Join mixed-blood Ani’yunwi’ya (Cherokee) Grandfather Rick McBride and Cindy Mong for Drumming and Healing at Great Mahakala.

This is Native American Ceremony. It is traditional for women to wear skirts or dresses for Ceremony. Please arrive promptly. Grandfather Rick likes to have everyone present when he opens Ceremony. The event will be outdoors so dress accordingly.

Songs will be in Lakota language; hand drums and rattles will be available if you don’t have one.

There is no charge for Ceremony, but donations are accepted.

After ceremony, some might want to stay to make prayer ties for Sundance. The ties contain a tobacco offering with our prayers. Grandfather will then take these to his annual Sundance Ceremony in South Dakota this June.

About Grandfather Rick

Grandfather (honorary title in Native American tradition) Rick McBride is mixedblood Tsalagi (Cherokee) who has walked the Red Road for over 35 years. He was named Cante Lute (Schan-tay Lou-tuh) by the spirits through his sundance chief, which means Red Heart. He is a Sundancer who has completed 18 sundances and has been traditionally trained and authorized to lead ceremonies, such as inipi (purification lodge), prayer with the Canunpah (Pipe), drum healing, and so forth. He has been publicly teaching these ways for over 18 years now. Workshops and lectures are one way to learn from the wisdom of Indian Country. Ceremony brings this knowledge to life. Combined, teaching and ceremony render practical guidance to everyday living. And so, Rick sees his role as that of "translator" of indigenous ways so that mainstream-educated people get the full benefit of these ways. It has taken him years of dedicated interaction with many Elders, as well as his activities as a ceremonial leader, to get to this place in his life.

Please click above to register or call/text 305-203-9985.

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