December 27-30, 1982, on the high plains of Alberta, forty wise, respected, and dedicated elders, spiritual leaders, and community members from different Indigenous Communities from Turtle Island came together for four days and nights of in-depth purposeful consultation.
Our common purpose was to develop a holistic way of human and community transformation, inspired and guided by organizing principles, values, strategies, and processes of sustainable, harmonious change, healing, and growth rooted deep in the spiritual laws that are at the innermost heart and core of Indigenous cultures throughout Mother Earth.
Through this prayerful, elder-guided consultation process emerged the spiritual guidance, understanding, wisdom, strength, vision, and faith that the Indigenous Peoples of the Americas, committed and dedicated to doing so, had the potential to develop sustainable, healthy, creative, and spiritually balanced communities free of alcoholism and drug abuse.
This humble beginning perfectly synchronized with a rare, total moon eclipse. This total lunar eclipse was on Thursday, December 30, 1982, when we prayed all night to conclude our Council.
This was a supermoon since the perigee was on the same day. However, it was also a blue moon. Since total lunar eclipses are also known as blood moons, this combination is a super blue blood moon.
The last super blue blood moon was visible on May 31, 1844. The following super blue blood moon occurred on January 31, 2018. The next super blue blood moon will be on January 31, 2037.
This humble beginning has been empowered, guided, and sustained by an ever-deepening understanding of the natural physical and spiritual laws, prophecies, spiritual values, and wisdom shared with us, over the past 40 years, by Elders, Spiritual Leaders, Visionaries, and our Indigenous Communities. We have steadfastly continued our healing journey into our long-awaited future with this patient's faithful and prayerful support.
With the unfailing guidance and assistance from those beloved elders walking the path before us, it has become evident that the long spiritual wintertime of our Indigenous peoples is over, and the long-awaited springtime is unfolding slowly but steadily, with ever-increasing beauty and healing in every direction. As we heal ourselves and our communities, Indigenous peoples everywhere will have a higher and more significant role in the final unfolding of this dynamic change throughout Mother Earth.
