“May Heaven’s warmest winds blow gently there, where you reside, and may the Great Spirit bless all those you love,
this side of the farthest tide.
And when you go, whether the journey is fast or slow,
may your moccasins leave many cunning footprints in the snow.
And when you look over your shoulder, may you always find the Rainbow.”
Cherokee Travelers’ Blessing III
Loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
www.thehypertexts.com
(Online Poetry Journal: November, 2021)
Images
St Francis Church, Palos; Historical photographs from the New Mexico History Museum, Santa Fe; Rio Grande Gorge; Pueblo Sculpture by Roxanne Swentzell; Storyteller pottery by Helen Cordero.
KPS – New Mexico – 2021
Native American Indian Meditation Project:
HD meditations available:
(Please contact the author through their website for more information or a Youtube access code)
Photography: Paul St. Germain Travel Coordinator: Carol Hull 2021
Featuring sculpture by Roxanne Swentzell and Storyteller pottery by Helen Cordero.
Music: “500 Years” – Rhonda Head. “Water is Life” – Mni Wiconi
“Native American Music Awards 2020
Words: Chief Dan George, Tsleil-Waututh (1899-1981)
Photography: Paul St. Germain Travel Coordinator: Carol Hull 2021
Featuring a sculpture by Roxanne Swentzell.
Music: “Prayer for Our People” – Golana. “Water is Life” – Mni Wiconi
Native American Music Awards, 2020
Photography: Paul St. Germain Travel Coordinator: Carol Hull 2021
Featuring a sculpture by Cyrus Dallin, sketches by Tommy Montoya, and photographs from the National Museum of New Mexico in Santa Fe.
Music: “Freedom” – Rockpelli. “Water is Life” – Mni Wiconi
Native American Music Awards, 2020
Photography and Multimedia: Paul St. Germain Travel Coordinator: Carol Hull 2021
Featuring images from the Turquoise Trail and the Pueblo Community of Pojoaque, and El Sancturario del Chimayo, New Mexico, and storyteller pottery by Helen Cordero.
Music: “Shine” – Conrad Benally, “Water is Life – Mni Wiconi”
Native American Music Awards 2020
Images from Native American Indian Virtual Meditations – New Mexico 2021
“Child of beauty are you ready? Return my healed heart to earth – bring with you seeds of a new generation.
Begin...
Only when it is safe – and plant wisely. I will guard these seeds with my life.”
Veronica Riley, Laguna Pueblo
Indian Pueblo Cultural Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico