It is with great Joy that I am able to report that on Saturday June 22 2013 we gathered to celebrate the ceremony of SUMMER SOLSTICE  on the grounds of the Youngstown Ohio Teaching Lodge of the CANEY INDIGENOUS SPIRITUAL CIRCLE, a sacred place guided by Dr Rosa Ana'O Quinones, Caney Circle behike and UCTP representative for the Ohio region.…

The paradox of Impromptu ceremonies

Or Creating rituals on the fly

Can there be an impromptu Ceremony? Hold up isn't a ceremony a traditional observance and the handing down of statements, beliefs, customs, from generation to generation a sacred…

Yurumein director/producer Andrea Leland will be discussing YURUMEIN tonight, June 20, on WHPK Chicago at 5pm Central Time. DJ Marta Nicolas will play some of the music from the YURUMEIN soundtrack and interview director/producer Andrea Leland. Music highlights include songs from Andy Palacio’s album WATINA, and Rhodel “Rhodee” Castillo’s album IN EXILE. You…

Award-winning filmmaker Andrea Leland (director of THE GARIFUNA JOURNEY) has just launched a crowdfunding campaign for her upcoming film YURUMEIN -- a documentary about the revival of Garifuna culture on the island of St. Vincent. Forced into hiding and exile by British colonial forces, Garifuna culture had been all but lost on the island of St. Vincent for the last two hundred years. While…

This is a form I use with my Beikes-in training ( IKENS) ,helping to understand what and why

Taino Ritual Worksheet

Type of Ritual:…

I was greatly honored by our Taino brother Rodney Guatushina Rivera, member of Yukayeke  Guainia and  the UNITED CONFEDERATION OF TAINO PEOPLE to be allowed to officiate the Crossing…

Takaji My Relatives

On Sunday Morning June 2 2013 I travelled to a community near the eastern end of Long Island, the home of our Taino spiritual sister Lisa Nacancuyu, a member of the Yukayeke Ma'Oconuco of Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

We all share her sorrow currently as she mourns the loss, not only of her son but also more recently of her…

Takaji Relatives

On Sunday May 26 a small group of us gathered on the grounds of the CANEY INDIGENOUS SPIRITUAL CIRCLE Verona-Penn Hills, Pennsylvania Teaching Lodge to celebrate our traditional Full Moon Ceremony. We were thrilled to again find ourselves accompanied by a number of our dear friends from the Peaceburgh Community.  

Our spiritual sister the Caney Circle beikeTenanche played a particularly important role in this month's moon ceremony by contributing a new tobacco…

Takaji My Relatives

It was a solemn honor for me to travel to New Jersey on Sunday May 19 so that I could officiate a sacred CROSSING-OVER ceremony for the hupia (soul) of Don Ramon, the father of my Taino spiritual brother Tomas Baibramael.

My friendly relations with this brother and his…

It was a pleasure to share our Taino Equinox tradition on Saturday March 23 2012 with a  group of my dear friends from the Peaceburgh community here at the CANEY INDIGENOUS SPIRITUAL CIRCLE Verona Pennsylvania Healing and…

Takaji My Relatives

It was a distinct honor for us here at the Verona, Pennsylvania Healing and Teaching Lodge of theCANEY INDIGENOUS SPIRITUAL CIRCLE to welcome Mechica (Aztec) holy woman Ana Cihuacoatl to our ceremonial center on…

LA HAMACA DE MADERA

THE WOODEN HAMMOCK

Un analisis de la forma typica de los…

Takaji (Saludos) mi familia taina y todos nuestros hermanos espirituales

Takaji (Greetings) my Taino family and all our spiritual brothers and sisters

El Sabado Diciembre 29, 2012 tuve el singuar honor de oficiar la boda de Josh Guatibiri, el hijo de nuestra queridisima hermana espiritual taina, Tai Pelli.…

Takaji My Relatives

This day Dec 22 was the first day of the NEW ERA. 

On the previous day, December 21st we celebrated the end of the old era at Miami Circle in Miami. This time we were at the home of our Taino brother Mike…

Takaji My Relatives

A group of Tainos and other friends gathered at the sacred site of the ancient Tekesta Indigenous people, relatives of our Taino ancestors in the heart of the city of Miami, Florida, this past Friday, on the Maya calendar date 4 AHAU (December 21st 2012) to celebrate the grand SHIFT OF WORLD AGES. We bid goodby to the fifth and final…

Takaji (Greetings) My Relatives

I travelled to the campus of the State University of New York in the north-western New York town of Fredonia, not far from the city where I spent the last couple of years of my childhood, Erie, PA this past Saturday, Dec 8 2012.

I had been invited there by long-time collaborator and good friend, the Caney Circle beike,…

Takaji My Relatives

It was my honor to lead Full Moon Ceremony this past Sunday November 25, 2012 at the Verona, Pensylvania teaching and healing lodge of the CANEY INDIGENOUS SPIRITUAL CIRCLE. We were blessed with the attendance of a wonderful small group of Peaceburghers including several of our dearest friends and also a few new participants. Our sister, the…

Dear All, Did some investigation on this email 

At 6:52am on September 19, 2012, Rose Grandsonsaid…

Takaji My Relatives

It was a remarkable honor for me to have been given the opportunity this past Saturday November 17 2012 of sharing the  Taino energies of our CANEY SPIRITUAL CIRCLE tradition with our Taino relatives living in the Lancaster, Pennsylvania area.

I arrived in Lancaster at around 12:00 Noon from my home in Pittsburgh and found the members…

Takaji (greetings) My Relatives

This past Monday the COUNCIL OF THREE RIVERS AMERICAN INDIAN CENTER again participated in the annual Slippery Rock University Native American diversity event.…