Activities
The Tree of Life Guardianship works to finance its indigenous community operations, including native land purchases, in a variety of ways. The fundraising activities of the TLG typically dovetail with supplementary goals of the mission of the TLG.
Some of these supplementary or secondary goals include public education. Members of the TLG are available for seminars on Native American cultural issues and indigenous education presentations.
The TLG is also involved in prayer walks which are open to all people. These prayer walks are peaceful prayer movements that beseech mercy and benediction of the Great Spirit. We ask the Creator to pity humankind that we might live. These prayers are ‘walked’ for specific reasons.
last year a prayer walk was coordinated by Board directors Tom Dostou and Lauren Silverbird. This prayer carried through Indian country in Northeastern America. They led this prayer with the intention of awakening remembrance of Native American sacred sites. Many of these ‘natural cathedrals’ and ‘altars of the earth’ have been neglected in modern times. Making prayers and paying respect to these ancestral holy places is necessary to keep humanity and the earth in balance.
The Tree of Life Guardianship is preparing to organize other prayer walks in the future. These walks are open to any who are willing to participate with a respectful attitude and peaceful mannerism. While there is no charge for attending these walks, each attendee should be prepared to feed and clothe themselves, and is responsible for their behavior. Donations are appreciated.
The TLG is awaiting approval for the following purposed event:
The TLG has begun to plan for a prayer event to honor former president Jimmy Carter. Among other things, this American spiritual leader helped pass the ‘freedom of religion act’ during his presidency in 1978. This law finalized the Native American right to sing, drum, and conduct Native American ceremonies legally. Up until 1978, prior to its passage, Native Americans were imprisoned and fined for practicing their culture. The penalty for using a drum to sing a song could be 10 years of incarceration, and/or up to $10,000 in fines.
Jimmy Carter has remained one of the world’s foremost advocates for human and indigenous rights issues. He is a saint and an altruist to many Native American people. He represents true ‘greatness’ as a champion of human dignity and social progress internationally. Jimmy Carter is of character that Native American communities once sought in our own leaders.
‘We sing to save the Earth’
The TLG offers the service of singing Native American blessing songs for special events, public and private. Henry Bainbridge is the Program Director for ‘blessing songs events’.
