November 21, 2016. "Sacred Prophecies of the Seventh Generation"
Chief Phil Lane Jr., at a Sacred Ceremony in Santa Monica, with other Indigenous Spiritual Leaders, firmly and resolutely stated, 'No Materialistic Force in Heaven or Earth will finally withstand the Sacred Prophecies of the Seventh Generation." This Sacred Ceremony at Santa Monica Pier honored the Oceti Sakowin 7th Generation Runners, November 21, 2016.
Following this Sacred Ceremony, Mayan Elder, Tata Pedro, Bobbi Jean Three Legs, Hunkpapa, Wakpala, SD and Chief Phil, standing on the shores of the Pacific Ocean, raised the Global Torch of Compassion and called for Global Wopida Ceremonies.
The first Global Wopida Ceremony will commence on Thanksgiving, November 24, 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!