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Sakina
Blue-Star (Lakota,
Cherokee, and Scots-Irish)
There is so much to
tell about this genuinely unique Spirit!
Her ancestry is nearly as diverse as her wisdom.
Sakina is of the Lakota (Sioux), Choctaw-Cherokee
and Anglo heritage family tree.
Sakina Blue-Star has
done Blessing Ceremonies in Hawaii, Canada, Europe and
at pyramids in Egypt and Mayan Mexico.
Her list of Blessing Ceremonies is long and
quite diverse!
With Cherokee Elder
Thundercloud, she has performed Medicine Wheel ceremonies at
the World Peace Prayer gathering in New York, Cape Cod, Arizona, as well as at the
Vermont retreat of the Ven. Dhyani Ywahoo, and the
Illinois Trading Post of Billie Topa Tate, both teachers
of Tibetan wisdom as well as their Cherokee and Apache
traditional history and ways.
Therefore, it is not
surprising that she has also conducted them at the great
stone circles of Avebury, England, and in a crop circle
on the hill next to it. Last but
not least, was a Druid Full Moon ceremony at Stonehenge.
Her speaking
engagements have included being a keynote speaker at the
Regional Conference of Dr. Heather Harder, (author and
US Presidential candidate in 19996 and 2000).
Sakina has spoken
at the L.A., Denver, and Santa Fe EXPOs, as well as the
Star Knowledge conferences in Arizona. If you are
looking for the unusual, she’s your girl!
Her repertoire covers
teachings, Yavapai Maiden’s Dance, (the dance of the
Yavapai Maiden showing how these Spiritual Guardians of
Arizona lived in times past).
Other dances among several to mention is the
Narragansett Fish Dance.
Her spectrum of interests includes walkings,
E.T.’s and U.F.O.s, Ancient Lemuria and Atlantis.
If you are wanting to hear of Magical Sedona -
legends and lore, don’t get her started unless
you’re seated comfortably!
For those of you
with a deeper interest, she can astound you with her
knowledge of underground cities, early Egyptian culture,
Tibetan, Mayan and extensive Hopi connections.
She has been doing
Blessing Ceremonies for two decades in Sedona, Arizona
(known as the Crystal City of Light in Lemurian times),
a place Sacred to all the tribes of Turtle Island (North
America).
Sakina has been a
requested speaker from conferences and Expos to home
gatherings. She
speaks on Native American wisdom and ways.
She speaks of Star People and ancestors.
She speaks of the history and prophecy of Sioux,
Cherokee and Hopi Nations.
On top of all this she speaks of the Sacred Sedona
- a Mystic Mecca. In
jest, Sakina just loves to talk!
However, it is never done without the dispensing of
knowledge, wisdom, and her fast paced humor!
Grandmother (respected
Elder) Sakina Blue-Star is more than capable of sitting
and sketching you out a portrait of Ancestor Spirits and
the Star Nation People, while simultaneously bringing
through messages of them for you.
Among her
accomplishments, Sakina is also the author of a self
published book ‘Little Dove.’ This book elaborates
on her Lakota Ancestor, and about her Sioux heritage.
Just as interesting, is the story behind the
story, about how she discovered and uncovered all these
truths.
Sakina is a keen
collector of a vast number of artifacts, folk art and
dolls of all People.
(I for one, certainly can testify to this).
Grandmother Sakina
received a Doctor of Divinity degree from the Rev. Dr.
Alice Bowers, in Phoenix, Az.
She is also ordained into the Ancient Order of
Melchizedek.
Need more diversity?
As a CNA, she assisted her physician husband in
many home-births in the Boston and Cape Cod,
Massachusetts area.
To her family, she
is known as a mother to her two sons and two daughters.
To her four grandchildren in Aspen, Colorado and
Denmark, she is Grandmother!
In my coming to know
my dear friend Grandmother Sakina, I have learned she
has been told by the Galactic Guardians that she is to
be “A Rainbow Bridge - between Peoples.”
No one is happier
than Sakina, to share what she has learned and
experienced from her many friends of Wampanoag, Hopi,
Diney (Navaho) and various other tribal Nations.
She continues to
lead an extremely interesting life.
She is an expert Storyteller, and her humor and
intellectual insight and wit are extremely engaging to
say the least.
Here are more of her
extraordinary experiences!
She has flown her father’s planes, ridden her
horses and met with some of the most outstanding and
interesting people.
Here are just a few of them - Dr. Martin Luther
King in D.C., Selma, Atlanta and Boston.
From the musical scene she has met John Denver
and Willie Nelson, in Colorado.
She joined the
Purification Ceremonies (sweat-lodge) with Lakota Elder
Wallace Black Elk in Arizona, Colorado and in Wounded
Knee, South Dakota.
Have I mentioned she
met with top comedians Flip Wilson and Dick Gregory in
Texas and Arizona? Sakina
claims she can tell you some very funny stories about
these two characters.
Sakina Blue-Star, is
well educated in Lakota, Cherokee and Hopi customs.
She can teach of the traditional ways from birth
to marriage and crossing over to the other side.
Well, I think you get the idea once again of her
diversity!
Grandmother Sakina,
often communicates with ‘the ancestors’ at Palatki
(ancient cliff dwellings) place of the Hopi Indians who
still live in stone houses atop high mesas in the
northeastern portion of Arizona.
The Hopi still perform Sacred ceremonies their
ancestors have done for thousands of years. Sakina has
often and still continues to take people up to visit her
adopted Hopi family.
If all of this
hasn’t been enough for most people to accomplish let me
also brag on her behalf about the following. Sakina
Blue-Star, was featured as a Wisdom Keeper with the
shamans of Hopi, Lakota, Blackfoot-Afro, Siberian, Inuit
(Eskimo), Quechua and Garifuna (Arawak-Afo) heritage at
the Omega Foundation in NY, and Omega in Austin, Texas in
2003. She was
further acknowledged, in the County of Kildare, Ireland,
in the spring of May 2004.
Now, to my dearest
friend and wise woman, Sakina Blue-Star, I would like to
offer these personal words of gratitude.
I say this from the
bottom of my heart! Our
wedding would never hold the same meaning it does today
had you not agreed to drive from a complete State away to
be our Medicine Person.
For this reason alone, I will always love you!
Also, a big thanks to
you for the Native American dress you gifted me with.
It’s a keeper!
Both my husband and I
are very humbled by the numerous invitations to your
home/museum. You
have always made us both feel most welcome!
I will never forget
the private prayers that you gave in Lakota/Cherokee at
the Medicine Wheel, in Sedona, Arizona.
(A location, I will refrain from publicly
mentioning).
Mostly, Sakina, I want
you to know that it is a true honor and privilege that our
paths have come together in long friendship.
My thanks, Sakina!
I’m delighted to have you as my ‘Special
Guest’ at the Wigwam.
I know your list of friends is miles long, but I
know how much you always enjoy meeting new ones.
May the Great Spirit
continue to watch over you!
- White Sparrow
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Mike
Gouchie - Soaring to new heights
From
Toronto to Tennessee!
From the Aboriginal Festival at the Sky Dome to the
stage of the Ryman Auditorium!
There is one awesome Canadian gentleman that is
stirring up the radio sound waves and ‘Soaring to New
Heights’.
Greetings everyone!
Things are heating up at the Wigwam!
It is my very great privilege to introduce to you
– MIKE GOUCHIE or, as his
friends call him, “The GOUCH!”
He is a ‘Red Hot’
singer, songwriter, and musician!
This gentleman is ‘tattooed’ with raw and refined talent! He makes one think about taking better care of one’s body,
one’s dreams, and one’s loved ones!
Last, but far from least to say about him is “WHAT
A VOICE!”
I have been a member
of the Canadian Country Music Association, the C.C.M.A,
for well over a decade now.
I have had the opportunity to meet a lot of
musically gifted individuals, in one way or another.
We all have our own gifts, whatever they might be
– but I seem to have a knack for pegging people in the
music industry that have what it takes to ‘soar to new
heights’!
For what it’s worth,
“I
believe in this man and his music!”
Don’t be concerned if you haven’t heard about
him yet, intuition tells me that he has and he will
maintain longevity in the music business!
Let’s see!
He has played Tootsies Orchid Lounge, Robert’s on
lower Broadway! He
has held his own on stage at the Ryman Auditorium!
He’s mixed and mingled with great legends like
‘Whistling’ Bill Anderson, John Conley and Mr. David
Frizell. Oh
yes, and he has stopped onlookers in their tracks while
posing for a photo with Keith Urban and other such
artists. Of
course, it’s only fitting that he has a ‘beautiful’
life partner to hug when he isn’t holding his guitar!
Phew! What a guy!
He’s won
competition after competition, won music award after
award, and still finds time for his children, his family
and friends. Did
I mention he travels every chance he gets to write with
top writers to hone his already strongly crafted,
songwriting abilities!
In 2004
he picked up many pats on the back from the industry.
One of these was earned down in Dolly’s neck of
the woods - Pigeon Forge, where he landed the title of,
International Country Male Vocalist of the Year!
In
case, this doesn’t sound impressive to a few folks - try
standing on stage singing your insides out in front of
thousands of strangers while you’re being critiqued from
your boots to your guitar pick!
Vocals matter, but there’s so much more to
consider. Judges
have a strict protocol and they don’t miss a check mark
or an ‘x’, when it comes to competitions!
I met MIKE GOUCHIE,
while attending the Aboriginal Festival November 2004.
I was down there doing a little networking for my
web site. [Looks
like I did all right, huh]! Anyway, I was there taking in a special showcase for a couple
of other really close ‘buds’ in the industry, when I
had the good fortune of seeing, and hearing Mike play and
perform live.
Picture this!
You’re at the Toronto Sky Dome!
Celebrities and other artists are milling around
the dome, walking freely about, taking in the events.
One is right near a main set of doors, easy access
for people to hear you with other great talent waiting in
the wings with full back up bands.
I mean back up bands!
You know the kind that play for Terri Clark and a
few dozen others. No
pressure right! Wrong! That is
unless your Mike Gouchie!
Mike was the first up
for the showcase that I caught!
No back up band! Guess he wore them all out after his earlier award that
weekend. He
steps up on stage, looking ‘young and gorgeous’ and
then grabs everyone’s attention from the first note out
of his mouth!
His vocals were
distinctively his! A marvelous contrast, between smooth and edgy!
Between hot and cool! Between down right earthy and
a pleasure to listen to!
“Picture
Daddy with You!” How’s
that for a title of a pure, gut-wrenching, emotional
ballad! This
one is my favorite pick off his four songs - five star,
debut, CD.
His passion for his
children in this self- penned ballad is as passionate as
his genuine love of his music. This song could make a
‘biker’ cry!
What proceeds, every artist in country music and
what makes them a legend long after their arrival on the
scene is their songs, and their delivery of them!
Well
Mike, Nashville and the rest of the radio world need to
hear this one loud and proud!
The other ‘three’ songs are great tunes, well
written and well done.
I just happen to be a lover of ballads!
As is 50% of the country listening fans!
Country isn’t country, without a long, slow,
heart-tugging ballad to snuggle up and dance to.
Mike’s, new, “SOMETHIN’
BOUT a BAD BOY” single, is SOON TO BE RELEASED
and quite possibly followed up with CMT by video, if all
goes well this month!
You want more, okay!
How about his NEW
ALBUM - release date set for MAY, 2005!
Folks, there is all
kinds of music out there, but most of us who are truly in
the music industry will say this. There are only two kinds of music. Good and bad! That’s
it! If you
are all rapped out and haven’t tapped into Country
music, give it a try! You may just find out what the rest of us already know!
Mike,
for the record, ‘congratulations’
on all of your awards and your achievements!
I know how tough it can be for an artist in the
music industry! I
know the Great Spirit is watching over you, and I know he
has so many more good things ahead of you yet!
Your
best songs are still waiting to be born and I know that
you will father them well! Like father, like son, right Mike!
I will leave all of
you readers with this thought.
“A rich
man, is not one that has everything, but one that requires
little!” Maybe
it’s just me Mike, but you sure sound like a rich man to
me!
Readers, that’s it,
for this month! My
thanks for stopping in to visit with me and my wonderful
guest!
If you’re curious
about Learning, Seeing…. And, Hearing more about this Country Hottie! Then
please, check out, his photo gallery, click on his music,
and scroll down his ah, ‘web site’ at www.mikegouchie.com!
Mike Gouchie; thank
you, from the heart, for agreeing to let me feature you as
my Special Guest here at the Wigwam!
I am playing your CD as I write this piece, and I
look forward to hearing your new one in the upcoming
future. By
the way, thanks for‘ autographing’ the first one….
It’s a keeper!
May you never lose track of your
dreams!
White
Sparrow
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