I spent 3 days in mid-Nov at the new white/black buffalo compound at
Nemacolin Estates, PA. Hawk invited me and many Elders, including my
close longtime friend Nagi Whiteowl from SE Missouri and other Elders
from Pine Ridge etc.
I was already aware of Hawk’s poor reputation in
some circles recently; maybe some of it’s true; maybe not. Imperfect
though he (and all of us) may be, he’s been put by Creator in an
extraordinary position: hands-on keeper of the PA White Buffalo/Black
Buffalo, with the blessings of an elderly man of great wealth (and
heart), also God-sent I believe. I know I’m the one who said some
months ago that the “double divine birth” story was ‘BS’; so it seemed
to me then, though I regret speaking so crudely. I never questioned the
sacredness of the White Buffalo/Black Buffalo. Quite simply, I didn’t
buy that double divine birth story after a visit to the zoo where the
animals were last year, before being taken to Nemacolin and treated
like the sacred beings they are. Others DO ‘believe’ it, though I’m
still not much of a believer myself, but when I saw the 2
buffalo—full-size at 2-3 years of age, one strikingly orangish white,
the other jet black, seemingly aglow standing against the lucid pink
afternoon sunlight that Saturday afternoon—I was at the microphone
speaking to the crowd at that moment—the chills crept over me.
Divine
birth or not, these are definitely VERY SACRED animals. Not an Elder
there denied that. As I spoke to the crowd, I found myself speaking of
a ‘vision’ that was coming on me—just my thought, actually, but quite
urgent somehow. I saw President Obama standing in that very spot
giving--and receiving--a blessing to & from the two sacred buffalo. I
also saw Arvol & Paula beside the President as I saw them in front
of the UN a few years back, Arvol in his stunning white regalia, Paula
behind him singing so beautifully as Arvol performed an exquisitely
moving ceremony with the buffalo skull and c’anumpa. I saw Hawk
standing there, just staying in the background and feeling blissfully
aware how privileged he—and all of us—were to be there with the
President & the Keeper of White Buffalo Calf Maiden’s c’anumpa…all
before a REAL White Buffalo!!
If I were to add one small element to the
‘vision’—it would be David and Hawk praying together, their hostilities
healed. This would be the Great Healing indeed—called for years ago by
Arvol. I can say Hawk treated me and the others with the greatest
courtesy and attention. I saw him pass out many $--including $40 in
cash to me personally to take the RR home to DC. He’s not paid, but
given a place to stay and lives on a small disability payment. If he
seems to some to ‘hustle’ for bucks, I know few folks, both good and
bad, who aren’t doing the same.
Regarding his obligation to the
White/Black Buffalos, it seems to me utterly sincere. I wish ALL of us
would come to his assistance. We ALL need to be healed—not to mention
the rest of the world as well. I think White Buffalo Calf Maiden is
using each and ALL of us for higher purposes.
If we can heal
ourselves, with the White Buffalo/Black Buffalo’s help, maybe Arvol’s
Great Healing will spread to the rest of the world. That’s up to us,
we, ourselves, each of one us.
Thanks for listening. Blessings, Harvey
Arden
Click Link Below to hear Author Harvey Arden speak & read
at the Institute of Noetic Sciences, Petaluma, CA 1/15/2009
Part 1) On the Wisdomkeepers and ‘Travels in a Stone Canoe.’ 2) On Lakota Elder Mathew King from the book ‘Noble Red Man’ 3) On Leonard Peltier: A Plea to President Barack Obama