Origins of White Supremacy by Brayton Shanley

It is October 7, 2017, and I am looking out at the crowd of 350 people with about one hundred Native people representing…

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Standing at the Sacred Fire Before Dawn by Suzanne Belote Shanley

We had been communing with local and national Native brothers and sisters for weeks before Chief Arvol Looking Horse’s arrival our 35th Anniversary on Saturday,…

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Standing Rock is Everywhere by Chief Arvol Looking Horse, Standing Rock, SD

Blessings and Greetings to each and every one of you.   It’s a great honor to be able to speak to you today.  I live…

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Listening to Native Voices by Rev. Margaret Bullitt Jonas

Hundreds of people – including leaders and elders of Native American tribes from across the U.S. – assembled under a large tent at Agape, a Christian community…

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The Power of Female Energy by Elena Creef

I didn’t know until I arrived at Agape how much I needed to be in the healing company of like-minded individuals…

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Women Are Keepers of the Water by Beatrice Menase Kwe Jackson

According to the Anishnawve migration story, we always thought the East Coast Indians would come out west to do ceremony with us.  But that never happened.

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Cangleska Wakan – The Sacred Hoop by George Aguiar

Recently, in a phone conversation with Suzanne and Brayton, I was sharing with them how wonderful my experience of this St Francis…

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Finding Community by the Water: A Reflection on Saint Francis Day at Agape by Oliver Mesmer

Agape’s Francis Day brings people together from all for the purpose of peace. I came to help lay the groundwork for the event to run smoothly, arriving,…

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The Native Drum Beckons by Skip Schiel

After parking and walking and lugging, I approach Agape, hear the drum, then smell the sweet grass.  I am smudged…

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Sacred Transformations by David Perkins

A weapon of words is consumed by the flame;/a document to dust, denouncing its claim./Out of ashes now grows a tree;/ a pine for peace, a transformation…

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