SIX NATIONS ELDERS

THIS RESERVATION IS LOCATED IN ONTARIO. SARA SMITH ELDER WAS VISITED BY SANDY JOHNSON WHO INTERVIEWED HER THE EARLY 1990'S. SHE HAD A GUEST ROOM AVAILABLE AND OFFERED SANDY SOME TEA ONCE SHE GOT THERE. SHE SLEPT AND THE NEXT DAY AFTER BREAKFAST SHE BEGAN HER INTERVIEW.

SARA IS YOUNG FOR AN ELDER. SINCE SHE WAS YOUNG HER SPIRITUAL GUEST WAS HER FOCUS. SHE WAS BORN ON THE GRAND RIVER RESERVATION IN ONTARIO, OF THE MOHAWK TRIBE (IROQUOIS). HER GRANDPARENTS UNDERSTOOD THE LANGUAGE AND HER PARENTS DID NOT. SHE IS OF THE GREAT LEAGUE OF PEACE. SHE BELIEVES IN REINCARNATION AND SHE HAS HAD MANY LIVES. - SHE IS THE SUM TOTAL OF ALL THOSE PAST LIVES. SHE BELIEVES WE COME BACK
TO WORK TOWARD PERFECTION IN ORDER TO BECOME SPIRIT PEOPLE AGAIN. SHE WAS INSTRUCTED TO FIND A PEACE UNDER THE GREAT TREE, A SYMBOL OF THEIR TRIBAL CONFEDERACY.

MANY FOLKS ARE OFF THEIR PATH SAYS SARA. SHE THINKS IT'S MORE THAT THEIR LIVES COME INTO FULL CIRCLE RATHER THAN GO BACK TO HISTORIC TIMES. THERE'S SO MUCH CHAOS - AND IF WE WERE LIVING ACCORDING TO WHAT OUR CREATOR GIFTED US WITH, WE WOULD REDUCE TURMOIL. IT WAS A PROPHESY THAT WE WOULD BE IN TURMOIL. THERE ISN'T A FAMILY TODAY THAT HURTING AND NEEDING HEALING. THE CONTROVERSY HERE IS WHO IS THE ONE TO MAKE DECISIONS ABOUT GOVERNING THE PEOPLE. THESE PEOPLE USED TO BE BASED ON PEACE VS. POWER.

MANY FOLKS WORK 16 HOURS PER DAY AND REST FOR 5 HOURS. PARENTS DON'T SPEND QUALITY TIME WITH CHILDREN AND THEIR IS LITTLE INTERACTION BETWEEN ALCOHOL AND THE YOUNG. CHILDREN NEED THEIR PARENT'S DIRECTION AND ELDERS INFORMATION. ONE PRECIOUS THING DURING THE NIGHT IS THE DREAM TIME THAT IS A PERSONAL CONNECTION TO THE SPIRITUAL REALM. MATERIALISM BRINGS US OUT OF BALANCE. SARA ENTERED INTO THE "EARTH WALK" AS A DREAMER. SARA BELIEVES IN USING NATURE AS HER BEST TEACHER. HER FATHER ALWAYS GOT HER INTO NATURE AND TAUGHT HER LEGENDS, PICTOGRAPHS, ETC. THEIR TREE OF PEACE IS A WHITE PINE AND IT HAS FOUR ROOTS EXTENDED TO THE FOUR CORNERS OF THE EARTH TO LOVE ALL PEOPLE.

COLORS ARE A HEALING DIMENSION AS WELL. WE HAVE TO LET GO OFF ALL OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE HELD ONTO FOR SO LONG. ALL THREE COUNTRIES NORTH, SOUTH, AND CENTRAL AMERICA ARE COMING TOGETHER TO BRING GOOD TO ALL PEOPLE.

ACCORDING TO HER GRANDSON SARA HAS LEARNED THAT WE HAVE TO KEEP STRIVING AND THAT WEWILL COME OUT STRONGER. SARA MEDITATES TO FIND DIRECTION. SHE FOUND HER DODAH - AN OLDER MAN, WHO GAVE HER INSPIRATION AND SHE SAT WITH HIM. SHE THOUGHT SHE WAS DREAMING. HE WAS PUFFING ON A PIPE. HER GRANDFATHER SAID BURNING TOBACCO IS SACRED AND A DIRECT CONNECTION TO THE GREAT MYSTERY. WE WORRK FOR THE NEXT 7 GERATIONS.



SANDY JOHNSON