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What Is Sundance? With Grandfather Rick McBride

Tuesday, May 16th  6:30 pm to 8:00 pm approx  donations for traveling expenses greatly appreciated

6073 Summit Blvd, West Palm Beach, 33415 near Jog Road, Southern Blvd, Forest Hill Blvd and Turnpike exit 97

Grandfather Rick will present an informal discussion on the Sundance ceremony, one of the most difficult and longest of Native American ceremonies. He is preparing to leave for South Dakota to participate in his 15th Sundance. You will learn the why of Sundance and how you can support a Sundancer while that person is in ceremony. Questions are encouraged. He will also discuss prayer ties; what they are, how they are used. On Tuesday, May 23 you will have the opportunity to make prayer ties for the sundance tree.  Sundance is where Grandfather Rick goes to get revitalized and reenergized; he learns as much as he can while there, which he brings back to the local community.

Your prayers, as well as donations for traveling expenses, are greatly appreciated.

Rick McBride is mixedblood Tsalagi (Cherokee) who has walked the Red Road for over 30 years. He was named Cante Lute (Schan-tay Lou-tuh) by the spirits through his sundance chief, which means Red Heart. He is a sundancer and has been traditionally trained and authorized to lead ceremonies, such as inipi (purification lodge), prayer with the Canunpah (Pipe), drum healing and so forth. He has been publicly teaching these ways for over ten years now. Workshops and lectures are one way to learn from the wisdom of Indian Country. Ceremony brings this knowledge to life. Combined, teaching and ceremony render practical guidance to everyday living. And so, Rick sees his role as that of "translator" of indigenous ways so that mainstream-educated people get the full benefit of these ways. It has taken him years of dedicated interaction with many Elders, as well as his activities as ceremonial leader to get to this place in his life.

For further information, visit his website: www.mixedblood.info