Caracas, Venezuela~Dec, 9/2001-Beloved Daughter Deloria Many Grey Horses, Brother Angaangaq, Indigenous Spiritual Leaders from Venezuela and Latin America, with President Hugo Chavez and representatives of the Government of Venezuela at the Installation Ceremony of Guaicaipuro symbolic remains at the Pantheon of Heroes, Dec 9, 2001, Caracas, Venezuela.
Guaicaipuro united all the Indigenous Tribes of that region in response to Spanish Colonization efforts. Guaicaipuro was unbeatable in open battle, as was Crazy Horse to the North. Guaicaipuro was ultimately betrayed by some of his own relatives, like Crazy Horse, and Guaicaipuro and his entire family were brutally assassinated by the Spaniards.
As requested by our Indigenous Spiritual Leaders, President Chavez demonstrated his spiritual respect and honor of the Sacred Ceremonies, the Sacred Pipe, and the Hemispheric Indigenous Representatives by reserving his political perspectives until he went outside to address the thousands of his supporters, who had gathered outside the Pantheon, in honor and respect to the Installation Ceremony for Guaicaipuro.
With great respect, we were clear in our public prayers during the Installation Ceremony and in personal visits with President Chavez that ours was a Spiritual Path, not a path of adversarial, partisan politics.
The Spiritual Path, the Red Road, the Sacred Pipe, with great love and respect, was offered to President Chavez. Each of us has been given the Sacred Gift of Choice and the consequences of our actions.
The Installation Ceremony for Guaicaipuro was broadcast on Television Stations and Channels across Venezuela.
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We give our heartfelt thanksgiving to President Chavez for honoring Guaicaipuro and Indigenous peoples throughout his presidency.
The only other President in history to honor and respect Indigenous peoples, in colonial history, across the Americas is President Evo Morales.
Our Spiritual Path, the 4th Way, continues after 54 years.
Šuŋgmánuŋ he miyédo
