Why can't this thing be
found all over the internet?
It must be one of those
secret sacred ceremonies Sachem keeps talking about?
NO.
It is not a secret
sacred ceremony.
It is however, a ceremony and very much alive today.
It is a vessel (ceremony) used four times a year,
sometime even more often, by the ancestors into which many of our Sacred
Ceremonies are enjoyed.
The only reason why one, until after this posting,
cannot find information about this ceremony is simple.
No phony, wannabe, impersonator has been able to steal
enough information in order to fool the masses, plus you cannot make money off
of it.
P.S.
It is only polite to ask before taking information
from someone's website or blog?
Ask my WordPress friends, we all enjoy re blogging and
someday even I might get it right?
Back before first contact before the Europeans made it
necessary for the people to change the gatherings, the first people around the
East Coast held our gathering call a Paw-paus.
Our gatherings are what today's powwows started out
looking like believe it or not, only with no Sacred Ceremonies in them without
a special invitation.
Sorry to say that not much in today's powwow’s look
anything like a Paw-paus.
Paw-paus
No fence marking off the circle, no charge ever to
entry the grounds.
No Arena Director because it has no arena, no keeper
of a gate. It has a circle, cleaned and cleared always with the intent of an
invitation to Creator for a blessing and a dance or two.
Food venders were always welcome as long as they
provided their own power and could prove that the food was tasty and safe to
the consumers, yes, they do charge.
All venders knew before traveling that this is a
gathering of the people and that anyone wishing to could provide a dish and if
they wish a small gift for the share blanket.
No one sold things unless they could prove that it was
made by hand and by our people from around Indian country.
Even if this vender was with or without a government
plastic card.
The Paw-paus was usually held on someone from the tribe's land or
permission from a sponsor to use their land, so many did have a donation
bucket, drop into or if need be take from?
As stated above, many time all of our Sacred
Ceremonies, even a Crossing once in a while, were held in a Paw-Paus.
Soon after first contact, because the Europeans were
starting to get extremely pushy at wanting into this very spiritual event.
Sachem’s of the New England tribes came together to
find a fast safe way out of this situation.
Long before this first contact our ancestors knew of
an evil Shaman warlock that practice Shamanism.
This Shaman warlock name was known to the people as
powwow and was an extremely evil wicked spirit.
The Sachem’s of these true American native people
placed the problem where they knew that they would get an answer.
In the hands of their clan mothers.
After many debates about the problem the clan mothers
came up with, why not use the name powwow and a great explanation as to why it
should be used.
It would seem that our invaders from across the waters
acted very much like this Sharman powwow.
So why not start having an event like our paw-paus and
invite them all?
The problem day that was unforeseen by our ancestor is
now many of these powwows are infested with shamans, witches and warlocks, some
even running it!
This would be a very good reason to explain why no
American native advertises when and where we are holding our Paw-paus and why
it is still so hard to get information.
