https://youtu.be/HP2c1IbTx4g,The Gathering to Protect the Sacred was held on Ihanktonwan Territory, South Dakota, January 23 -25, 2013.
It was held on the Anniversary of the Peace Treaty between the Ihanktonwan and Pawnee Nation in 1863. Unlike every Treaty, that was ever signed between Indigenous Peoples, this treaty has never been broken.
The Gathering was co-hosted by Chakshi, Inhankton Elder, Faith Spotted Eagle, and the Brave Heart Society,, the Yankton Sioux Treaty Committee, the Pawnee Nation, and the Four Worlds International Insitute.
Today, January 15, the day, Elder Brother, Dr. Martin Luther King Weekend, we give Wopida Tanka that our prayers have been answered. The Black Snake, the Keystone has been slain.
The Transmountion Pipe is soon to be dead, as we also prayed, as well. Other Black Snakes are also soon to die, and with them, the Man Camps that rape and destroy our communities.
As clearly stated in the International Treaty to Protect and Restore Mother Earth, signed Mother Earth Day, April 22, 2016, in New York City, New York, by Indigenous Leaders from the Americas and Indonesia, and Allies of our Human Family.
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The spiritual foundation of the Indigenous world-view is the ancient understanding of the fundamental oneness and unity of all life. Therefore, all members of the Human Family are a part of the Sacred Circle of Life. Since all members of the Human Family are a part of the Sacred Circle of Life, we are all Indigenous Peoples of our Mother Earth.
Therefore, every Human Being is responsible for the well-being of one another and all living things on our Mother Earth.
Whether or not the nation-states, multinational corporations, or international development agencies that surround us are willing or able to participate with us at this time, our Indigenous Peoples and Allies of the Human Family are moving dynamically forward in rebuilding and reunifying the Americas and beyond.
Our actions and vision, guided by the Natural Laws and Guiding Principles inherent in our Indigenous Worldview and Legal Order, are based on an eternal and spiritually enduring foundation:
1. We have the ancient prophecies and the clear vision of a future of social justice and collective prosperity for the Americas and beyond, that we are in the process of manifesting. This new global civilization that is unfolding, as promised by the Ancient Ones and the Ancient of Days, fully honors the Natural Laws and Rights of Mother Earth and the Unity and Diversity of our Human Family. This New Spiritual Springtime foretold by our Elders is now unfolding globally as surely as the sun rises every morning.
2. We have always had a strong, enduring, and unbreakable spiritual foundation of cultural values and guiding principles that have empowered us to survive and arise, with higher strength and wisdom than ever, despite a long and bitter spiritual wintertime.
Even though we experienced the utmost human cruelty, violence, injustice, abuse, and physical and cultural genocide during this spiritual winter, we have never surrendered our inherent sovereignty. Despite these long suffered challenges, throughout the Americas and around Mother Earth, our Indigenous Peoples are reawakening to their spiritual and cultural identities and are healing our Sacred Relationships between ourselves, Mother Earth, and all members of the Human Family.
3. Together, our Indigenous Peoples and Allies of our Human Family have the cultural, spiritual, scientific, technological, social, environmental, economic, and agricultural capacities and wisdom needed to co-create and rebuild our Families, Tribes, and Nations stronger and more unified than ever before.
4. Our Indigenous Peoples of Mother Earth have the growing collective social and economic capital, coupled with vast natural resources, to bring our highest dreams and visions to reality. With growing collective strength, we dedicate ourselves to protecting and restoring our Beloved Mother as the sacred heritage of all generations, yet to come.
Furthermore, it is clear that these collective resources will empower us to become a primary spiritual and economic force, not only in the Americas but also throughout Mother Earth.
We are destined to play an ever-increasing role as global leaders in wisely mandating the sustainable and harmonious ways for developing Mother Earth's gifts and resources. We will ensure that when the development of the natural resources of Mother Earth is not sustainable, no matter the profit, they will not be developed. Our Sacred Places and the Healthful Life of our Beloved Mother Earth are not for sale or exploitation for any price.
5. We, the Indigenous Peoples of the Eagle of the North have the material resources to support the development of the collective resources of our Indigenous Relatives of the Quetzal and Condor of the South, as they choose. The Quetzal and Condor of the South equally have critical resources to share with the Eagle of the North. We fully realize that our greatest strength is our spiritual and cultural unity.
6. Through utilizing emerging digital communications and green technologies in harmony with our vast, collective social, economic, cultural, and spiritual capacities, we will manifest a future with social, environmental, and economic justice for all members of the Human Family and our Beloved Mother Earth.
7. The primary challenge that stands before us as Indigenous Peoples and as a Human Family, in rebuilding the Americas and beyond, is disunity. This disunity has been caused by all forms of colonialism, injustice, and genocide, and is a direct result of the three Papal Bulls of 1452-1493 and the resulting Doctrine of Discovery. This ongoing colonization with its injustice and genocide has resulted in unresolved intergenerational trauma, internalized oppression, and other deepening global suffering and inequities. We are fully committed to recognizing, addressing, healing, balancing, and eliminating, by every peaceful and legal means possible, the extreme, destructive, impacts of disunity.
As we move courageously and wisely forward, in greater and greater love, compassion, justice, and unity, we are reconnecting to our firm and eternal spiritual and cultural foundations for healing, reconciliation, and collective action for Protecting and Restoring the Sacred everywhere on Mother Earth.
The full realization of our spiritual and cultural foundations for prayerful, wise, unprecedented, and unified action, assures that our ultimate victory will gracefully unfold at the right time and place as foretold by our Ancient Ones.
With the full understanding of these unshakable, spiritual, and cultural foundations, we fully dedicate ourselves and our resources to realizing these unified actions to stop runaway climate change.