Art In Motion presents Lakota Medicine Man Pete Catches: "Walks With Fire"

early in your life did you know what you had to do when I was young I had to stay away I had to run from the thing I had a secret dream I had to run from that doing hard work in many states Colorado Wyoming Nebraska and working hard I even became a councilman I would 5 years for the church - and trying to in trying to get rid of this and that's how I became a medicine man gradually [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Laughter] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] I would like to talk about or Shih Tzu icon which translated is the secret fireplace the purpose there is to have a treatment center that deals with alcoholics and drug abuse and when it get it to functioning we would like to infuse in there the sacred rights of our people that the Great Spirit gave to us we want to use the sweat lodge the high pass and the Sundance and using these I know that we can deal with that greatest of disease that is assailing us we want to make this or shettima can come about it is situated on my land between Pine Ridge BIA offers and the agency and Manderson South Dakota it's rough country there it's mostly rolling hills and I have 40 acres of my own there which will be used in devotion to the use of ourchurch.com we want to build facilities there we want to bleed a road there and get it started hopefully this year I know that the things that we do with the Sacred Pipe like the doctrine we see results we see results and that's evident that what the Great Spirit gave to us will help [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Laughter] [Music] Hey [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] if we initiate the different parts of the secret rituals that were given to us the sweat lodge the pipe ass the Sundance and the five ceremonies that we had I know that good things will come about it the indian prayer is ours for the pipe assembly consists of the rear pipe asses forties the Sundance is for these also also it pertains to four consecutive years for consent consecutive summers so that indian prayer is that long that's why when we get through it and really dry out they will believe they will know the difference they will be glad to carry on they will be a part the functions of what should you become it's a four year program yeah of course it will be continuous in between there be other others coming in and we also look at the failures some will not be able to go through with it and they'll drop out but it's a continuous thing we urge that they remain there if they really truly want to get cured they will remain anything that is good it's hard to attain any in the world so so you need four I guess for outside people to support the project to start with yes down the road we will have we're talk talking about a garden to supply that potatoes and vegetables and corn and we're gonna try to buy a young four five head of young calves so that they'll grow and provide meat for the table eventually it'd be a self-supporting thing and Robert will talk more about the support where that will come in the bottom would be you're trying to publish are the are the people that you're hoping to help and to heal are they responding is this something do you find that they want to be at the they are eager for that more song will talk more of that but you still it sounds like you're still you're looking to heal people by the old methods of healing that's not enough a ceremony a pipe ceremony is one night in the eagles way that you eat musical for nights to heal somebody but in our he goes way we have just one night of ceremonies and of course that's not enough new miracles do not work that way the older the the older the sickness is it takes that much more time to heal when you address a sickness right up at the start you can heal it quickly and with ages 2 you can doctor a baby and it be you'll be healed right there but with the old person that is grain wash treat them in a mission schools and elsewhere the government we and all that he has all of that doubt in his mind and it takes a longer time to do a doctoring there so that's what you're doing is doc yes although I got sick this year Christmas Eve of 1990 and I don't know anything about this this past year of 1991 I am still convalescing and not put my life away for one year lease that I cannot do doctor II for one year when we say something to the grease fear we should adhere to that we should remain at we're talking not to people with one on one we're talking to a great powerful being and when we tell him something we should not change it so in that regard I I put up my pipe for one year but the urge to help people to doctor people he's strong in me because I've been doing it over 30 years and it is so good to see a sick person did well we are gathered here as one one people with watch rose from our mother the earth as we too are like the flowers of his creation they've asked me to say the opening track which I will do so in my Lakota language from castle our country idea talk party then if they're not will you think uhm attack really we chose our power we are doing which I've gotta do the how often [Music] Hale whenever we've done you'll come a in ah gee bi bi co yes Kafka such God but eagerly sky welcome to Katella Hoshi ate a lot come on Riaan option that we might yet mark I want is to test shall we woke up cos you are over oh gosh do not cut which OPH it up and get it up a cheat Jackie Darko mikata Joshua excel in church I which I not calculate Oh hardly artistic garlic star yes they're not so gosh about contract I chase car wash don't man look there which Asha [Music] wash the latakia here which is a charitable true people a washed on the edge it is a vehicle in which had or a triptych he was they nice hi-yah hey hey yo [Music] Hey hi-yah oh gosh a llama yo-yo laughs eh I know our yellow [Applause] well my yokai oil am eh our knowledge elo [Music] yeah hey hey hey hey the grace period doesn't forget anything if you do something on a slide you can't get rid of it if you do something good without telling about it he will know how do you make people understand just to be good a good medicine man works in his own community and the people know know that he is doing good Trust is the greatest thing there is along with truth and honesty and I don't see that in the outside world my eyes have seen that and I know well I know is is there is there hope P can we can people be healed can this in the world I mean you've you've been to Russia whole world you've been let the white people take care of themselves the god is so good he gave them his only begotten Son to save the white people that's where it belongs go to Africa they were created by God and they have a way to worship they have their means of doctoring what if I went to India or China I can't go step in there and try to do something there believe there the culture is different I remain in my own and God loves me for that I'm the hope of man I'm Portman so when I ask him for something he grants me to the secret fight and I want goodness in a people especially those that seek my help that's all I want to see oh ha ha ha ha ha told us not a monkey on you you

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Published: Thu Sep 28 2017