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GRAMMY-NOMINATED CONSCIOUS REGGAE ARTIST LUCIANO
To date, our family has organized and hosted 74 of these "One Love Events" in Jamaica and on Native American reservations, colleges and at public venues in the U.S. All these events encourage the audience to claim themselves as teachers of love - as peacemakers - by exercising love and forgiveness in their lives. All are non-commercial, involve no outside funding and are free to the public. They are non-denominational, apolitical and bring forward a message of universal love for all.
Our latest event, produced in conjunction with the Jamaican government, was for Bob Marley's 60th Birthday Celebration on February 6, 2005 in Kingston, Jamaica with a live audience of tens of thousands and a TV and radio audience of almost two million. It included presentations by the Governor General, the Minister of Education, the Minister of Tourism and many civic leaders and conscious talk show hosts. Twenty well-known recording artists also performed.
KINGSTON, JAMAICA-BOB MARLEY'S 60TH BIRTH DAY
These events have often led to a community-wide healing. Our five events on the Hopi reservation catalyzed their defeating reservation gambling and preserving their ancient ways. Our events on the Havasupai reservation on the floor of the Grand Canyon help them in electing a pro-environmental tribal council committed to protecting the Canyon. In Jamaica, our 54 concerts brought a much-needed message of love to the island.
HEALING SANTA CRUZ WITH ONE LOVE
We believe that if the peacemakers - those people teaching love in the community - can gather together and revitalize each other as well as encourage others to join them as peacemakers, they can have a positive effect on the entire community manifesting in lower crime, drug abuse, domestic abuse, etc. We encourage each person to heal the small piece of the planet the Creator has assigned them by simply loving and forgiving as much as they can. We have chosen Santa Cruz for our first major event in an American city as we feel it is fertile ground for healing itself with love.
HOPI ELDERS VISIT JAMAICA
Radford and Lorna Quamahongnewa, their daughter, Dawn, son-in-law Duane and grandson, Rad, were guests of Elaine Wint and Carol Narcisse and their wellness festival, Wellfest, and at local schools in Kingston, Jamaica on April 28-30. Last September, Elaine and Carol journeyed to Hopiland with us, John Fray and Abijah to meet the Quamahongnewas, who are featured in our latest book, The Beauty Path: A Native American Journey Into One Love. The Hopis are considered by all Native American tribes as the most culturally and spiritually intact. They are revered for their ancient wisdom and prophecies. Radford is a traditional spiritual leader and the spokesperson for the elders of the village of Shungopavi, the "Mother Village" of the tribe.
This is not a casual visit but rather one of great significance - one that completes a "sacred circle" and is part of ancient prophecy. Almost 1,000 years ago, the tribe made a Covenant with the Creator to stay on their land and practice their ways in order to become the first society of "Hopi," which in their language means "Peaceful People." For almost a millennium they have done this, keeping alive their sacred Ceremonial Cycle, a yearlong series of ceremonies that, through song, dance, drumming and spoken word, contains all human wisdom. There are ceremonies teaching generosity, courage, agape, forgiveness, loyalty, patience, devotion, compassion, non-violence, respect for women, etc. They were told this work was not just for themselves but for all humanity.
Their elders tell us that they are very close to completing their Covenant. After centuries of struggling with the violence and corruption within human nature, after decades-long conflicts with the white race, neighboring tribes and within their own villages, the elders believe they may be within one generation of finally becoming Hopi - The Peaceful People. Their prophecies instructed them to now share this knowledge with the world.
They went to Jamaica because Jamaica has helped them in their sacred task. Conscious reggae music has been popular on the reservation for over twenty years. It has become a powerful drumbeat, reinforcing their ancient instructions of love and forgiveness. In the last two decades, there have been almost 70 reggae concerts on the Hopi reservation featuring Jamaican artists. All reinforced the tribe's message of love and helped the tribe, especially the youth, to stay on the road Home - to stay on the Hopi Way.
The Hopi elders journeyed to Jamaica with their message of love and forgiveness to close this sacred circle - to repay the Jamaican people who through their turmoil have birthed a musical message of love that has helped the tribe complete their sacred mission. As they have helped the Hopi complete their Covenant, they now can help Jamaica to complete hers as stated in her National Pledge to "play her part in advancing the welfare of the whole human race. The Quamahongnewas journey through the island was filmed by Nathan Koenig and Shelli Lipton, our friends who run the Woodstock Museum. It will soon be available as a DVD.
VISIT US AT THE SIERRA NEVADA WORLD MUSIC FESTIVAL (Luciano in 2005)
We will have a booth at the Sierra Nevada World Music Festival in Mendocino County, California June 23-25. Artists will include Ras Michael, Gregory Issacs, Culture, Coco Tea, Don Carlos and many more. Join us if you can! For more info: www.snwmf.com
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OUR NEW BOOK IS OUT!
This book is a combination of Native American wisdom and prophecy, as well as our personal journey through Jamaica and several Native American tribes. In it, you will meet many people devoted to healing the planet by awakening others to their true destiny as peacemakers. It also offers guidance for determining your own personal Beauty Path. Join us as we visit the Havasupai in their ancient village on the floor of the Grand Canyon, a six-hour trek from the closest road. Listen in as we reason with elders of the Hopi, one of the most spiritual and culturally-intact tribes, whose sacred Ceremonial Cycle holds all human wisdom. Visit the "Valley of the Vapors," where many tribes once gathered in peace. Join us as we host One Love concerts and events throughout Jamaica and on Indian reservations - spreading a message of love and forgiveness,
following in the footsteps of The Peacemaker of the ancient Iroquois Confederacy - the first democracy.
"I highly recommend this book for anyone wanting to learn more about Native American culture and spirituality." - Leonard Peltier, Native American leader, Nobel Peace Prize nominee, author of Prison Writings: My Life Is My Sundance.
"Through this book, all cultures the world over will see that love and peace, friendly and happy relationships and elongated life are long due." - Radford Quamahongnewa, Traditional Hopi Elder of Shungopavi Village.
"This could be the Father's plan - without the revolution." - Supai Waters, Havasupai Keeper-of-the-Secrets.
If you would like to order a copy, just click below and we will ship it to you (signed). We are selling the books at $7.50 (a 50% discount). All profits go back to the Hopi and Havasupai tribes.
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