Learning Journey on the Red Road is based upon my traditional upbringing as a spiritual interpreter and the teachings of my ancestors, handed down to me by my elders to deliver to the people. It is a procedure - a circle of life - for Indian people, for school children and for anyone, regardless of religion or ethnic background, who has a desire to attain a higher level of learning. Learning Journey on the Red Road is about the spiritual beliefs that have sustained the Lakota people since the beginning of time. It is about my vision of the White Buffalo Calf Lady (the Virgin Mary), her prophecies for all mankind and my role as her messenger of peace, love and harmony among the people of the world. The Sacred Pipe teaches that we are now in the time of the "Seventh Fire" or "Seventh Generation" - a time of profound earth changes, also foretold in the Book of Revelations and in the ancient Hebrew teachings of the Kabbala. North America, known to its original inhabitants as "Turtle Island", holds the roots of these changes. Here, the supreme law is the woman. Her three sons, Buddha, Christ and Mohammed, have brought their children here to work together and honor the physical energies given to them by the Great Spirit to protect - the water (our blood) to the Asian people; the air that we breathe to the Europeans; the fire (our heart spirit) to the Africans; and the earth (our flesh) to the Indian people of Turtle Island. These covenants were violated by each nationality in their own lands. Now, during this critical time in the history of the Indian people and all of mankind, we must look to the traditional, holistic ways of this island and learn the common sense of bonding with Mother Earth and all living things. We must heed the warnings of the seven angels - seven separate energy forces like the angel of fire, "El Nino". Now, in the time of the Seventh Fire, we need to come together in one mind, one heart and one spirit - before it is too late.
