Project Indigenous | Scott Frazier

Prophecies

sfrazier — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 20:13:16 +0000

My friend in Ecuador often talks about the Eagle and the Condor prophecy. I have heard of this prophecy for nearly all my life. Over the years many people have exchanged their information about spiritual ways from north to south and south to north. I want to share a couple of experiences I had over the years.

When the Olympics were in Atlanta my step son was going to race at Stone Mountain, so we went to support and watch. We drove from Montana to Atlanta, a road trip of a lifetime. People donated funds for our travels and we stayed at a family’s home north of the city. Each day we took a train to the city and each day I would see a group of men playing flutes by the station in the city. They were dressed in southern outfits and they were selling cds of their music they called Cusco. The night that the bomb was detonated in the Olympic Village we went to see what was going on. Just before the bomb went off we were standing in the square listening to the men from the south playing their flutes. I went over to talk to them and they gave me a cd. We were home safe when the bomb went off.

Some time later I was given a trip to Alaska to visit the glaciers. I took a boat up the inland passageway so I could see the land and the waters. I don’t remember where we were but the boat docked at a town and as I was leaving the boat I could hear flute music. When I got to land I went looking for the flute players and sure enough it was the same group I had met in Atlanta. We had a good hug and I went off in my direction and they went off in their direction.

When I first went to Ecuador I expected to see these men playing their music but I did not. What I heard first was the songs of the city. Second I heard the songs of the frogs and nature. The sounds were very similar to the world of the north so I was happy. The last trip I took last fall I heard young people singing and playing instruments and their songs made me happy.

When I visit with my relations in Ecuador I am not interested in prophecies. People from the north and south have been exchanging for a long time. Some people have traveled to unfold the prophecy and some because it is the right thing to do. I told my friend that I was interested only in sharing and not the prophecy. If we share to unfold something our intention was to make something become the outcome but if we shared and the prophecy unfolded then let the children sings songs about us when we are gone.

I travel when I am invited. I tell only stories I know are true. My intention is to share the acknowledgement of the pulse of the universe. I don’t know much about anything else really. What I do know is that if a person wants a spiritual journey they first must go to the mountain in prayer, but be careful what you pray for and speak from the heart.

Rich or Poor

sfrazier — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 17:34:07 +0000

Wealth is an interesting concept. Some see wealth as small shiny valuable things. Things like gold, silver or diamonds. When I was a kid, I though I was wealthy if I had candy in my pocket or a quarter to buy some candy. My mother and grandmother both had a sweet tooth so there were times when we had candy. Mostly though we had fruit they had caned in the fall for our sweet intake.
My grandparent’s wealth was family. They had two daughters and one son that provided them with six grandchildren. When we all got together for different occasions, we were wealthy making my grandparents very happy. Having said that, no one had large sums of money or small shiny things, but we were rich in family.
After my grandfather crossed over, our times of gathering as a family ceased and my grandmother just visited us separately. She used to come and stay with me for a month every summer or visit in the fall. When she visited sometimes I would take her out on a date to a Lawrence Welk concert. She would tell me that she and my grandpa would go over to the next town in South Dakota and dance to that music. She said his concert gave her good memories of my grandpa.
When I was younger and wanting a family I spotted a girl that I thought was wonderful. I went to my clan uncle and his wife and asked about her. They told me that I needed to forget it because she was wealthy and I was poor. Her family was highly thought of in the tribe and I was nobody. My family had left the Tribal community long ago because of work and boarding schools. No one remembers my family sees my wealth. They told me that her family would never allow me in and I would be wasting her and my time so just move on and forget it. So I did. Later I actually found a wonderful life with a beautiful woman so no regrets but I have an understanding of wealth of possibilities.
A person can lose all kinds of wealth and be poor. Some Tribal people believe that no one should be left out of the people, no one should be poor. My experience has found that the pulse of the Universe brings things close to the center and then brings them far from the center. Sometimes we are rich and some times we are poor. Some say a woman has a better chance of staying wealthy than a man because of her nurturing and children, but a man can nurture and has children as well.
Wealth is a very interesting thing. Wealth of memories, family, culture and self. If you think you are wealthy it helps, if you think you are poor then you are really poor.

The Sky Has Holes

sfrazier — Sat, 10 Mar 2012 18:59:05 +0000

As our world comes to the tipping point is there anything we can do about it?
By Scott Frazier

March 10, 2012
(I wanted to rewrite this piece about fracking and try it again. )
The world, especially the United States is being targeted for redirection. Redirection is what a magician does when his trick is soft. The magician takes your attention off the point of reference and redirects it while change happens. Then the magician directs you back to the subject and something has happened and that is magic.
Years ago I sat listening to old Native men talking about how disrespectful scientists were by poking holes in the sky. They thought that the balance of the atmosphere was critical to your well being. The old men were referring to the rockets, missiles, and the space programs of the 1960’s and I thought they were out of touch. The holes fill in with atmosphere once the object passes through was my thought.
I have thought about those days recently as we are coming to a tipping point of catastrophic measure.
Yesterday I was visiting with my neighbor and I heard myself talking about how the structure of the earth would come to a point that would make it unstable from the mining, drilling and now, the mining process called fracturing. I smiled at myself knowing that I have come full circle as I am not sitting with the old men now, but speaking as one.
I tried to explain to my neighbor that the earth took millions of years to solidify into what we know as our home today. The structure is based on internal and external pressures that hold the structure together. The human being has now come along and removed the fluidity of the planet by installing cities of concrete and asphalt. Ground water is diverted from the underground streams and pollutants choke the streams and water ways. Parts of the planet that were designed to move are drying out because of the lack of lubrication from water, and from the drilling processes for oil and natural gas. Rain water that is to assist in lubrication is also diverted so that humans can stay dry.
Added to the loss of lubrication is the endless thought that we can poke holes in the earth and remove natural gas, oil and water. My neighbor thought this was pretty funny that I thought that the earth could not stand up to all the drilling. In fact, his belief was that even if we drilled more holes and fractured out all the natural gas, there would be no effect on the planet. My thought, of course, was not about a day where nothing happens, but a day when the plates of our planet want to shift so the planet can readjust. The day of planetary realignment is the day all those little holes will cause an effect we were not counting on happening. This is the day we meet the tipping point and the planet will adjust to a new balance.
The effect of the natural world is the natural science we cannot prevent but only learn from as we observe it. The area around fault lines should not be tampered with while searching for fracturing sites. In fact we should not fracture the earth at all because we are disrupting the natural balance of the planet. Many scientists are looking for the surface change in the climate. However, we are causing a subsurface change that will cause a mixing of the balance, or glue, that holds the planet together. If the surface and subsurface changes happen simultaneously, the tipping point will exclude most of the surface of our planet as we know it.
I do not know the solutions to our problems but my feeling is that we need to find new methods of transportation, clean our streams, leave the earth to do its job and not fall to the grasp of money. Unfortunately, I know that some people will think I am out of touch as I did about the old men and the sky, but it is good to know that I love the earth as did the generations I listened to when I was young.

International visitors will arrive in Montana in May

sfrazier — Sat, 10 Mar 2012 18:51:35 +0000

May will bring a visitor from Hungary and two visitors from the United Kingdom.

sfrazier — Sat, 10 Mar 2012 18:49:15 +0000

Mr. Frazier has been invited to participate in a conference in Ecuador in June. More information as it comes in.

Here is a little more info: Hola Cuenca!

My name is Sarah Hanen Bauer and my son, Leif, and I have lived in Cuenca for just over 2 years. During this time I have watched the international community grow rapidly in Cuenca. In many ways it’s the talk of the town! I have also noticed that, at times, it appears difficult for the local and foreign communities to merge. This, typically, doesn’t appear to happen out of a lack for want, it’s just that it can be a bit intimidating to dive right into a culture and a community that is a bit outside our comfort zone….that goes for both sides.

In response to this, I have been working with an extremely dynamic and motivated group of Cuancanos. They have formed a collective called Madre Tierra. This is formed by a variety of groups and organizations in the area. The objective of la Colectiva Madre Tierra is to help unite our global community by first uniting our local community ~ local, foreign, indigenous, mestizo, urban and rural ~ and sharing a unified love of and respect for our mother earth.

We are putting on a 4 month long event called Festival Madre Tierra with each month highlighting a specific topic. The month of March will focus on water, April will focus on diversity, May will focus on ancestral wisdom, and June will focus on spirituality. Each month will host one main event, however, we will augment these events with other activities such as workshops that focus on culture and ways in which we can connect with our planet. We will also provide guided walks into the beautiful spaces surrounding the Cuenca area. These walks will focus on sharing local history, Andean spirituality and the science behind the nature. All workshops and walks will be TRANSLATED so, if your Spanish isn’t up to snuff quite yet, have no fear. This is a concentrated effort to bridge these amazing cultures, this incredible American Culture we are a part of. Language should not be a deterrent!

Our first events begin this week:

XI Festival Madre Tierra: El agua y la común unidad

sfrazier — Sat, 10 Mar 2012 18:46:59 +0000

Mr Frazier will visit Soltane in Pa. during the first week of May. More information will follow.

sfrazier — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 19:23:24 +0000

Workshops are the best bang for your buck.

Project Indigenous has found that workshops are the most practical application for best practices. Our workshops cover a wide variety of topics and we can develop a workshop for your needs.

Workshops may include:

• Diversity Training 101
• Diversity Training Advanced
• Diversity Training Train The Trainer
• Histories
• Spiritual Customs
• No One Tribe is the same
• Pulse of the Universe
• Traditional Environmental Education
• Traditional Education

Our workshops can be one, two, or three day training at you desired location.

For more information or to develop a workshop for you contact Project Indigenous.

For further information please contact Project Indigenous using the contact page

sfrazier — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 19:21:43 +0000

Maybe you want a longer involvement with Project Indigenous than just a few hours. Then we suggest a retreat might be a better method of teaching.

Retreats can be a way to slow down the busy lifestyle of modern society. Maybe people need to walk along the river or hear the sounds of the environment. A retreat might be a way to make this happen.

If a retreat is your avenue of education then we suggest you locate the venue, provide an agreed upon number of participants, take responsibility and liability for attendants and scholarships, provide food and refreshments and waste disposal. All advertisements materials will need to be agreed upon by Project Indigenous before sending out.

For further information please use the contact page

sfrazier — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 19:17:51 +0000

Mr. Frazier and Mr. Ybarra have studies Native American Issues all their lives. They are passionate about histories, education and issues concerning Native People. They have taught Traditional Environmental Education locally, nationally and internationally. Mr. Frazier worked 9 years as a Traditional trainer for Project WET and Mr. Ybarra worked —- years for Project Learning Tree. Their presentations are developed on your request regarding most aspects of Native life.

Presentations may include local oral historians or knowledgeable people for your future requests.

Below is a partial list of topics that Mr. Frazier has presented in the past:

• 2011-Eagle and Condor, Ecuador
• 2011- Water In Education, Escula de Education y Cultura Andina
• 2011- Eagle and Condor, Ecuador
• 2010- Water is Sacred, Northern Indian Affairs Canada
• 2010- NAAEE Buffalo New York
• 2009- Civil Society Summit in Moscow, Russia- Served as a representative for Indigenous peoples and their environment.
• 2008- Indigenous Conference University of Georgia Athens Georgia
• 2008- Presentation to the Environmental Committee at The Hague in the Netherlands about climate change
• 2007- Hungarian Parliament- spoke about climate change
• 2007- Earth Day Lyndon College, Vermont
• 2007- Northern Plains Symposium, Buffalo Bill Historical Center
• 2006- Forth World Water Forum in Mexico City- Addressed the assembly about the sacredness of water
• 2006- NASA Colloquium, Langley Research Center, in Hampton Virginia-Presented program about Native/Indigenous Scientists
• 2006- Cornell Law College- Served as a panelist during their conference on Native water law
• 2005- Forth World Conference on Indigenous Education, Hamilton New Zealand- Presented a workshop about Leadership
• 2004 September 9 Ambassador for World Peace meeting in Jerusalem Israel
• 2001- 2003- Lone Mountain Ranch- Summer lecture programs about current issues facing Native peoples as well as discussing the animals of the Yellowstone region.

For further Information please contact us using the contact page

sfrazier — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 19:15:53 +0000

Diversity Programs

If your program, company or institution is dealing with or going to deal with an Indigenous community you need this training.

Diversity training is the pathway to success for any outside organization wanting successful outcomes in Indigenous communities.

Our diversity program is a must if you are thinking about developing a program in an Indigenous community. We can help you develop a positive approach for what the Indigenous community needs rather than what you think they need. Though some grant driven organizations have provided sound projects they failed by not knowing the community they want to work with.

Project Indigenous can help you understand the differences in business concepts, community unity and politics, as well as issues that may affect a successful outcome. Knowing the basic foundations of Indigenous will help your organization work well in the Indigenous environment.

Our programs will:

• Research histories
• Explain issues
• Develop a study model for you staff
• Share 30 years of insights from an Indigenous point of view
• Help develop a sound approach for successful outcomes for your program
• Stay connected if requested

Mr. Frazier and Mr. Ybarra have years of experience with Non Indigenous grants. They are whiling to share their experience with you so your Indigenous program is successful.

Start up research is essential in developing a sound program. Let us help you be successful.

Mr. Frazier received Diversity training at Reed College Summer Institute and Train the Trainer training from Rattle and Rattler Diversity Training.

For further information please contact us.
Diversity Programs