Global Wopida Ceremony-November 26-June 21, 2017
On Nov. 21, 2016, following a Sacred Ceremony Honoring the Oceti Sakowin, 7th Generation Runners, hosted by AIM, Southern California, Mayan Elder, Tata Pedro, Bobbi Jean Three Legs, Hunkpapa, Wakpala, SD and Chief Phil Lane Jr.stood together on the shores of the Pacific Ocean, raised the Global Torch of Compassion and called for a Global Wopida Ceremony, November 26-June 21, 2017
The first Global Wopida Ceremony will be world-wide, November 26, through World Human Rights Day, December 10, 2016. Other Global Wopida Ceremonies will follow, culminating on World Peace and Prayer Day, June 21, 2017, at the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation.
The word Wopida in the Dakota Language means Thanksgiving and Gratitude, for everything the Great Spirit gives us, great and small, graceful or challenging!