutter Erde, Atabey, gewidmet ist, als <br/>
Teil eines neuen Albums mit indigener Musik der Taino mit dem Titel<br/>
<a href="https://music.amazon.com/albums/B09LK4YJ37?trackAsin=B09LJSNDD1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">SONGS FROM THE STONE HOOP</a> erneut veröffentlicht <br/>
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<pre class="tw-data-text tw-text-large tw-ta" id="tw-target-text" dir="ltr"><span class="Y2IQFc" lang="de" xml:lang="de"><a href="https://youtu.be/0cyqYY0waMc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Youtube-Zugriff auf die Songs dieser CD</a>.<br/><br/>
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<p>Archaeologists excavating ancient Indigenous sites in the Caribbean region have long wondered what was the meaning and purpose of the enigmatic "stone collars" that have been discovered at several places in the region. These are highly polished sculpted stone objects shaped like oval hoops.</p>
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<p>The use of digging sticks for the cultivation of the…</p>
<p>Archaeologists excavating ancient Indigenous sites in the Caribbean region have long wondered what was the meaning and purpose of the enigmatic "stone collars" that have been discovered at several places in the region. These are highly polished sculpted stone objects shaped like oval hoops.</p>
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<p>The use of digging sticks for the cultivation of the soil is a widespread custom among native peoples all over South America. There is evidence that many tribes who engaged in the agriculture of tuber roots such as the potato of the Andean Incas and the yuca of the Amazonian Arawaks utilized digging sticks with foot rests that allowed greater force to be applied to the tool via the use of the leg muscles.</p>
<p>We believe that the ancestors of the Taino used two kinds of digging sticks, one with a foot rest and the other without. Today only the digging stick without the foot rest survives in the peasant farmlands of Cuba and still goes by the ancient Taino name of “coa”. However, modern Andean farmers still use the foot rest type of digging stick in the highlands of Peru.</p>
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<p>Drawings of Inca farmers using “foot-rest” type of digging sticks in the fields of ancient Peru.</p>
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<p>modern-day Andean farmers using the foot-rest digging-stick, sometimes referred to as a "foot-plow"</p>
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<p>Primitive coas were easily crafted out of wood by the Tainos quite early in their history. A wooden coa of the “foot-rest” variety could be conceivably fashioned out of a long straight branch of a hardwood tree. A lower branch of this limb could be shaped into the foot rest and the portion that originaly attached to the main trunk of the tree could have been pointed and fire-hardened as the digging end.</p>
<p>The Taino inclination for decoration very probably prompted the carving of the area closest to the digging point where the thickened crook of the branch remained.</p>
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<p>It is evident that the end of the “foot-rest” was decorated with the image of a snakes head. The Tainos associated farming with the fertility of the Mother Spirit Ata Bey and she appears to have been associated with this reptile.</p>
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<p>The archelogical author Eugenio Fernadez Mendez (Fernandez-Mendez 1972) maintained that the Tainos associated the Taino Mother spirit (whom he identified as Ata Bey and Gua ban Ce) with the image of the snake. He also maintained that the so-called “stone collars” were actually representations of the maternal snake spirit, an allegorical “serpent” as a result of the similarity in shape and form. The coa also was such a sacred serpent which allowed to peek into the inner reaches of the Mother Spirit’s womb every time the Taino farmer pushed his or her foot down on the foot-rest and the coa was buried into the soil. The coa was used as a kind of messenger to the inner Earth Mother to plea to her on behalf of the farmer for good crops.</p>
<p>The Tainos, no doubt, found a way to ritualize the long snake-like shape of the coa further by taking ceremonial, non-utilitarian wooden coas and soaking them until it was possible to start bending them. This action allowed the Tainos to make the shape of the agricultural instrument more “snake-like” by turning it into an image of a coiled serpent. The end of the long pole was then tied to the foot-rest to create the characteristic ovoid shape that is familiar to anyone who has seen the famous Antillean “stone collars”.</p>
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<p>As they often did, the Tainos adapted this wooden image to their other favorite art medium, stone. Obviously the stone pieces are the ones that most easily survived the ravages of time and Spanish Inquisitonal destruction.</p>
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<p><a href="https://caneycircle.files.wordpress.com/2015/09/ballgame_collar.jpg" class="no-line"><img class="size-full wp-image-35 alignright" src="https://caneycircle.files.wordpress.com/2015/09/ballgame_collar.jpg?w=739" alt="ballgame_collar"/></a>The ritual oval-shaped coa-hoop not only represents the coiled sacred serpent but also the pear-shaped outline of a human uterus. It is the image of Ata Bey’s all-creative womb and the reflection of the circle created by the 28-day menstrual cycle. It is the imagery that comes to mind when one thinks of the moon “Karaya” and its allegorical link between the human woman and the Divine woman.</p>
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<p>A number of scholars have suggested that the ancient Tainos used the stone hoops as a kind of ceremonial support for the equally famous three-pointed stone carvings known popularly as "three-point cemi". They conjecture that the three-pointers were actually tied to the stone hoops with twine or cords either inside or outside the hoop.</p>
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<p>This photo depicts an actual ancient stone hoop that is part of the collection at the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian. As you can see, the curators at the museum maintain a three-point cemi tied to the hoop to represent what we now know of the ancient Taino tradition surrounding these two objects.</p>
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<p>We in the Caney Circle have arrived at the conclusion that this assessment is correct. The ancient Taino did, in fact, tie three point cemi sculptures to the stone hoops. The reason they did this is because this tying ritual represents the ceremonial attachment of one entity with the other. Some of the three point cemies actually represent Yokahu, the Lord of the Life Force in a "dead" or "dormant" manifestation, his bare ribs and spinal vertebrae showing and his decapitated head resting between his arms. </p>
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<p>We believe this graphic representation of the Life Spirit as a dead entity is purposely designed to indicate the fact that our ancestors understood this spiritual character to have a life cycle just like any other living thing especially food crop plants. Within that life cycle he is born each Spring, he rises to full maturity in the Summer, then wanes, grows aged and dies at harvest time in the Fall season when the mature crop plants are pulled out of the ground and killed. Yokahu is a spiritual entity that represents living things especially plants. His name is derived from the name of the most important crop plant of the ancient Tainos, the yuca plant, Yuca-hu, Yokahu. </p>
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<p>We maintain that the tradition also included the belief that the soul of the dead Yokahu traveled down into the primordial underworld back to the womb of his mother Atabey during the Autumn season, where it would be re-attached to the mystical uterus of the Earth Mother on the first day of Winter in December and then gestate there for three months until it could be born again at Spring Equinox on March 21st. </p>
<p>The act of re-attachment that took place between the soul of the dead Yokahu and the divine uterus in December at Winter Solstice was ceremonially re-enacted by our ancestors by tying the three-point cemi sculpture that represented the dormant Life spirit's soul to the oval-shaped stone hoop that represented the womb of his mother. We in the Caney Circle now have re-ignited that tradition by actually tying a three point cemi sculpture that represents Yokahu's soul to an oval-shaped hoop that represents his mother's womb every Winter Solstice just as our ancestors did. This moment symbolizes the defeat of death and despair itself. </p>
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<p>After allowing these two objects to remain tied to each other for three months we then feature them again in another ceremony on the day of Spring Equinox in March. On that day we untie the two sacred objects and separate them, symbolizing the re-birth of Yokahu when the divinity is separated from his mother's womb.</p>
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<p>This is how we represent the victorious return of the Lord of Life back to the realm of the living. This is not just the victory of the spirit of Life and hope after he defeats death and despair on the day of Spring Equinox, it is also a victory for his mother, whose power of creation allows her to provide the gift of Life to the world from her own womb. It is a profound symbol of her generosity as she provides the world with yet another year of food sustenance. </p>
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<p></p>Taino Caney Circle Winter Solstice Miami, Florida 2022tag:indigenouscaribbean.ning.com,2022-12-19:2030313:BlogPost:2377542022-12-19T20:00:00.000ZMiguel Sague Jrhttp://indigenouscaribbean.ning.com/profile/MiguelSobaokoKoromosague
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<p>We celebrated Taino CANEY CIRCLE Winter Solstice Ceremony at Women's Park in Miami Florida on Sunday Dec 18 2022.</p>
<p>We were joined by a wonderful group of Tainos and non-Taino allies who enthusiastically participated in the celebration of the return of the spirit of the dormant YokaHu back to the womb of his mother Atabey after his death at…</p>
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<p>We celebrated Taino CANEY CIRCLE Winter Solstice Ceremony at Women's Park in Miami Florida on Sunday Dec 18 2022.</p>
<p>We were joined by a wonderful group of Tainos and non-Taino allies who enthusiastically participated in the celebration of the return of the spirit of the dormant YokaHu back to the womb of his mother Atabey after his death at Autumn Equinox.</p>
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<p>Our brother Chris Castillo, who is currently training to be a behike of the Caney Circle joined us from his home in central Florida and brought his son Jace with him. </p>
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<p>The ceremony followed the typical process of the CANEY CIRCLE Winter Solstice Ceremony starting with songs and prayers as well as the invocation of the four cardinal directions and the ritual smoking of tobacco. </p>
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<p>Then we moved on to the separation of the men so that they can perform the Radiant Sun Dance. Chris' son Jace was chosen to represent Yokahu as the Solar Lord. The men stood in a circle around him holding on to the cords to represent the rays of the sun. Then when the men began to dance around him he became entangled in the cords to represent the bonds of challenge that can face any living thing. After being wrapped in those bonds, a woman chosen to represent the creative female energy inherent in all living things came and helped to free him representing the fact that we must all appeal to the female creative, imaginative aspect of our inner essence to achieve freedom from the entangling energies that we encounter throughout our lives.</p>
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<p>After the man representing Yokahu is liberated, all the men process towards the place where the women are and after creating a circle around them the men bless the women by painting their faces with biha (achiote).</p>
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<p>After the anointing of faces, the man performing the role of Yokahu, the lord of Life and Hope, squares off with the man representing Guakar the Lord of challenges and trials of life.</p>
<p>Guakar dances holding the palm-frond effigy of his totem animal, the shark and a manaya hatchet representing challenge and transformation. Yokahu dances armed with a bow and arrow.</p>
<p> The dance is a battle between challenge and hope. Hope wins when Yokahu at last shoots an arrow into the body of the shark.</p>
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<p>Even as he overcomes the challenges of life Yokahu also overcomes Death itself when we perform the ritual of re-conception. The woman that represents Atabey holds the coa hoop, whose ovoid. pear-shaped profile is a metaphor for a divine womb. The man that represents Yokahu holds a three-pointed cemi that depicts Yokahu in a dead (dormant) manifestation. They bring these two objects together and the behike ties them securely to each other, thereby returning Yokahu to the uterus of his mother Atabey, where he will gestate for three months only to be reborn at Spring Equinox in March.</p>
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<p>It was such a blessing for me to experience the privilege of spending this sacred time with all of these beautiful people, who came from all over the Miami region to share magic time with me and each other.</p>
<p>Han Han Katu</p>
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<p></p>Taino Caney Circle Winter Solstice Deltona, Florida 2022tag:indigenouscaribbean.ning.com,2022-12-17:2030313:BlogPost:2376692022-12-17T07:00:00.000ZMiguel Sague Jrhttp://indigenouscaribbean.ning.com/profile/MiguelSobaokoKoromosague
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<p>On Friday December 16 2022 we…</p>
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<p>On Friday December 16 2022 we gathered at the home of our Boricua relatives Robert and Myra Rosa in Deltona Florida with members of the Taino community in that city to celebrate this year's Taino Winter Solstice Ceremony. It was a pleasure to share ceremonial space with Chris Castillo, who is training to take responsibility of the Caney Circle behike position in that community.</p>
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<p>We were overwhelmed by the hospitality and generosity of our hosts, Robert and Myra.</p>
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<p>My nephew Santi assumed the responsibility of the role of Yokahu the solar Yuca-plant spirit. </p>
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<p>First he stood in his role as sun spirit during the Radiant Sun dance</p>
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<p>After that the men processed to where the women were and performed the face-anointing ritual, blessing the women with bija paint (achiote). </p>
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<p>After the Radiant Sun Dance we men processed back to where the women were so that we could impart the blessing of the ceremony on them by anointing their faces with bija paint (achiote)</p>
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<p>The Shark Dance took place afterward</p>
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<p>Finally we brought the three-point cemi image that represents the soul of Yokahu who died at Fall Equinox in September back to the womb of his mother Atabey so that he can be reconceived again and be born in the Spring. We accomplish this by <a href="https://indigenouscaribbean.ning.com/profiles/blogs/tying-the-knot-the-tradition" target="_blank" rel="noopener">tying the three-point cemi to the uterus-shaped oval of the Coa Hoop</a>.</p>
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<p>Once Yokahu's soul had been connected to the womb of Atabey we knew that it would gestate there in the form of a divine fetus until March of next year at Spring Equinox. At that time he will again emerge triumphant from the divine womb and be born to start the sacred annual cycle of life all over again.</p>
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<p></p>Dec 2022 Pittsburgh Taino Indigenous Full Moon and Winter Solsticetag:indigenouscaribbean.ning.com,2022-12-12:2030313:BlogPost:2374372022-12-12T05:37:05.000ZMiguel Sague Jrhttp://indigenouscaribbean.ning.com/profile/MiguelSobaokoKoromosague
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<p>Here in Pittsburgh we gathered on Sunday December 11 to celebrate the Taino Winter Solstice Ceremony at the Council of Three Rivers American Indian Center. …</p>
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<p>Here in Pittsburgh we gathered on Sunday December 11 to celebrate the Taino Winter Solstice Ceremony at the Council of Three Rivers American Indian Center. </p>
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<p></p>CANEY CIRCLE FULL MOON AND DAY OF THE DEAD CEREMONY PITTSBURGHtag:indigenouscaribbean.ning.com,2022-11-07:2030313:BlogPost:2367732022-11-07T04:00:00.000ZMiguel Sague Jrhttp://indigenouscaribbean.ning.com/profile/MiguelSobaokoKoromosague
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<p><span>Our Full Moon Ceremony was graced by the participation of Aymara Indigenous Pitt graduate student Jennifer Ponce Cori from Peru to light the torches of the full moon's double glow.</span></p>
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<p><span>After the Full Moon Ceremony we proceeded to the Day Of The Ancestors ceremony. </span></p>
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<p></p>TAINOS ARTE Y SOCIEDAD (archibo PDF libro)tag:indigenouscaribbean.ning.com,2022-10-29:2030313:BlogPost:2366662022-10-29T23:30:25.000ZMiguel Sague Jrhttp://indigenouscaribbean.ning.com/profile/MiguelSobaokoKoromosague
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<p>A cross-country effort to bring attention to the injustice that has been imposed on a Native American leader since the 1970's was brought to Pittsburgh this past Friday.</p>
<p><span> On October 10 Stephanie Hedgecoke …<span class="vcard author"><a class="fn" href="https://www.workers.org/author/stephanie-hedgecoke/"></a></span></span></p>
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<p>A cross-country effort to bring attention to the injustice that has been imposed on a Native American leader since the 1970's was brought to Pittsburgh this past Friday.</p>
<p><span> On October 10 Stephanie Hedgecoke <span class="vcard author"><a class="fn" href="https://www.workers.org/author/stephanie-hedgecoke/"></a></span><a href="https://www.workers.org/2022/10/67128/#:~:text=Longtime%20political%20prisoner%20Leonard%20Peltier's,The%20LA%20Sentinel%20reported%20Aug." target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> on the online site Worker's World "Longtime political prisoner Leonard Peltier's 'Walk to Justice' has marched 500 miles in four weeks, as of Indigenous Peoples Day Oct. 10, in a 2½-month demonstration, putting pressure on President Joe Biden to grant executive clemency and release Peltier after 46 years in prison."</span></p>
<p><span>The walkers expect to arrive in Washington DC in early November. </span></p>
<p><span>On October 28 the caravan reached Pittsburgh, PA.</span></p>
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<p><span>An outdoor gathering was convened at Schenley Plaza in the Oakland neighborhood of the city.</span></p>
<p><span>The walk is a multi-month prayer sponsored by the <a href="https://www.workers.org/2022/10/67128/#:~:text=Longtime%20political%20prisoner%20Leonard%20Peltier's,The%20LA%20Sentinel%20reported%20Aug." target="_blank" rel="noopener">AMERICAN INDIAN MOVEMENT</a>. </span></p>
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<p><span>The AIM representative in Pittsburgh, Dereck Schuck organized the local activities here.</span></p>
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<p>There were a number of members of our local Council Of Three Rivers American Indian Center present at the event. A <a href="https://youtube.com/shorts/WAeG5gUKc5o?feature=share" target="_blank" rel="noopener">powerful offering of songs</a> was offered by Native singers at the sacred drum which included our own Michael Simms, son of Indian Center excecutive director, Russell Simms and organizer of our annual pow wow.</p>
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<p></p>Corral De Los Indiostag:indigenouscaribbean.ning.com,2022-10-28:2030313:BlogPost:2367562022-10-28T15:30:00.000ZMiguel Sague Jrhttp://indigenouscaribbean.ning.com/profile/MiguelSobaokoKoromosague
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<p>to access a pdf file on the research at los Buchillones Taino archaeological site in Cuba by Dr Pendergast and Dr…</p>
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<p>to access a pdf file on the research at los Buchillones Taino archaeological site in Cuba by Dr Pendergast and Dr Calvera</p>Turkeys in the Caribbeantag:indigenouscaribbean.ning.com,2022-10-13:2030313:BlogPost:2364522022-10-13T17:30:00.000ZMiguel Sague Jrhttp://indigenouscaribbean.ning.com/profile/MiguelSobaokoKoromosague
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<p>The issue has been raised to us in the CANEY INDIGENOUS SPIRITUAL CIRCLE that why do we honor turkeys as sacred beings in our spiritual tradition, even considering this bird as the totem animal of one of the four directions, since turkeys are not native to the Caribbean islands. It is a valid question because we…</p>
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<p>The issue has been raised to us in the CANEY INDIGENOUS SPIRITUAL CIRCLE that why do we honor turkeys as sacred beings in our spiritual tradition, even considering this bird as the totem animal of one of the four directions, since turkeys are not native to the Caribbean islands. It is a valid question because we generally avoid mentioning mainland animals in our Caney Circle tradition such as eagles, bears and wolves, all of which are extremely meaninful to our North American Native relatives but are not evident in traditional Taino island culture. Our response to these commentaries is that, although turkeys, like wolves and bears, are not native to the Caribbean islands, there is evidence and reason to believe that the ancient Tainos knew of the existence of turkeys and understood the significance of this sacred bird in the spiritual realm.</p>
<p>The fact is that the ancient Taino were descended from mainland people and had brought with them to the Caribbean region the knowledge and appreciation of living creatures that were native to the mainland regions from which they came but did not exist in their new island homes. There have been several studies carried by a number of important researchers such as <a href="https://indigenouscaribbean.ning.com/profiles/blogs/jaguars-in-the-caribbean" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Dr Yvonne Narganes-Stordes of Boriken (Puerto Rico)</a> that prove the existence of a veneration by ancient Arawakan Caribbean people of non-island animals such as jaguars. This research includes the discovery of jaguar teeth and the parts of other South American mainland animals that never have existed in our Caribbean islands. Jaguar-tooth pendants incised with Taino patterns prove that at some point in the development of Taino spirituality jaguars were important.</p>
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<p>By the same token, more recent research has come to light demonstrating the presence of <a href="https://indigenouscaribbean.ning.com/profiles/blogs/evidence-of-ancient-taino-importing-deer-into-the-caribbean" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Taino pattern incised deer bones in Taino archeological settings</a>, proving that our island ancestors were perfectly capable of acquiring the parts of animals that were not native to their Caribbean homeland through canoe travel trade with South American Natives and with the Mayas of Central Anerica. One example of this is the discovery of Mexican white-tailed deer jaw bones incised with Taino patterns.</p>
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<p>The historic-era Taino maintained a lively trade and goods-exchange with the Classic-era Maya people and their descendants. The Mayas always domesticated turkeys. There are only two existing species of turkeys in the world. Both of them are native to mainland America. The most well-known species is the common <a href="https://www.britannica.com/animal/turkey-bird#ref100268" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Northern Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo</a>) that we all know about and is abundant here in North America and Mexico.</p>
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<p>The other one is a much more extravagantly colored iridescent-feathered blue, green and orange creature that is native to the southern regions of Central America, in Guatemala and Yucatan, the <a href="https://blog.nature.org/science/2013/11/25/meet-the-ocellated-turkey/#:~:text=Found%20only%20on%20the%20Yucatan,to%20the%20American%20wild%20turkey." target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ocellated Turkey (Meleagris Ocellata)</a>.</p>
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<p>Although the colorful ocellated turkeys grew wild all around them the ancient Maya never managed to domesticate them so the only parts of these birds that the Maya could ever get their hands on would have to be hunted in the wild. On the other hand the more drab colored common northern wild turkeys had been domesticated by northern Mexican Natives and the Mayas were able to acquire them through trade. So the Maya were able to keep domesticated common northern turkeys. They then could easily trade either live or butchered domesticated northern turkeys with the Taino. In any case I am convinced that the ancient Taino managed to get their hands on turkeys. There is a word for turkey that has survived in some islands of the Caribbean region. That word is <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/guanajo" target="_blank" rel="noopener">"guanajo"</a> (guah-nah-hoh). This word is ascribed to the Arhuaco tribal language of South America. The Arhuaco language is a member of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arhuaco_language" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Chibchan language family</a>, a language family that has been distantly associated with the <a href="https://www.britannica.com/topic/South-American-Indian-languages/Macro-Chibchan" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Carib-related</a> Choco language. Of course the Caribs are one of the prominent nations in the Caribbean and are the people from whom the region got its name. The Chibchan language family has also been associated with the <a href="https://www.britannica.com/topic/South-American-Indian-languages/Macro-Chibchan" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Warao tribal language of Venezuela</a>, which some sources suggest provided the Taino language with words such as "duho". It is also suggested that the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warao_language" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Guanahatabey language</a> of western Cuba may have Warao influence. I personally grew up with this word in Cuba. It was the word commonly used for "turkey" in the country where I was born. </p>
<p>The Boricua researcher Eugenio Fernandez Mendez used the term"guanajo" in reference to the turkey as an important totem bird within Taino spirituality in his 1972 book <a href="https://www.google.com/books/edition/Art_and_Mythology_of_the_Taino_Indians_o/Jz9kGwAACAAJ?hl=en" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ART AND MYTHOLOGY OF THE TAINO INDIANS OF THE GREATER WEST INDIES</a>. In page 75 of his book Fernandez Mendez suggests that the ancient Taino associated four sacred birds with the four distinct positions that the sun assumes in the sky throughout the four seasons of the year, Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter. These four birds were the turkey, the owl, the hummingbird and the red tailed hawk. Fernandez Mendez identifies the last of these four birds as an "eagle" but then he uses the Taino term "guaraguao" as its name. This confirms that the bird is not, in fact, an eagle since the word "guaraguao" is the Taino word for red tailed hawk.</p>
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<p>He included a list of photos in the form of image plates that show Taino sculptures of four birds.</p>
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<p>In the list of photos he includes a carved stone three-point cemi sculpture discovered i Boriken (Puerto Rico) and credited to the research of the U.S.A. researcher Jesse Walter Fewkes, that obviously represents the head of a turkey complete with the fleshy protuberances above its head and beak that are distinctive of these birds. </p>
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<p>As I mentioned earlier, Fernandez Mendez refers to the turkey using the term "guanajo".</p>
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<p>We in the CANEY INDIGENOUS SPIRITUAL CIRCLE accept the association of the four birds that Fernandez Mendez mentions in his book with the four positions in the sky that the sun assumes during the four seasons of the year. We also recognize a connection between these four seasonal sky positions and the four cardinal directions of North South East and West. The concept of the number four, four directions, four seasons, four sides of a rectangle, as an important general element of Taino culture is suggested by the researcher Sebastian Robiou Lamarche in in his book <a href="https://books.google.com/books/about/Encuentro_con_la_mitolog%C3%ADa_ta%C3%ADna.html?id=QoVqAAAAMAAJ" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ENCUENTRO CON LA MITOLOGIA TAINA</a> page 64 when he writes about the four legendary quadruplets, Deminan and his three brothers.</p>
<p>We, therefore associate these birds with the four directions of the Medicine Wheel as well as with the four seasons.</p>
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<p>In our understanding of these concepts, informed as they are by the research of prominent researchers and by the spiritual counsel of our Taino ancestors, we know that our forbears did in fact recognize four sacred birds in their spiritual tradition, and that these birds did, in fact represent the four distinct positions of the sun in the sky throughout the year and also the four directions of the Medicine Wheel. One of those four birds was GUANAJO, the turkey.</p>
<p></p>iIndigenous Peoples Day Philadelphia, PAtag:indigenouscaribbean.ning.com,2022-10-11:2030313:BlogPost:2358952022-10-11T09:30:00.000ZMiguel Sague Jrhttp://indigenouscaribbean.ning.com/profile/MiguelSobaokoKoromosague
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<p>On Monday, October 10, 2022 I had the honor of participating as an invited guest speaker at the sixth annual celebration of INDIGENOUS PEOPLE'S DAY on the grounds of PennTreaty Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.…</p>
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<p>On Monday, October 10, 2022 I had the honor of participating as an invited guest speaker at the sixth annual celebration of INDIGENOUS PEOPLE'S DAY on the grounds of PennTreaty Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.</p>
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<p>I had the opportunity to represent our Native Caribbean community the UNITED CONFEDERATION OF TAINO PEOPLES as an official ambassador of the Confederation as well as our Pittsburgh Native community, the COUNCIL OF THREE RIVERS AMERICAN INDIAN CENTER and our sacred community the CANEY INDIGENOUS SPIRITUAL CIRCLE </p>
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<p>The event was a potent demonstration of the power of determination and collaboration personified in one of the leaders and organizers of IPD Philly, the Chilean Indigenous woman Mabel Negrete.</p>
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<p>The event attracted a huge crowd of people from all over a city that has officially replaced Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples' Day. Everybody had a wonderful time on a gorgeous Monday afternoon.</p>
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<p>There were performances by talented Indigenous artists representing local Native Nations such as the Lenape (Delaware) and many other tribes from all over the North American, Central American and South American continents.</p>
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<p>The vendors' booths and displays represented Indigenous people from everywhere in the Americas.</p>
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<p>Yaya Guaturey the Creation Spirit was with us yesterday at Penn Treaty Park represented by both Atabey the Earth and Water Mother and Yokahu the Sky Father of Life and Energy.</p>
<p></p>Pittsburgh PA Pow Wow September 2022tag:indigenouscaribbean.ning.com,2022-09-25:2030313:BlogPost:2360792022-09-25T19:03:43.000ZMiguel Sague Jrhttp://indigenouscaribbean.ning.com/profile/MiguelSobaokoKoromosague
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">This weekend September 24 and 25 2022, we here at the <a href="https://www.cotraic.org/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Council of Three Rivers American Indian Center </a>are celebrating our 43rd annual pow wow at our Singing Winds site in the Dorseyville community north of Pittsburgh…</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">This weekend September 24 and 25 2022, we here at the <a href="https://www.cotraic.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Council of Three Rivers American Indian Center </a>are celebrating our 43rd annual pow wow at our Singing Winds site in the Dorseyville community north of Pittsburgh PA.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">For the first time since I joined the Indian Center here I had the honor of dancing the official flag of the UNITED CONFEDERATION OF TAINO PEOPLE into the arena at Grand Entry. It was such a thrill to represent my Taino people.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">And to see our Taino flag flying there along side the Indian Center flag and all the other flags and staffs.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">As she does every year Leni volunteered both days in the kitchen making fry bread. That girl is a trooper!</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Lots of powerful dancing and good times this weekend here in Pittsburgh</span></p>
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<p></p>Sacred Totem Pole arrives in Pittsburghtag:indigenouscaribbean.ning.com,2022-09-25:2030313:BlogPost:2359732022-09-25T11:00:00.000ZMiguel Sague Jrhttp://indigenouscaribbean.ning.com/profile/MiguelSobaokoKoromosague
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">On September 22 2022 Pittsburgh's <a href="https://breatheproject.org/communications/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">BREATHE PROJECT</a> hosted two events of the week-long CLEAN ENERGY JUSTICE CONVERGENCE. The events on that Thursday featured two important encounters with efforts by a Washington…</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">On September 22 2022 Pittsburgh's <a href="https://breatheproject.org/communications/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">BREATHE PROJECT</a> hosted two events of the week-long CLEAN ENERGY JUSTICE CONVERGENCE. The events on that Thursday featured two important encounters with efforts by a Washington state-based Indigenous community environmental movement called the <a href="https://www.lhaqtemish.org/the-service/house-of-tears-carvers" target="_blank" rel="noopener">HOUSE OF TEARS CARVERS</a>. This group of artisans create ancestors carvings in the tradition of the Pacific North West Coast Native American Lummi tribal culture of Washington State. These carvings are designed to focus attention on the crisis caused in the world by irresponsible fossil fuel extraction and management by the major energy companies.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">The HOUSE OF TEARS CARVERS group arrived in Pittsburgh on Wednesday September 21 and were escorted by activists associated with the Breathe Project in a caravan that led the totem pole to Schenley Plaza in the neighborhood of Oakland.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">On the following Thursday morning September 22 2022 members of the HOUSE OF TEARS CARVERS and accompanying supporters from various Native Nations made a presentation and offered a blessing that included the ancestors pole. It was my honor to attend that event in representation of the local Native community, the <a href="https://www.cotraic.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">COUNCIL OF THREE RIVERS AMERICAN INDIAN CENTER</a> and my own tribal national organization the <a href="https://www.uctp.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">UNITED CONFEDERATION OF TAINO PEOPLE.</a></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">That same evening the BREATHE PROJECT of Pittsburgh hosted a round table discussion at Phipps Conservatory and invited members of the Indigenous group who brought the pole to Pittsburgh to participate as speakers and share their experiences in the struggle against fossil fuel extractive business concerns.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">The event at Phipps also included another blessing with the ancestors totem pole.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">On the following day, Friday Sept 23 on their way out of the city the HOUSE OF TEARS CARVERS contingent drove up to the Singing Winds Site of our <a href="https://www.cotraic.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">COUNCIL OF THREE RIVERS AMERICAN INDIAN CENTER</a> in Dorseyville, Pennsylvania, just north of Pittsburgh.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">The Indian center hosted the travelers with a brunch meal inside the main building.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">After the meal, and just before leaving the Pittsburgh area, the elders of the contingent led a special prayer which included the spirit totem pole along with members of the traveling group and members of the Indian Center.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">As I stood there at the end of that group of people in front of our main Indian Center building I realized just how linked we all are from coast to coast and around the world in this great prayer to save our world within the context of traditional Indigenous values.</span></p>
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