Takaji My Relatives

It was an honor for me to represent the Caney Indigenous Spiritual Circle this past Sunday October 9, 2011at the fourth annual celebration of INDIGENOUS DAY OF REMEMBERANCE in Central Park accross from…

Mythology of the Indigenous Nations of the South American Rainforest

Edited by Miguel Sobaoko Koromo Sague

CANEY INDIGENOUS SPIRITUAL CIRCLE

       There seems to be a recurring mythological theme among the agricultural Indigenous nations of the Orinoco river region, as well…

Greetings My Relatives

It is with the greatest of humility that I am called upon to report on the succesful completion of the long-awaited sacred tour that K'iche Maya teacher Antonio Aj Ik and I have been planning for over a year now. A total of…

So far July has proven to be an exceptionally busy month of posting on the Review of the Indigenous Caribbean. In case you missed any of these, here is the list so far:

1. New Carib Queen Elected in Trinidad: Jennifer Cassar…

Members of the Pittsburgh lodge of the CANEY INDIGENOUS SPIRITUAL CIRCLE traveled to Youngstown, Ohio and joined local Caney Circle beike Rose Quinones and other local Tainos and local people who appreciate Taino culture as well as representatives of Taino communities from New York, Cleveland, Wisconsin and…

SUMMER SOLSTICE FULL MOON CEREMONY from bobbi williams on Vimeo.

On Saturday June 18 a group of Pittsburghers gathered at the COUNCIL OF THREE RIVERS AMERICAN INDIAN CENTER to celebrate both a Full Moon…

Takaji My Relatives

On Monday May 16 and Tuesday May 17 we here in the Three Rivers area of Southwestern Pennsylvania were visited by Maya teacher Ac Tah of Yucatan, Mexico.   Ac Taj came to the Pittsburgh area as part of his year 2011 walking mission to spread the hopeful…

The late Carib queen, Valentina Assing Medina, had three wishes. They were granted. Paying tribute to Medina, her daughter Loretta Medina-Grant said, “She wanted a pink rose in her hair. She also asked to see several people including Senator (Penny) Beckles (who read her eulogy), and Councillor Metevier. She especially asked for Msgr Christian Perreira to do her service.” The celebration and thanksgiving for the life of Medina, fondly known as Mavis, took place at the Santa Rosa RC Church,…

Greetings Relatives

As part of the on-going work that Antonio and I are comitted to carrying out which is devoted to sharing the ancient wisdom of the 2012 Prophecy I delivered a lecture at the Unison Center in New Palz, New York on Friday April 15 2011.…

Takaji My Relatives

This past Sunday April 24 2011 (Maya date "Wukub E" or "Uuc Eb" also know as "7 Road") a group led by the young Taino organizer Rafael Landron and Taino leader of the women's group Bohio Ata Bey, Vanessa Inarunikia…

This wonderful blog was contributed by my Taino brother Edgar Kunuk in our Beike network and I felt inspired to share it here.

Taino Ti

THE SACRED WATERS

Water…

Takaji My Relatives

I had the honor of participating in Spring Equinox Ceremony this past weekend Sunday March 20, 2011 with members of the United Confederation of Taino People, the Yukayeke Guainia and with a large group of other Taino and non-Taino brothers and sisters in a magical little piece of the Bronx called…

Takaji My Relatives

As part of my preparations for the upcoming pilgrimage to the sacred sites of the Mayas in Guatemala this coming June I travelled to the traditional highlands of that country in March of 2011 to confer with the elders who will be guiding us on this powerful nine-day experience.

This is a land where most of the women still wear their traditional hand-woven "corte" skirts, each one colorfully and graphically announcing the town in which she…

Takaji My Relatives

Much of the most spectacular imagery of our ancestors has remained hidden in the darkness of mysterious caves of our islands. Now through the miracle of a new photographic technology called "GigaPan" many of these images are being opened to the eyes of our people. In Dominican Republic the extraordinary iconography of the Deminan…