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PROPHECY KEEPERS: White Roots of Peace Council
THE COUNCIL
The “White Roots of Peace Council”, a different entity from the touring White Roots of Peace collective founded by Ernest Benedict & Tom Porter, was created by Mad Bear sometime in the 1960’s. The Council was set up to have meetings once a year in the 4 different areas of the continent. It is not a highly structured organization.
Will “Blueotter” Anderson (Cherokee) was designated by the Original Keetoowah Society's John "Red Hat" Duke as Council Speaker for the White Roots of Peace Council in 2000. Blueotter considers anyone who is interested in promoting Native prophecy as a member of it.
“Red Hat asked me to spearhead an effort to revive it until someone more senior appeared. I consider Mike Bastine and many others to be more senior. The verbiage White Roots of Peace ‘Council’ is my invention and an attempt to add some structure to it in the Internet era.”
The White Roots of Peace Council and similar Peace Councils were long prophesied by the Hopi to occur once the "House of Mica" was built. All the original White Roots of Peace Council elders have "walked West” (deceased), all forewarning before their deaths that the Purification Day of The Hopi Prophecy would closely follow their "walk West." Only a few well-mentored sons & daughters remain to speak in their behalf.
The mission of The White Roots of Peace Council is to fulfill the wishes of Hopi, Cherokee and Iroquois "White Roots of Peace" gatherings elders in sending their prophetic messages around the world. The council intends to establish peace through the worldwide realization of our ancient common global "relatedness”.
WILL “BLUEOTTER” ANDERSON
In 1985, Mad Bear appeared to Blueotter in a dream suggesting that he follow up on his Cherokee genealogy. This later led Blueotter to Zula Brinkerhoff, adopted daughter of David Monongye, Keeper of the Hopi Prophecy, who then introduced him to John "Rolling Thunder" Pope.
RADIO SHOW
Will “Blueotter” Anderson assisted John “Red Hat” Duke in framing the council's charitable arm, "Prophecykeepers Foundation". This foundation and the Prophecy Keepers radio show, on BlogTalkRadio.com, are both a ministry of the Oklevueha Native American Church of The White Roots of Peace, a 501(c) public foundation.
Blueotter hosts Prophecy Keepers radio, along with his co-host, “Mark the Badger”. Since 2004, Blueotter has interviewed over 250 Native American elders & Prophecy Keepers, including Russell Means (Oglala Lakota), Stanley Krippner, Ed “Eagleman” McGaa (Oglala Lakota), Chief Golden Light Eagle (Ihunktowan Dakota) Clifford Mahooty (Zuni), Hunbatz Men (Mayan) Grandmother Barbara Morning Star (Oglala Lakota) and Carl Calleman.
EARTH MOTHER CRYING
Mad Bear intended to write a book comparing prophecies from all over the world. His busy & never ending Spiritual Activism prevented him from writing his intended “Earth Mother Crying” book. Fortunately, Blueotter picked up the mantle by doing the necessary comparative research and writing an E-Book in 2003, using the same name.
Blueotter actually collected many cross-cultural prophecies for his newsletter in 1996. This was two years prior to learning about Mad Bear’s intention to write “Earth Mother Crying”.
Blueotter’s E-Book is an encyclopedia of Native people’s prophecies of Earth Changes that precede the coming age of “Universal Peace”. It compares biblical & indigenous prophecy worldwide and teaches us how to prepare for the coming “Purification”.
Other E-Books have been written by Blueotter to assist our preparation efforts and support the mission of the White Roots of Peace Council.
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Becoming an apprentice… learning traditional medicine
“I have consistently found that it is very important to listen, observe quietly and refrain from questions. Native people are very keen observers. They do not barrage their teachers and elders with questions. Instead, they watch and listen. It is a cultural learning modality born of experience and one worth noting.”
With all the years that Michael Bastine spent with Mad Bear (Medicine Man), he never once heard him say what anyone should or shouldn’t do. Mad Bear would give caution at times, but he respected free will. Mad Bear never tried to portray himself as an authority figure.
Due to this mutually respectful relationship, Michael and Mad Bear’s other apprentices had the opportunity to learn traditional medicine ways in an environment that was sacred and built on trust.
OBSERVATION
As Mad Bear allowed his apprentice Michael Bastine to observe his life and see with his own eyes what he was doing, Mad Bear really didn’t give a lot of answers. Michael learned by making the connections on his own. This is how he received the answers to his many questions. This is the only real way of learning the traditional way.When you make the connections on your own, you discover things by yourself, it is a lasting achievement. This is how Michael Bastine began to understand the inner workings and all the elements that were a part of Mad Bear’s medicine work. Mad Bear blended these elements and they all began working in unison. His medicine work was like an orchestra; so diverse and on so many levels.
Michael defines “medicine” as being the life force that exists in creation and the life force that exists in the person. The interwoven relationship between these two life forces develops over time. This is why the title of a “medicine man” is usually not given until the practitioner reaches the age of 70 years old. Even then, the practitioner will usually not refer to himself as being a “medicine man”.
Traditionally a student of native medicine does not make verbal requests to learn specific things; instead the teacher intuitively picks up on the requests, and when the time is right, and if deserving, the student is shown and his learning advances. This requires patience on the part of the student, genuine humbleness and reverence for all things sacred.
LEARNING TAKES TIME
It took a number of years for Michael Bastine to gain the trust of Mad Bear. He had to demonstrate to Mad Bear that he was trust worthy and his ego was in check. It was very important to Mad Bear that Michael would make use of his medicine teaching in the highest and most respectful way.
It also took years for Michael to absorb & process the information he picked up from Mad Bear along the way. Mad Bear was always on the run. Michael would often leave town with Mad Bear at a moment’s notice.
Michael learned from his apprenticeship with Mad Bear that taking in too much information too soon can overwhelm and impede our progress. He said that learning is a gradual process; we have to grow with it.
NATIVE AMERICAN TEACHINGS RUN PARALLEL
Michael Bastine is Algonquin. He was raised a Christian. His conversion towards Native American Spirituality was primarily influenced by Mad Bear and the Haudenosaunee people. Michael had a chance in 1990 to speak with William Commanda, a respected Algonquin Elder, spiritual leader and Band Chief of the Kitigan-zibi Anishinabeg First Nation in Quebec (near Maniwaki) about this possible contradiction.
William Commanda assured Michael, “You are learning things which are very similar to the teachings and the traditions of the Algonquin. There are a few differences, but that’s what they are ‘differences’. They still have the same understanding and the same premise of approach that parallels with all the Native American teachings.”
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