A New People

Greetings Relatives,

"At the time of the Seventh Fire, a new people will emerge. They will retrace the footsteps of their ancestors and will try to find those things which have been lost along the way.”

Remember, I have already told you that Grandfather William Commanda, the keeper of the Sacred Seven Fires Wampum Belt, lit the Eight Fire on Sept. 27, 1997. So the “new people” spoken about are among us. Who are they and how can they be identified. If they are the ones who are going to save our Mother Earth, this becomes a very important question.

The answer is in the meaning of the eighth fire. If you remember it symbolizes, “the fire of the brotherhood of all peoples of all colors - the entire family of the human race.” And again, I will remind you that in my vision the very same meaning (family – nguejigamigzo) was associates with the eighth fire. The Seven Fires Prophecy was not for just the Indian people, it was meant for the entire family of humankind – all the colors of all the races of the whole world.

In my introduction, I told you I was Wobanaki Metis, but I have never told you what the word Metis actually means. Basically, it means mixed-blood. In my case, I am a mixture of Abenaki, Mi’kmaq, Malaseet, German, French, English, Irish, Scot, and African-American. Don’t ask me about blood quantum of any of these as it would be extremely difficult for me to isolate the specific genes associated with which ancestors if I looked at my blood. I guess DNA genetic testing could do it for me.

I am retracing the footsteps of my ancestors and I have found some of those things which have been lost along the way.

Good night,
Steve

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