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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 Board 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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~ Thank you for your patience
while the website is being updated. ~ ~
If
I have learned one thing in this
life,
is that God will not tie my shoes without me.
-
Doug Boyd
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SAVE
THE DATE
Flint Hills Wisdom
Keepers Gathering
Friday, April 27 to
Monday, April 30, 2012
COME AND SHARE
NATIVE AMERICAN
TRADITIONS AND INSIGHTS
Registration
Form
 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 the  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  carry
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.
Contact
information: Diane Barker 785-539-9163
email: fhwisdomkeepers@gmail.com
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