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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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Recommended books on Native American Spirituality
“You were chosen to be a Medicine man long before you came into this body on this Earth. You have a duty and a responsibility to follow the calling. If not you will hurt your family, your people, and the spiritual function and design of the Universe. Sure, it’s a tough life. Your own Indian people will make fun of you, they will talk bad about you; they will probably even call you a phony or something. But the Great Creator Knows, The Mother Earth knows, your relations in Nature knows, the numerous people from all walks of life you will help, heal and teach will know; and you will know. That is all that really matters. And when things get tough in life you will just have to grin and bear it. That is one of the ways for a true Medicine Man. You take on the suffering, the fear, the hate, the anger, the pain, the confusion, and the sickness of the people. That is why you are different. And you can’t run and hide from it. You were put here on the Earth to do a job for the Great Creator. Like it or not, you’ve got to be strong and just do it.”
Today the image of the Native American medicine man or women is a media icon, often romanticized by Hollywood, with idolized characteristics of being respected, impressive, patient, transcendent & nearly omniscient. This can be the case, but these people are still human and they have flaws like all humans do. Author Doug Boyd, who wrote books on Mad Bear (1994) and his west coast medicine companion, Rolling Thunder (1974), made a life study devoted to long-range investigations of traditional & esoteric ideologies. He knew very well what differentiated the iconic medicine man from the real McCoy.
Doug Boyd (1935-2006) was a close friend to both Mad Bear & Rolling Thunder (R.T.). He traveled all over the world and was a student & friend of adepts & healers of many traditions & cultures. Doug possessed incisive wit and was a master storyteller. He could share personal tales of telepathic experiences & communication, rainmaking & psychic healing from his many years of experience working with and learning from culturally diverse yogis (like Swami Rama), monks, psychic healers, and medicine people. He was a student of some, a mentor to many, and a friend to more.
A good place to start, to grasp the role of a medicine person and the road he or she must travel, is Doug Boyd’s combined books on Mad Bear & Rolling Thunder. These classic biographies paint a definitive picture, in short and in brief. Of course, it would take many books & years of study & sacrifice to learn the intangible secret art behind the medicine craft.
Rolling Thunder’s medicine in many ways was complimentary to Mad Bear’s and they were very close friends & allies to the end. They sometimes traveled together, giving lectures & doctoring others. Mad Bear & R.T. even went to Australia together to speak at a conference.
Rolling Thunder was about 10 years older, so he was a mentor to Mad Bear, although in many ways they were equals on the medicine path.
Rolling Thunder’s grandfather was a traditional Cherokee chief. R.T. early on learned medicine from Amoneeta Sequoyah, the last grandfather herbalist of the Eastern Band of Cherokees.
Later on in Nevada, he learned more medicine from 2 renowned teachers in Nevada, Silver Wolf & Phillip Grey Horse. Even later, he received additional teachings from Frank Fools Crow (Oglala Lakota), Amoneeta Sequoyah (Aminitus Sepuoia) and David Monongye (Hopi). Once Rolling Thunder married Spotted Fawn (Shoshone), his 2nd wife, he began to learn the medicine ways of the Shoshone as well.
Around 1966, Rolling Thunder, Semu Huaute (Chumash), Craig Carpenter (Mohawk) and occasionally, Thomas Banyacya (Hopi) & Mad Bear, in recognition of the Whirling Rainbow Prophecy, reached out to the hippie counterculture emerging in San Francisco & Los Angeles. This also attracted the support of the Grateful Dead, Bob Dylan, Joan Baez and other cultural icons of the late 60’s.
It was Doug Boyd’s book on “Rolling Thunder” and the appeal of his native (Algonquin) Catholic parents that persuaded Michael Bastine, in 1976, to skip out on his attempted conversion to Pentecostalism, and become an apprentice for Mad Bear so he could learn the traditional Indian ways.
There are additional books written on Rolling Thunder’s incredible journey that expand upon Doug’s work and indirectly provide greater insight on the discipline that Mad Bear must have followed in order to obtain the high degree of proficiency that he was able to display with indigenous medicine.
Dr. Stanley Krippner & Sidian Morning Star Jones (R.T.’s grandson) wrote “The Voice of Rolling Thunder”. R.T. himself, along with his last wife, Carmen Sun Rising Pope, wrote, “Rolling Thunder Speaks”. In this book, R.T., in his own words, referred to Mad Bear as being “one of his greater teachers”. This was quite a compliment!
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Learning Indian Medicine from ROLLING THUNDER (Cherokee)
This free E-Book represents a youth's guide (teaching manual) to Native American spirituality via a dialog (interview) between an elder & youth. Based upon interview transcripts & write-ups on the traditional elder... Rolling Thunder (Cherokee)
Now available in print or on Kindle via Amazon.com.
Rolling Thunder aka RT was a Native American Indian medicine man, spiritual leader, philosopher, and acknowledged spokesman and inter-tribal shaman for the Cherokee and Shoshone tribes.
RT served as a consultant to the popular films Billy Jack (1971), and its sequel, Billy Jack II (1972).
RT’s way of life as a powerful healer, teacher, and activist gave him widespread fame following the films. Internationally known, Rolling Thunder's spiritual counsel and tribal skills were sought on a regular basis by many in the entertainment industry. Rolling Thunder was among the first ever to be studied by mainstream institutions and undergo many laboratory tests to determine the authenticity of his shamanic skills.
It had been said that RT’s powers over the elements of nature surpassed any seen in recent times. Reports of Rolling Thunder's ability to "make rain" on a clear day, to heal disease and wounds, to transport or teleport objects through the air, and his telepathic skills were legendary until he agreed to submit himself to testing. His abilities have been investigated and documented by such organizations as the Menninger Foundation.
Rolling Thunder was an advocate for Native American rights, as well as for ecological harmony. RT traveled widely and was in great demand worldwide for his insight and teachings. He himself joked that he had to make it rain and thunder "in order to clean the polluted air" before he spoke in a new city.
Speaking before spiritual, ecological, psychological, and healing gatherings, Rolling Thunder participated in conferences sponsored by the Association for Research and Enlightenment (Edgar Cayce's Foundation), the Menninger Foundation, the East West Academy of the Healing Arts, the Stockholm United Nations Conference on the Environment, the World Conference of Spiritual Leaders of the United Nations, and the World Humanity Conference in Vancouver, B.C., among others.
Often controversial, and regarded even militant at times, Rolling Thunder was known for being outspoken and "telling it like it is." "The Great Spirit guides me to tell people what they need to know, not what they want to know," he often said. Never making claims for his special powers, he reminded those who called him a medicine man, or who spoke of his healing abilities, that "All power belongs to the Great Spirit." Then he would add, "You call him God."
In response to the charges of RT being militant, Rolling Thunder said, "Yes, I'm a militant. So was your great healer they call Jesus Christ."
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This E-Book documents an extraordinary personal story about a daughter (ShaHaWin Lightfoot) discovering who her real father is…. Rolling Thunder (Cherokee medicine healer, teacher, activist). A true testament to the power of Native American spirituality.
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