Opening the 4x4x48 Sacred Run and Staking Ceremony

With Brother, Sun Dance Chief Richard Grimes, Brother Austin Nunez smudging the runners and Circle, and SIster Mona Polacca, Opening the 4x4x48 Sacred Run and Staking Ceremony.

Sister Mona's prayers with Tȟašúŋke Witkó's, Crazy Horse’s, Sacred Pipe, were for the Spiritual Upliftment and Unity of all the Sacred Runners and thier families, to remember those Warriors who never came home, to celebrate those Warriors who came home and are healing and to pray and support the healing of those Warriors who want to come home.

We are United in the Spiritual Understanding of the Prior Unity and Oneness of our Human Family and All Life, and the Hurt of All is the Hurt of All, and the Healing and Restoration of One is the Healing and Restoration of All!

All gathered here at the Sacred Run and Staking Ceremony are dedicated to Unprecedented, Unified, Action for Unifying our Human Family, Ending War, and Beginning Peace on Earth by 2030!

The Sacred Run has begun! Every 4 hours, 4 miles, 24/7 for 48 hours. 48 miles in 48 hours.

Brother, Dr. Samuel, Four Worlds, led the first 4-mile run. 11 more to go. We will see how we are doing at Sunrise prayers, as we pray throughout and into the morning.

A man in a white T-shirt smudges with an eagle feather fan as a man in a feather headdress holds out his hands in prayer. An elder woman sits on a red blanket with a pipe bag, and a second elder in a headdress stands nearby. Behind them, a banner reads "4x4x48 Challenge: Awaken Your Warrior Spirit."