Remembering 9 -11 And Healing

 

Lummi tribal member Jewell Praying Wolf James (Indian Name: tse-Sealth, a lineal descendent of Chief Seattle). Mr James is a Northwest Coast Spirit Dancer, Master Carver and President of the House of Tears Carvers. (Lummi) Large Cedar Carvings and Totems		The Lummi Healing Pole Attracting national media attention on its cross-country journey from Bellingham, Washington to the Sterling Forest, near New York City,

 

 

The Liberty and Freedom totem poles with the Sovereignty crossbar placed across them are the "sacredness of love joining us together," said Jewell "Praying Wolf" James, councilman and master carver of the Lummi Nation. The Lummis presented the poles to the Pentagon in a Sept. 19 ceremony to commemorate the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attack. Photo by Rudi Williams
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News Release USDA Forest Service Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest Mt. Baker Ranger Station

Contact: Betty Blodgett, 425-744-3571 or Kurt Russo – Lummi Indian Nation 360-961-4554

Cedar Trees from the Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest to Be Carved by Lummi Indian Nation into Liberty and Freedom Totem Poles that will become Part of a Permanent 9-11 Memorial in Washington D.C. Sedro Woolley: April 6, 2004   The One Voice Mural The One Voice Healing Pole The One Voice 9-11 Healing Totem sculpture above was gifted in the memory of all those lives lost in the 9-11 tragedies.  It was transported cross country from California and unveiled and erected within the New York City Bronx Zoo in September, 2002 on the first year anniversary. The One Voice 9-11 Healing Pole makes it debut. The Heal All Life Healing Pole Sculptures The One Voice 9-11 Healing Pole with a representation of New York City ... Shane's healing poles include one honoring American Indians commissioned by the ...http://www.larson-<WBR>foundation.<WBR>org/hal/main.<WBR>htm ttp://www.fs.fed.us/r6/mbs/news/2004/nr_mbrd_lummi_040604.shtml   A design Vision for Restoration Park The Park would feature a permanent family of 16 immense fallen old growth healing poles erected in a special area within the San Francisco Presidio.

Bluebird Woman Elayna Reyna of the San Juan Bautista American Indian Council puts her own healing energy into the Childrens Sculpture.

 

Lemon grass burns inside a California abalone shell in the traditional Native American consecration ceremony of the first Heal All Life sculpture dedicated to the Children of the World in 1997.  

 

The Childrens Sculpture on display at the world headquarters plaza of Levi Strauss in San Francisco.

 

The Healing Mission

 Land - Ancient Trees               The First Peoples                    Oceans - The Great Whale

The healing missions of the Heal All Life Sculptures is expressed through three living symbols (life forms) of the indigenous plants, animals and peoples of the world;

• The great original old growth giant trees, the redwoods and cedars of the Pacific Northwest, 

• The great whale (Kohola), 

• The proud descendents of the First Peoples of California and the Pacific Northwest, and the Pacific Islands.

The whale (kohola) and the old growth redwood and cedar trees, ancient animal and plant species which have co-existed for over 40 million years on this planet, are threatened with extinction as are the history and collective wisdom of the indigenous "First Peoples" of the Earth. This brings meaning and importance to the healing mission expressed in each of the Heal All Life Sculptures.  

The stories of the great whale, the great California redwood and Pacific Coast cedar trees, and the spiritual traditions and cultures of the  indigenous peoples of California, Hawaii and the Pacific region, are re-told through these Heal All Life Sculptures in a respectful and reverent manner which seeks to heal ancient wounds and restore new life, respect and hope to the living and future descendants of the indigenous peoples, plants and animals of the world.