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Mission Statement

Flint Hills Wisdom Keepers Board of Directors strives to provide an experiential learning environment through the sharing of Native American wisdom and teaching to people of all cultures, creeds and colors. Through this experience, which happens once a year the last weekend of April with the Native American Elders Gathering, the Council seeks to provide an open, community-based environment for the sharing of knowledge, wisdom and experience aimed at increasing understanding of community, honor for our Elders, each other and to assist with the healing of Mother Earth. Honor and respect for individuality, community, and ancient wisdom are essential elements in our quest to bring enlightenment, inner peace and a heightened sense of purpose to all who belong to our Community.

Mitakuye Oyasin~

We are all related~

~Blessings and Peace~

Flint Hills Wisdom Keepers Board of Directors


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Beautiful white wildflower in the Flint Hills of Kansas at White Memorial Camp near Council Grove, Kansas


If I have learned one thing in this life,
is that God will not tie my shoes without me.

- Doug Boyd

SAVE THE DATE

Flint Hills Wisdom
Keepers Gathering
Friday, April 27 to
Monday, April 30, 2012


COME & EXPERIENCE
NATIVE AMERICAN
ELDERS' WISDOM

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Tipi put up starting at the 2007 Wisdom Keepers Conference, White Memorial Camp, Council Grove, KS. It represents part of what we do at conference and used as a session room.Flint Hills
Wisdom Keepers

The Flint Hills Wisdom Keepers Board of Directors hosts the Elders Gathering with Native American Elders from the United States and sometimes Canada. The gathering was brought to Kansas by Doug Boyd in 2002. The importance of the gathering is the coming together of many different tribal beliefs represented by each of the Elders and their interaction with each other. Furthermore the experience, wisdom, compassion, joy, peace and knowledge each one in attendance takes home with them is invaluable.

The Board seeks to provide an open respectful environment for the invited and honored Native American Elders and also for those attending theTipi put up 2007 Wisdom Keepers Conference, White Memorial Camp, Council Grove, KS, across small bridge. Used as breakout session room.gathering. The Elders bring with them their willingness to share their knowledge, wisdom and community experience from each of their traditions. We feel this gathering is so very necessary in these changing times to assist and increase understanding of community among ourselves as individuals and within our modern-day society so that we may assist with the healing of not only ourselves, each other, but the Mother Earth and all creatures. Ancient wisdom from our beloved Native Elders of this Earth is sought to bring a sense of purpose and belonging to all within our evolving community of those attending this extended weekend gathering.

Respect, love and gratitude of Great Spirit, Mother Earth and all peoples are deep within the gathering foundation. Starting with this source, we then Tipi with the yellow-red sun rising behind it at the Wisdom Keepers Conference held at White Memorial Camp near Council Grove, Kansascarry these feelings to those in the community of the gathering attendees with joy and compassion. We also want to communicate that there is an openness available to help understand the wisdom offered for those attending the gathering. Our prayers embrace all that is, that we will all come away filled with Love and Light and that we will carry with us the reminder that we can walk this earth softly as relatives to all that live. With all this beauty within all our souls, it is our desire that all attendees will carry this beauty, love, respect, gratitude and compassion with them into the world. The world thus exposed to people of true compassion will feel this tremendous love, and be drawn to them. With the wisdom attained at the gathering our prayer is that all attendees will pass on this wonderful way of being to all in need.

The Flint Hills Wisdom Keepers Board of Directors is a public educational organization working toward becoming a not-for-profit organization officially. All proceeds from this event after direct food, lodging, mailing and other essential costs go entirely to the Wisdom Keepers project funds. These funds cover travel, honoraria and other expenses for the Native American Elders who honor us by their willingness to share with us, plus the Sacred Drum teacher who shares the wonder of her knowledge of not only the drum making but many other stories and gifts with us.

Past Logos of the Wisdom Keepers Gathering

2002 - Petroglyph inspired by Kansas cave paintings - logo for Wisdom Keepers Gathering

2002 Wisdoms of
the Heart

2005 Wisdom Keepers Logo - Drawing of "Tree of Life"

2005 Tree of Life   
Wisdom Keepers 2006 logo for "Within the Sacred Circle" using all 6 colors - the 4 directions, red, yellow, white and black, and Mother Earth green and Father Sky blue

2006 Within the Sacred Circle
2007 Wisdom Keepers logo representing the 4 directions, with the tipi, the pipe, the earth and the eagle sitting each in one direction with hands Passing On the Ancient Wisdoms around the 4 directions in a circular motion
2007 Passing on  Ancient Wisdoms
The 2007 Wisdom Keepers logo is a turtle with the 4 direction colors (red,yellow,white, black) plus Mother Earth (green), Father Sky (blue) as part of the design. There are also Native American symbols in the scales of the turtle's shell. It has all four legs out, pointing towards the 4 directions.
2008 Blessings of the Medicine Wheel
2009 Wisdom Keepers Logo is an eagles head with 3 sets of eagle eyes on each side of the head. The whole art is circled with a rainbow of colors that fade out toward the edges.
2009 Seeing Anew

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