ONAC... Stepping on the Bones?!

During the weekly broadcasting of Oklevueha Native American Churches ProphecyKeepers Radio show, about an hour and 12 minutes in, a man whom identified himself only as being an "Indigenous Veteran" called in and made a very concerning position statement... That Oklevueha Native American Church is "Stepping on the bones." The man said "I know you don't mean to, but you are."

The man then went into explaining how "Some folks out here that believe the term Native American Church belongs to an indingenous church group for a specific reason" and assures the listeners that "Alot of folks, indigenous folks are upset about that", as he describes of Oklevueha Native American Church as "taking the name." Please note, this is not the first tribal person to take such a stand against Oklevueha Native American Church.

When asked by BlueOtter if the man "understood Why" Oklevueha's name includes "Native American Church", the man began to digress saying that he did, and noted that he has been following facebook accounts as well as reading about ONAC "on the website" and even gathering reasoning justifying his conclusion by word-of-mouth..., meaning things he's "Heard".

The man then made it a point to assure that what ONAC's objective is as far as he is understanding it, in his opinion "It's good", but too, ultimately wisdom offering and advice to ONAC, is this: "It's all good and well, but you've gotta back up a little bit and re-evaluate how you say things, and why you do things."

This is where this article will stop and focus it's attention on here, in the right now, as unfortunately our time alottment for the show didn't Allow us the ability to present these issues which were a planned part of the show's agenda and Obviously need to be addressed. ONAC spiritual leaders believe that there are three main points to be had in the mans opinionated wisdom needing to be addressed with clear coherancy so that we may all comprehend the true reality as far as the reality of what this is all about.

1. The Title of "Oklevueha Native American Church". For the man to insenuate that the titling of an organization rooted in "America" should seem "Inappropriate" to folks here in America to reflect it's roots being "American", seems rather absurb. If we look to societies use of the declaration that their company, products, etc. are "American" or "Made in America" is rather commonplace and even dictates some people's purchase of an item. Many people will "Only buy things made in America" where others will buy items made in other lands, most commonly because they are ultimately priced cheaper than the same products made locally, meaning "In the USA".

Having said that, let's now step into this a foot deeper and point out that any question regarding or encompassing a Churches name, is legally NOT up for discussion nor infringed dictation upon the entity. Look to the church that ONAC attorney likes to reference to when trying to explain this simplicity position in regards to law, which is the Church of the Spegetti Monster, whom believe and practice wearing a metal strainer upon their heads because they "Believe" that if they do not, aliens may extract their brains.

(Please Note right off the bat, ONAC is accepting and honoring of Everyone as well as their personal belief systems so we are NOT casting any form of ill judgemtn upon them, they just help to clarify the facts from the opinion and too, show clearly the line separating "Church from State", state meaning of coarse "Law.")

Oklevueha Native American Church, or "ONAC" as more commonly referred to as, presents the facts that "Our beliefs encompass the spiritual and cultural traditions of the ancester relations upon this land For the people born upon this land to seek with the desire of spiritual attainment, to honor Great Creator by in turn honoring all of his creations. ONAC stands in the wisdom that "We are all one", and emphasizes that prophectically speaking "This is the time of Unification, first of the people born upon the land, then among the peoples born upon the entire globe."

Oklevueha voices go on to state that they "Know that Creator entrusted the sacred knowledge with our tribally born brother and sister elders... the grandmothers and the grandfathers, and too, that they know we are to come and be learned by them, and that it's they whom are to teach and accept us."

ONAC's independent branches are considered as being the "Rainbow Bridge Builders" spoken of by White Buffalo Calf Woman to the Sioux tribe in what's known and tauught as "The 7 Sacred Fires Prophecy". For those unfamiliar with White Buffalo Calf Woman, to the tribes, she would parallyl to the "Christ" of Christianity - sent among the people to in turn "Save" them by grace with Great Creator, or as they call him "God". White Buffalo Calf Woman is the one said to bring the "Pipe" to the tribal peoples, and taught the important significance of it.

ONAC co-founder James Warren 'Flaming Eagle' Mooney is respected as having been the "chosen one" to physically initiate the 7th fire times by "Bringing the spiritual and cultural teachings and wisdom out from under the boundary restriction of federally recognized tribal lands, and too, out from the BIA dictated "blood Quantum" restrictions." 'Flaming Eagle' successfully did this task via the Utah Supreme Court, but, there was one more obligation goal set upon 'Flaming Eagle' which was left to be attained before his phophetic fulfillment obligation was done... establishing the "Warrior of the Rainbow tribe" and setting them in motion to continue the 7th sacred times fulfillment.

This, ladies and gentlemen, has been fulfilled in the formation and development of "The Independent Branches of Oklevueha Native American Church, plain and simple." The difference between Oklevueha Native American Church and other chartered Native American Churches are quickly noted in that First, they do not allow persons with less than the BIA's standard of blood quantum to participate in ceremony, Second, that they do not do church ceremony Off reservation lands, and third, in that they are So discriminitory that NAC has been Known to not accept even 100% tribal blood members living ON reservation lands seeking membership into NAC to Be Native American Church members!

This huge difference, along with the fact that unlike the tribes as well as the mother ONAC church whom strive to maintain sovergn, the "Independent Branchs of" ONAC tend to have adopted the "Idle no more" aptitude when it comes to defending in effort of preserving the land, our rights To the land as the peoples of the land (Including our tribal brothers and sisters rights to the land and to live upon the land, and to Mother Earth as a whole, which in turn, unfortunately brings resentment by many tribally registered persons predominently upon the continent of North America, especially those whom have comfortably become subservient to the dictations and intimidations of the governing agencies oppressing the tribal peoples and reservation lands. "The tribe of my great grandmother blessed our branch with the name Kautantowit's Mecautea, which translates into english as "Great Creators warrior soldiers who fight off vil and the enemy" explains Graves, "They knew it would be the name of my independent branch of ONAC and fittingly honored us with this name as well as objective and purpose."

Many among the tribes today express that "If any honor is to be re-gained for the American Indian people, it is their place if any to do so, not non American Indian people. "This is NOT a disputed nor questioned position by ANY upon the land except perhaps the federally governing oppressors, but Oklevueha Native American Church clearly and definitively do NOT Question nor attempt to infringe any dictations upon their right of positioning, nor in their decisions of actions to stand in the defense of and preservation for the people, their people or for Mother Earth, in fact if anything, ONAC stands with them! ONAC also points out that too, this alone is not "Whole of the objective of Oklevueha Native American Church as we choose to follow the prophetic wisdom and instruction sent by Great Creator as the whole instruction" and says that the defensive stand regarding the tribal people "Is only but a strand entertwined into our position as non-tribally born Native born American's."

Oklevueha's position remains clear in that Creator has elected ONAC as the "tool" needed to initiate the unification of the people born upon Mother Earth, and emphasize that the branches of ONAC are mere "bridge builders" as well as "Encouragers" for the bridge to be used to accomplish the unification process, and believes that if unification doesn't happen, all life upon as well as Mother Earth herself will greatly unecessarily suffer. ONAC members and spiritual leaders all state that as the non-tribal native born "American's" they do not nor should not strive to be "Wannabe anything", and express great offense at the references being made that they should be trying to be anything other than what Creator designed and made them to be, that they are Exactly as and where Creator wants them to be, and that they are remaining focused on their instructional position as non-tribally born native Americans despite lacking the acceptance and correction assistance from tribal elders regarding the ill feelings toward they and their church.

Recently it was published in Indian Country Today, where tribal and tribal church leaders associated with other chartered native American churches were quoted as saying that, in a nutshell, non-tribal churches nor persons should be given any form of merit or legal protections by any government agencies because They deem them as frauds for not operating as these folks feel or believe they should. THIS right here is where a minor problem quickly turns serious... as well as Dangerous because NOW your calling for the rights of others to be infringed upon.

"To take such a reckless and hypricritical stand toward any, especially those so atrociously oppressed as the tribally born native Americans, after Everything done to them, is Mind-Blowing, but especially so when they are willfully encouraging the "Spiritual Attacking" , not Just on individual fellow human beings, but on an entire church" Graves says, and adds:" Not just Any church but especially again, these folks are attacking a church that roots into the same tree as their church... Quanah Parker and James Mooney, honoring such elders as Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull - is Beyond mind-blowing, it''s out right dishonorable,unexcusable, and it's THEY whom are stepping on the bones of OUR ancestors passed, including those of their own DNA!

Whether the tribally born natives are aware of the facts or not, those of us whom were in fact literally physically born here but not ON or inside the fenced in Federally established "reservation" lands, which by the way were originally established as "Prisoner of War Camps" for the tribally born native American peoples and is proven in the fact that "porcupine", or as the government named it "Pine Ridge Indian Reservation" Still is on legal record as "POW Camp #44" according to the Federal Defense Department

"Because of that fact, we have just as much right to not Only the Legal Protections, but to the Title AND the Spiritual and Cultural Traditions Equally too, along side our tribally born brothers and sisters... the ELDERS are instructed to and are Willing to teach us the wisdom entrusted them by Great Creator for us ALL to learn, especially now in the 7 sacred fire times."

Oklevueha Native AMERICAN Church in it's titling is absolutely appropriate for ONAC, and ONAC members as well as spiritual leaders want it known and clearly understood that they are "Not Taking Anything" that the people born here are in fact "Legally Entitled" to and say... "Are we NOT Allowed to declare ourselves as native born Americans despite the fact that we're born here?"

"Stepping on the bones" is a statement taken Extremely Seriously, especially when coming from an Honorable Elder. Most of the ONAC elders say that because the man didn't wish to "get in so deep" to even provide a fictitious first name, that in itself for most, instinctually raises a Question as to this person's Honor from the word go, However, because he Does state that he is a "Veteran", presuming he meant as in a "Military Veteran", and too, he was Obviously an "Elder" tribal member aside from just being any brother and sister, ONAC gives the man the benefit of the doubt so-to-speak, and presumes that the elder was intending on presenting his wisdom in a good medicine way, and not just plagued himself with some racial bad medicine unresolved within. As ONAC says, it is not the first confrontation from our tribal siblings about these blurred issues afterall.

The statement "Stepping the bones" in the context the elder presented it, Appears to ONAC spiritual leaders to read as he was heeding ONAC to the warning of perhaps "Dishonoring" or "Disrespecting" the elder generations passed who have crossed over after living their honorable life, though too, if you look at the bigger picture in the way he's presenting it, one cannot help but to see that their's a slight hint of that "prejudice perception" seeping through in his words... as if he's speaking for or as the "tribally born" native American peoples ONLY, not the whole of the peoples who are born here, and Not in accordance with the ancestor elders instructions and teachings for sure, especially the tribal ones.

Ultimately as well as unfortunately, Again what we are seeing here, is that their is a blur derived of racial separation that is surfacing among "federally recognized tribal members" vursing Everyone else born here whose not. Everywhere you look upon this continent you can see a history of this behavior that has been carrying on for well over 500 years, if not longer. Oklevueha ONAC's position quickly shines clear and apart from the other chartered Native American Churches as well as apparently too, tribally raised brothers and sisters in that Oklevueha knows that all persons born upon the continents declared "The America's" by definition are in fact and for a fact "declared" an individual human being that was born upon the land "America", plain and simple, 1+1=2, and in turn believe that "All Should be openly welcomed and accepted as well as encouraged to seek Great Creator, upon as well as Beyond our land, and that our brotherhood as human beings should stretch around the whole of Mother world."

As sachem Graves of ONAC KM had previously stated earlier on the radio internet show, that If we (the non-tribal born, aka "White American's") were to fly to England or wherever around Europe, they will Insist that we declare our citizenship as "Native born Americans", so for the gentleman to have said "I don't mean to rock your boat" before traveling into these waters, ONAC KM's response, at least as far as sachem Graves is concerned, is this:

"You haven't rocked Oklevueha's boat- but you have initiated the popping of your bubble, because not only are you and I Equal as native born Americans, but too, we are again found as equal in that we are both human Being, and that it's you Sir who seem to have forgot how to Be a human being, not Oklevueha Native American Church."

The truth of the whole of the picture is, that Oklevueha Native American Church does NOT Restrict acceptance and membership adoption to the boundaries of the lands of the America's... "We follow the sacred wisdom as taught by the tribal elders entrusted the knowledge by Great Creator and we share what wisdom we're given, and encourage others to come to the feet of the tribal elders and be taught along side, side by side and the brothers and the sisters that we are... Creator's Human Being species of creature that he spread upon this rock called mother earth... because without her, there would nor could be any form of life."

Stepping on the bones"... after briefly addressing the points above, we will need some clarification as to Whom's "Bones" we are talking about here, because the only definitive description he gave, was of ancestors "whom had crossed over." Now again, we could go the step farther and presume he meant that as a voice for the "Veterans", he made mention of his brother having served twice in Viet Nam. Both tribally born as well as not tribally born native Americans have served, fought, bled and even died in the concept of defending and preserving our rights to this land, and so to Oklevueha spiritual leaders, this statement is in need of a little more clarification IF they are to know how to address it.

Sachem Graves of the independent branch ONAC KM says that her half-brother served also in Viet Nam, 3 tours, and her father served in the Korean Conflict - both in field and as a UN Diplomat for this land and that before that he had also served in World War 2 on behalf of this land including 3 years 10 months Tortured at the hand of the Japanese a their POW. Graves says that her personal families defense for the preservation of this land go generations back, through both sides of her genetic tree, and from both tribal and non-tribal directions from those trees as well, which ultimately is what she feels re-enforces her personal need for clarification as to the man's meaning if he is attempting to reference that non-tribal born American's via ONAC are dishonoring bones of anyone's ancestors as well as if the man is meaning to discount the bones of certain ancestors.

"Do my ancestors bones not count as this mans ancestors bones count when it comes to this land or my entitlement to claim, defend or preserve it... will my brothers bones not count because he has no federal tribe card?" Graves points out that during the 1880's as the "Indian Rolls" were established, many tribal persons of that generation taught and instructed if not out right demanded that their relations "Not Claim" themselves on the tribal rolls. "Only on one census record did my grandmother acknowledge she was on a tribal roll back then, on all future person accountings she claimed herself White, as many pure tribal-bloods did." That instruction was continued taught and many in turn today do not have federal tribal recognition."

Another good point Graves made was the fact that many "federally recognized tribes" have been "De-Tribalized" by the government, and that though some have been "re-recognized", that there are many still whom are not, some of which fight vigerously for that federal recognition. Also too, Graves points out that back throughout the times of "the mixing of bloods" between tribal and non-tribal peoples, leaders and chiefs of the tribal peoples always declared that if a person had so much as a single Drop of tribal blood coarsing through their veins, that they were in fact Of that tribe, and emphasizes that it was the federal oppressors that chose to legally contradict our tribal elders teachings and to Disregard their decision regarding the matter.

David Gaskin, whom was a feature guest on the show described it best when he said that as a "half breed", being 50% tribal bloodline and 50% what's declared "White" as his mother was "French Canadian" and as we just covered, those lines dictate that makes her not only "Not American" but discounted as a Native person of "American" at all the way oppressor teaches... David expressed that when he was off reservation lands in what's considered "White Society", that he was disrespected and even beaten for being a "Dirty Indian" though while he was on the "reservation" and among the tribe, he also was dishonored and even beaten for "Not being indian enough." Yet when you listen to the voices of the tribe they will admit that they too are Disconnected from the ways and teachings of their ancestors... that they are trying to "revive" and "reinstitute" the language and the traditions of their ancestors.

Graves stands on unification over disconnection and too encourages the tribes to reconnect to the ways of their ancestors because that is the right direction for the tribes to travel. However, Graves asks that they consider please beginning with the teachings regarding the sacred knowledge of Creator so that they will understand that the non-tribally born too are in need of such education instead of opposing and resenting and racially hating their fellow native born non-tribal brothers and sisters.

Oklevueha has in essence, forced to light a few uncomfortable things for the percentage of mis-educated "folks", first and foremost being the factual definition of a native born "American", and second, the true ignorance of racism. If we look back beyond the 500 year era of intentional confusion/ pollution upon this land at the hands of non-native born persons, from a broader perspective... this here land was known as the "Continent" of "North America", and that boys and girls Includes Mexico, Canada and Alaska. But, there was another "Continent" of land just below us that was, and still is called "South America" In between the two chunks of land Creator made here, is called "Central America", and this is where the terminology "American" roots from - the individual human beings Great Creator willed and destined to be "Born" upon these land masses, are by "Definition" hence called "Native Born Americans". "To say anything else, is wrong as well as Racist, and it doesn't matter who you are or what your nationality, you're racist."

Since these times, many have come, gone, and even crossed over (passed away). As these generations passed and in turn procreated, the global way of determining "Nationality" remains clear, as does that new line of separation... native born peoples were renamed "Indians", which turned into "Injuins" because as it turned out America wasn't India after-all, immigrants became settlers, and the rest were deemed slaves. Interestingly though, as time would pass, and part of our countinent would be declared a "Country" and further separate by more and more lines... even within, Still, the governing authorities would Continue to base a persons nationality upon which chunk of land an individual human being is born upon, and quite frankly cannot be determined on anything in addition to that, else it's improper.

Let's take a quick glance at our continent as a whole chunk of land for a second... the way Creator made it. How then do we draw lines and declare borders between governments Canadian and Mexican reservation lands? If a person from either part of this continent wants to come to the "United States" country, they are required either "GreenCards" or "Passports", and even with one are only permitted a certin amount of time to remain. They cannot obtain residency nor a job without either "Special permission" or "Naturalizing" or another words renouncing their homeland and declaring themselves "US Citizens"... or of coarse, Marry a native born "American" citizen of the "United States"... as though they forgot that they are OF America, not ONLY America!

If that isn't enough of too much, more insignificant lines further divide the people from state lines, to county borders, to the privitization of land. Ask a law enforcer, they will tell you that you "are allowed on public land", but, that you are "not allowed on private land UNLESS you have Permission." Deeper lines divide people into catigories of color, class, nationality and especially too, religion - all to create further separation. On top of that, they create lines within the human beings which divide someone from their ownselves... that's how good they are at this, they have been doing this for tens of Thousands of years, maybe not Here, but they have been doing it, make no mistake about it!

The sad but true reality of the functioning of our land here right now today is that daily we become divided and in turn disconnected... from ourselves, from eachother, from our relations including our elders, to the animals, plants and to the entirety of planet earth. ONAC says it's no surprise that in turn, the great majority would find themselves disconnected from Great Creator, in turn meaning off the coarse for why they are here. Firtunately Creator is proving to be patient as well as forgiving, but too, Creator sees the bigger of the picture, and that alone is ultimately what proves to dictate we the smaller aspects of Creator's web of Creation here upon the earth.

Graves says that the proff of that can be easily confirmed if we each were to return to the very spot we were physically born upon this world. Graves states that if we did, especially those of us living within the "USA today", that more likely than not, it would be privately "owned", meaning that according to oppressor, You are "Not allowed" on that spot of land anymore Unless you have the "owners permission" and says too "And your nationality wouldn't make a damned bit of difference unless your deemed the lesser 3rd class type citizen to an irrelivent standard system, meaning Not of Creators."

Our common oppressor that has been governing over our lands for these proceeding generations, have Intentionally drawn lines of insignificance upon the land, or as we say, upon the back of our turtle, meaning our chunks of land, they've done this to all the lands so to establish Their boundaries of dominion... of authority and dictation over all life forms that dwell there... human beings as well as the animal, plant, metal, mineral, fungi and additional Forms of life... all life, including the planet herself... down to her core.

Human beings, contrary to societies mis-teachings throughout all these generations, were never designed to have "Dominion" over the earth, nor over any other life force Creator creates, including also... our ability to procreate ourselves! This is among the simplest, and yet the hardest of factual realities for we human beings to truly grasp and fathom. A man and a woman are Not given the gift of a child to "Dominate" over that child, they are entrusted that child's Spirit to the parents and to their elder relations to be properly led through life back to Great Creator via the "Red" or the "Good Medicine" road.

"We are one people, one species, we are human being. Each indifference we may have from one another was decided by Great Creator alone and apparently has it's purpose... but, the bottom line fact remains in that we are one species of Many that Creator has placed upon this ball floating around in these heavens, and if anything, we are supposed to be living in a respectful unity with all upon it."

Unfortunately in these here 7th fire times, emphasis has to be put on the disconnectedness that in turn is enabling the bad medicine things to be and continue happening all over the surfaces of the lands of our globe within as well as beyond the boundaries of government created "Reservations", and it's easily done so more today than in times past because people are so "Used to" being divided from one another. Look at your social enviornments, whatever they may be and see how many lines of division you encounter, even if in only a simple ordinary typical afternoon... honestly!

In homes today, men and women use the same bathroom, but not in "public", That is not Proper or acceptable and is flat "not allowed" in more places than not. In the store, how many items your buying will determine which lines your allowed to go through and pay for the things Your buying. Fill out an application of ANY Kind and see how many lines of division you will be faced with to choose a side, catigory, class or "system". Human beings have become accustomed to being divided to the point that they have become separated from "living life", and even so far as to the degree of being divided from their ownselves. This is across the board, every single living human being IS accounted into this... society and it's "governing systems" of authority DEMAND this and settle for nothing less than this no matter who you are or where you live or even who your related to, and too, as they Continue to intentionally draw these lines and create not only New Lines, but too with them, new consequences!

"Human beings were placed here upon Mother Earth to learn the ways and the teachings of Great Creator, and to strive and meet the expectations individually dispelled upon us as the individual being he created each and every single one of us to be as beings, including Human Beings - from the smallest speck to the biggest species we can only be what we are, and the proof of that is that a cat don't have wings nor a dolphin feathers..., but before we can strive to achieve or accomplish Anything, we have to first understand as well as accept and embrace "Unification" of all created beings and our place as well as impact upon them. This includes cohabitation and a basic concept of Respect and motto of Live and let live... across the board and regarding all things, period. One may not personally like snakes, but should not go out and intentionally Kill them simply because they don't like the species... that snake has relations and a right to live!"

As far as ONAC's spiritual leaders see things, the bottom line is that either we each individually choose to Respect Creators creation... or we don't, and that ultimately Oklevueha Native American Church is comprised of the human beings who willingly choose To honor creation, and believe that individually if we do so individually then we can easily do so collectively all the more, and that ultimtely that is the position and goal of Oklevueha Native American Church, and that the independent branches feel honored to preserve as well as promote that position.

Though they know that this will prove to be an uphill journey, the members which make up the independant branches flourishing from ONAC, honorably stand on this, for this, and will settle nor tolerate anything Less than this basic respect be honored... from eveyone, and they say "It's nothing personal to any." All they say they are asking, is that people with question or concern come to them Honorably oposed to with a belly full of bad medicine brewing and spewing, not too much to ask, a little humanitarianism and respect from their fellow human being... and assure that they are ready to round table for resolution any issues they can with any.