Chief
Willy Whitefeather- Honorary
Chief Storyteller - Oregon Clan
O'siyo
and Hola to all of The United
Cherokee Nation (UCN), sending
you prayers for health, wealth
and happiness. I was so honored
by The Tribal Council in being
named as an Honorary Chief
Storyteller.
In
South America I am called Pluma
Blanca, In Tsalagi (Cherokee)
it's Unegah Ugidali and to
everyone else it's Willy
Whitefeather. Now that I've seen
seventy-two Winters and am coming
off of thiry years on the road,
all of my teachers and
storytelling friends have passed
on. The spiritual path has taken
me to many tribes. The Mohave,
Hopi, Navajo and Pima to name a
few. Many are forgetting the old
ways. "For without it's
roots a tree will die". You
who are coming home to your roots
have the D. N. A., the Devine
Native American blood.
I
have received seven visions of
which is to come, my visions are
strong, as I can stare at the Sun
and the Sun is dim compared to my
visions. My Mother and her family
were from Argentina and my
Father's family were called
hillbillies from Georgia and
Tennessee. My Great-Grandparents
were on the "Trail of
Tears", the death march
given to the Tsalagi (Cherokee)
People. I have learned the wild
plants and taught desert survival
to two Army battalions in Arizona
and was given two civilian medals
by the Colonel.
As
your Honorary Chief Storyteller I
always begin with; "Don't
believe it". That is the
correct way to speak as I was
taught by Tallman a Navajo
Codetalker and Storyteller. For
if a storyteller ever should say;
"Believe it" and says
the wrong thing then he or she
can damage the listener. Stories
should always be told to enjoy
and not to control. Tsalagi
(Cherokee) and other tribal
stories are told to cause us to
think and how to create. As Wilma
Mankiller said; "We must
make a better world for the next
Seven Generations of
children". (Since 1983 Wilma
served four terms as Chief of the
Cherokee Nation.)
In
Hopes that my stories will help
to strengthen our roots.
For
the Children,
Wahdo,
Willy
Watch
Willy's Movie HOPE - Vision Seed,
on YouTube
http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=yH3kvigXIQs
Hear
Willy on the Radio, click on link
to hear interview, scroll down to
Willy Whitefeather!
http://takilmafm.com/Downloads.php
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