Reflections from the late Tadadaho, Leon Shenandoah

What follows is part of the message spoken at the House of Mica (U.N. Headquarters in NYC) at the historic "Cry of the Earth" conference, Nov. 22, 1993. The conference -- which fulfilled the Hopi prophecy of the "Glass House" or "House of Mica" -- was thoroughly ignored by the mass media, despite ample notification.

At the Cry of the Earth conference, delegates from seven North American Indian Nations spoke of their traditional visions and prophecies.

I just felt that today, Thanksgiving 2004, was a good time to reflect once again on some of what was shared that day. All the people of the Americas have a right to know what was spoken.

Chief Leon Shenandoah, Tadadaho, Six Nations Iroquois Confederacy:

"It is prophesied in our Instructions that the end of the world will be near when the trees start dying from the tops down. That's what the maples are doing now. Our Instructions say the time will come when there will be no corn, when nothing will grow in the garden, when the water will be unfit to drink...We were instructed to carry love for one another, and to show great respect for all the beings of the earth.

"In our ways, spiritual consciousness is the highest form of politics. We must live in harmony with the natural world and recognize that excessive exploitation can only lead to our own destruction. We cannot trade the welfare of our future generations for profit now.

"We must stand together, the four sacred colors of man, as the one family that we are, in the interest of peace. We must abolish nuclear and conventional weapons of war...We must raise leaders of peace. We must unite the religions of the world as a spiritual force strong enough to prevail in peace. We (human beings) are a spiritual energy that is thousands of times stronger than nuclear energy. Our energy is the combined will of all people with the spirit of the natural world, to be of one body, one heart, and one mind for peace."

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but just signed up so that I could thank you for sharing this today.

The truly sacred answers to no dogma.

Vigilance in the midst of vivid experience gives birth to new horizons. - Kathelin Gray

We need peacemakers.

the book The Wisdom Keepers, by Harvey Arden. It has "conversations with the elders of North America." The Tadodaho is also featured in a 9-87 National Geographic article, also by Harvey.

For this thread, for those who have entered the digestive zone.

Urp !