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Huge Community drum for all to share drumming on or for the Elders to use as an opportunity to show us their traditional drumming

COMMUNITY DRUM

We had a wonderfully "organic" conference on April 13th to the 16th, 2007. Blessings abound when your heart and soul are open to the nature of all that is. Mother Earth had fun with us as the snow blew in and covered the ground on Friday and the sun shone bright and joyful on Saturday morning for the starting of the Sunrise Fire Pit Ceremony.


Bark Painting from the Amazon gifted for the benefit of the Elders
Bark painting from the
Amazon gifted to
help the Elders

Gathering Highlights

2007 Passing on Ancient Wisdom

Feet in a circle - Feet that traveled with Ancient Wisdoms all weekend longThese feet traveled
through "Ancient Wisdoms"
all weekend long.

Terri telling about the 1st official Wisdom Keepers rattle she handmade for the auction. Sacred Firepit after the conference was over

Terri tells about the
Sacred Rattle she made
for the auction.

2008 Blessings of the Medicine Trail

Wooden mask carved by an artist in Ohio for the good of the Elders
Wooden mask carved from wood by artist in Ohio
gifted for the benefit of the Elders (from 2008)

Just a short note to let you know the first annual Wisdom Keepers auction was held in the year 2007 at the end of the gathering. As you can see above Terri made the 1st official Sacred Wisdom Keepers Conference Rattle to be put up for auction as one of her donations to the Elders. She brought one for 2008 which was as special and beautiful as previous years. We had a wonderful time with the auction and it helped out the Elders fund a great deal. The people were especially kind in the way of a give-away of things they no longer needed so we were able to give to the Elders. What was even more amazing was the fact that Grandmother Bertha had spoken about give aways during the Gathering.

In 2012, we have plans for another auction. We look forward to more exciting fun and gifts of love from all peoples to help the Elders continue sharing their knowledge with all of us. We look forward to seeing old friends and new.