LETTER TO THE SPIRITUAL PEOPLES OF MOTHER EARTH. NOVEMBER 17, 2003

Our Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks are calling for our prayers. Many of you understand the relationship of the energy grid lines of heaven and earth. They are like the nervous system of our bodies. Bad vibrations of development, construction, war, ECT has stressed out Earth Mother and us, as well. The words that have been given in prophecy by the Hopi, tell us, "We are the people we have been waiting for."

My name is Bennie LeBeau and I am from the Eastern Shoshone Nation, in Wyoming, and a member of the Council of The Spiritual Elders of Mother Earth. The Grand Tetons and the Yellowstone National Parks are a part of our original homelands. They were written into our treaty, as a sovereign country, so that we could utilize these sacred sites and that our cultural traditions would not be forgotten. Since September 1999, we have been attempting to gain permission for our most sacred ceremony--the Sundance--and other ceremonies, to be allowed in the Grand Tetons and Yellowstone Park. The park officials and the general public are beginning to see the significance of why it is needed, because of the seismic volcanic activity in and around the Grand Tetons and the Yellowstone National Parks. In these sacred site areas, we, as humans, have helped escalate a disturbance to the web of life on earth. Remembering the words from the past by a powerful messenger. Chief Seattle stated, "Whatever befalls the earth, befalls the sons of earth...the earth does not belong to man, man belongs to the earth...all things are connected...man did not weave the web of life; he is merely a strand in it...whatever he does to the web, he does to himself.

In July 2003, the Yellowstone Park rangers closed the entire Norris Geyer Basin because of the deformation of the land and the excess temperature. There is an area 28 miles long and 7 miles wide that has bulged upward over five inches, since 1996. This year the ground temperature on that budge has reached over 200 degrees. Everything in that area is dying. The trees, flowers, and grasses resemble a dead zone and are spreading outward. The animals are literally migrating out of the park. The later part of July, one of the park geologists discovered a huge bulge at the bottom of Yellowstone Lake. The bulge has already risen over 100 feet from the bottom of the lake. The water temperature at the surface of the bulge has reached 88 degrees and is still rising. Keep in mind that Yellowstone Lake is a high mountain lake and normally has a very cold-water temperature.

The Lake was closed to the public. Dead fish were floating everywhere. The same is true of the Yellowstone River and most of the steams in the park. The stench of sulfur was very strong. Yellowstone is what geologists call a super volcano. There are massive calderas of molten fire beneath Yellowstone National Park. Geologists are saying that every living thing within six hundred miles could be affected if these calderas erupt. It could produce an ash cloud that would cover the entire western U.S. Then, the cloud could blow east because of the prevailing winds, literally covering the entire nation with volcanic ash.

I believe this to be of great importance to us all, at this time. The vision is to pray for balance in this area--with our prayers, songs, drums and the instruments we were given. No matter what culture we are, our hearts are what make the difference. If Yellowstone National Park seismic activity continues, then the entire earth would be affected. The 100 years of government management in the Yellowstone and The Grand Tetons have disallowed our prayers and ceremonies to exist there. It is now time for us to act as a nation/world within all countries to allow the prayers and ceremonies into the National Parks of Wyoming. Joseph (Hinmaton Yalatkit) 1830-1904, Nez Perce Chief, said, whenever the white man treats the Indian as they treat each other, and then we will have no more wars. We shall all be alike-brothers of one father and one mother, with one sky above us and one country around us, and one government for all.

I send a strong-hearted message to you to awaken and respond now. These sacred site areas are calling out to her caretakers all over the world. Together our songs, our drums and our prayers speak the ancient language that exits in harmony. We can bring balance and harmony back to the land remembered by our ancestors and preserve it for future generations. This is a great opportunity for prayer work in our councils and other groups, helping bring the indigenous nations together and with all nations of the world. Now, is the time for coming together and working in harmony, as remembered in the sacred pictures drawn on the rocks, and in our sacred instructions of the heartbeat of the land--remembered, too, from the sacred songs heard in the wind?

Today the spirits are calling for good medicine for us all to awaken and return to the sacredness for all living things, for the future of our Mother Earth. Chief Seattle's words, when the last Redman has vanished from the earth and the memory is only a shadow of a cloud moving across the prairie, these shores and forests will still hold the spirits of my people. We have not vanished but have been reborn to do the work our ancestors did; it is time to step into the moccasins of our ancestors with the wisdom, strength and knowledge at hand.

Bennie E. LeBeau

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