Deer Tribe Overview
The Sweet Medicine SunDance Path
Over thousands of years, many traditional medicine men and women, shamans, people of power, travelled widely sharing teachings and pursuing knowledge. Hair is a symbol of knowledge, and it was said that the many strands of teachings of the inter tribal people were woven together into “braids of truth”. These travelling medicine people became known as the ‘Twisted Hairs’. The ‘Twisted Hairs Metis Medicine Societies’ first sat together in council as early as 1250 BC For generations the sacred knowledge was held within secret medicine societies. In 1974, seeing the seriousness of the ecological and spiritual decline happening on this beautiful planet, the council of elders took the unprecedented step of making this sacred knowledge available to all people who may be interested.
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The council of Elders gave Harley SwiftDeer Thunder Strikes the mandate to share these teachings with all who sought knowledge and healing. SwiftDeer’s primary teacher in this Path was the late Grand father Tom “Two Bears” Wilson, Navajo Medicine Man and president of the Navajo Native American Church. The Deer Tribe Metis Medicine Society, based in Phoenix, Arizona, is an international organisation with lodges and study groups in the USA, Canada, and Europe.
Study Groups
Contact - Elaine Cat Moon Casey and Pete Spotted Snake Edwards moonsnake@peec.fsnet.co.uk
There is also a Study Group in Somerset.
Contact - Jean Rankin and John Speirs on 01458 241831 or crouchingcat@hotmail.co.uk
Children's Study Group.
Contact - Louise on 0114 258 4519 or email - lvincent64@hotmail.com