Winter Solstice Edition, 2007

Announcements

Phillip Whiteman, Jr., a  Presenter at The Voice of the Horse '07,has a new DVD out about his Medicine Wheel Model to Natural Horsemanship.  Phillip, who is Northern Cheyenne, demonstrates the power of learning, knowing about, and responding to the natural world in different ways, integrated as parts of a single, sacred whole. "The natural world" in this case is horses, as it is for The Voice of the Horse Project overall. The cost of Phillip's 45-minute DVD is $29.95 plus $3.00 shipping and handling (US domestic). For International orders please call for shipping rates. You can order your copy of Phillip's new DVD in any of three ways: visit his online store ;  call (406)477-8720; or send a check or money order to: Phillip Whiteman Jr. the Medicine Wheel Model Introductory DVD, PO Box 1138, Lame Deer, Mt. 59043.

Phillip and his stallion Sioux Boy, warming up on the Iowa State campus at The Voice of the Horse '07.  Sioux Boy also appears in Phillip's new DVD about the Medicine Wheel Model to Natural Horsemanship.

 

Our friends at Snowchange continue to plan the Snowchange 2008 International Conference and have established a trust to help fund it. The meeting will be held with the Maori Peoples of New Zealand in December 2008. This coincides with the conclusion of the International Polar Year 2007 – 2008 and celebrates the Indigenous peoples of North and South coming together. "A message from the organisational team of Snowchange 2008: 'The kaupapa of Snowchange is to research the implications of snowchange on indigenous knowledge – specifically, indigenous peoples in the Arctic Circle. Mahinekura Reinfeld attended the Snowchange Conference in Anchorage, Alaska in 2005. After some discussion it became apparent that we organize a hui within the next year to take place in Taranaki. It was requested that a Maori Elder Huirangi Waikerepuru to be part of this. Te Hurihanga Haupapa Charitable Trust has been established to support the planning of this exciting hui which will include indigenous peoples of the Arctic Circle and other areas of the world with an interest and who are prepared to be responsible in proactive conservation pursuits in global change/snowchange.'" To learn more about Snowchange 2008, visit the Snowchange website.  You can also find a link there to read the final document produced by Snowchange 2006 in Anchorage, Alaska.

And a warm welcome to...New Member Doris Harren of Colorado!

Got an essay, artwork, a photograph, or a poem to share?  An announcement of interest to Tapestry Institute members?  Send it to the Loom editor for consideration as a part of the Spring Equinox edition of "The Loom".  Your submission should be about, or demonstrate, using different ways of knowing, learning about, and responding to the natural world.

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