Step Into The Light November 24, 2022 By Steven Walks On The Grass My earliest memories of this day are being in school. I might have been six or seven years old and the teacher had us all draw turkeys. What we did was lay our little fat pudgy kid hands on paper and traceContinue reading “Thanksgiving Truth”
Tag Archives: Traditional religious practices
Connecting the Dots
All For The Right To Pray Part Nine – Insights Into Ghost Dancer’s Activism Chapter 27 As you have been reading to this point, I’d say most likely you have wondered why this Ghost person seems to be dragged from one bizarre situation to another. Why would government authorities single out this one individual? It’s notContinue reading “Connecting the Dots”
Arrested With No Charges
All For The Right To Pray Part Five – Sweet Freedom Chapter 21 On May 11, 1995, after a little more than a month of leisurely travels in our motorhome with our wolves and towing Cat’s car, I was arrested at the border as we attempted to cross into Alaska. Once I arrived in Fairbanks,Continue reading “Arrested With No Charges”
Fateful Journey
All For The Right To Pray Part Five – Sweet Freedom Chapter 20 In early 1995 word got to me that many of the Sun Dance chiefs, elders and teachers in Canada had been murdered by the authorities in Canada. They had planted explosives on the Sun Dance grounds and sacred ceremonial grounds so thatContinue reading “Fateful Journey”
A Beautiful New Life
All For The Right To Pray Part Five – Sweet Freedom Chapter 19 During these early days two wolves came in to our lives. It was a true blessing that they chose to stay with us and share their lives. One day after I came home from laying brick for 15 hours, Cat told meContinue reading “A Beautiful New Life”
When Love Stepped In
All For The Right To Pray Part Four – The Spiritual Warrior Awakens Chapter 16 What the prison officials didn’t understand was that by keeping me in this utter isolation, they were truly allowing me to tap into my inner spirit to find the strength and power available to me. When these tactics didn’t work,Continue reading “When Love Stepped In”
Eleven Years in Hell
All For The Right To Pray Part Four – The Spiritual Warrior Awakens Chapter 15 After my return to the Alabama Department of Corrections in 1984, they tried to use loop holes in the Religious Freedom Act to deny me my religious rights once again. I wasn’t asking for much – the right to wearContinue reading “Eleven Years in Hell”
Power in the Law
All For The Right To Pray Part Three – The Legacy of Wounded Knee Chapter 13 Only twice have I ever been allowed to represent a case in court during a trial. Both times I won. The first was on my right to pray, wear long hair, have a pipe ceremony, and my general rightsContinue reading “Power in the Law”
Ghost Dancer’s Vision
Throughout his decades in state and federal prisons, honoring his cultural heritage, practicing and teaching his Native American religious beliefs has been Ghost Dancer’s strength and purpose. The spirit run and sweat lodge ceremonies are central to the mental and spiritual well-being of many traditional Native people. Being in prison did not stop Ghost fromContinue reading “Ghost Dancer’s Vision”
Extraordinary Experience
At the Sacred Grounds, Talladega Prison By Sings Many Songs (As told by Ghost Dancer) October 25, 2016 – Before the brothers entered the sweat lodge, Ghost Dancer recalls, “I was drumming and singing outside the lodge teaching the brothers and all the little winged ones came and landed on the fences surrounding the grounds.Continue reading “Extraordinary Experience”
Journeys of the Spirit 