Elder’s Meditation of the Day May 14

“Prayer is the best answer to all of the trials that face us, because without prayer, even if we succeed in accomplishing some great goal in the eyes of men, we have failed in our sacred responsibilities, and thus we have failed in what is truly important.”

Thomas Yellowtail, CROW.

What are our sacred responsibilities? One is to be of maximum service to the Creator, and two is to serve the people. In a way, it’s like the Great Spirit is…

He estado tratando de llegar a los "líderes" de los pueblos indígenas. La idea era asegurarse de que la gente conozca la nueva moneda que puede beneficiar a la población indígena. Si no está siendo informado sobre esa nueva moneda, se quedará atrás. Esa moneda se liberará el lunes 25 que es hoy, o el martes 26. Sus líderes deberían haberles informado sobre esta nueva moneda que he estado enviando por correo electrónico y publicando aquí. Una vez que liberen la moneda, esa liberación de…

I have been trying to reach out to "leaders" of Indigenous people. The idea was to make sure the people are aware of the new currency that can benefit the Indigenous people population. If you are not being informed about that new currency, you will be left behind. That currency will be released Monday the 25th which is today, or Tuesday the 26th. Your leaders should have been making you aware of this new currency that I have been E-Mailing and posting. Once they release the currency, that…

Traducida en Español y en Inglés.

AMR es siempre increíble. La forma en que crea la canción. Suena a fiesta pero deja saber al oyente la indignación. Él está diciendo: "Nunca debemos construir monumentos para personas malvadas, los monumentos son para los héroes. En el video, AMR menciona muchas de las tragedias que él ayudó a cometer. Como:(Traficante de Esclavos)…

Traducida en Español y en Inglés.

AMR es siempre increíble. La forma en que crea la canción. Suena a fiesta pero deja saber al oyente la indignación. Él está diciendo: "Nunca debemos construir monumentos para personas malvadas, los monumentos son para los héroes. En el video, AMR menciona muchas de las tragedias que él ayudó a cometer. Como:(Traficante de Esclavos)…

Council Of Three Rivers American Indian Center

In 1998 The CARNEGIE MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania opened a new section of its public exhibit dedicated exclusively to the Indigenous people of the United States. This new exhibit is called the…

The amazingly talented and socially conscious U.S. alternative rock band PORTUGAL. THE MAN performed at the Petersen Events Center here in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania last evening. I was honored to present the Indigenous land acknowledgement…

We met on November 21 2021 at the main site of the COUNCIL OF THREE RIVERS AMERICAN INDIAN CENTER. Our…

On Saturday November 6 we celebrated the second Day of the Ancestors ceremony in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The ceremony was officiated by Pittsburgh Behike Dayvanna Caraballo Mitchell-Schreiner. She was assisted by Behike Miguel Sague Jr.

Members of the local community participated.…

  In the 1980's the United States anthropologist Dennis Tedlock completed an important piece of literary work whose creation illustrates some very important facts about real language. Tedlock's task was to take a text written in the fifteenth century version of the Quiche Maya language and translate it to English.…

On Sunday October 31 the lead Caney Circle behike of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Dayvanna Caraballo Mitchell Schreiner guided the official 2021 Taino DAY OF THE ANCESTORS ceremony on the grounds of the Council of Three Rivers American Indian Center.…

It was an honor for me to attend one of the days of Indigenous Peoples Day weekend celebration PoWow on Randals Island, New York City Oct 10 2021. I was accompanied by NYC Caney Circle behike Tilou Balan (Lil Wolf).…

Takahi Datiaono  (Greetings My relatives ) 

I live in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. At one time the whole western region  of this state (including Pittsburgh) was the sovereign territory of the Onödowa’ga:’ who are known to the world as the Senecas.

This indigenous nation was a member of a traditional confederacy of five, and then later, six Native tribes called the Haudenosaunee. (the…

Takahi my relatives

This year the German children's music recording artists Pit Budde and Josephine Kronfli, who originally released and sold hundreds of copies of their version of our much-loved Taino song to Atabey, finally gave us credit for the authorship of that song. Several months ago they officially listed the song in the…

The behikes of the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania congregation of the CANEY INDIGENOUS SPIRITUAL CIRCLE, Dayvanna Caraballo Mitchell-Schreiner and Miguel Sague led the September 19, 2021 celebration of the Full Moon and Autumn Equinox ceremony on the grounds of the Council Of Three Rivers American Indian Center. WE were blessed by the presence of a number of local residents to our gathering.

Our Maya…

The Taino community of Lancaster, Pennsylvania celebrated the Full Moon Ceremony in keeping with the traditions of the Caney Indigenous Spiritual Circle. The ritual was officiated by the behike bo of the Caney Circle, Kasike Guatu Iri, the head of Lancaster's Yukayeke Manikato Taino community. …

The Caney Circle behikes of the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania area gathered to celebrate our August Full Moon ceremony at the Singing Winds site of the COUNCIL OF THREE RIVERS AMERICAN INDIAN CENTER this past Saturday.

The ceremony was officiated by our lead behike here in the city, Dayvanna (Caraballo) Mitchell Schreiner. She was assisted…