Dec. 25, 2020, Illahee Spirit Runners answer the call to help transform dream into reality by newly forming AIM wolf Pack. People made the journey and put their collective energy into a prayer at a concentration camp that is holding indigenous relatives captive. Luv The Messenger spoke about what this meant to him. How it came to him in a dream. How the path we would walk would make a pattern representing the sun and the moon. We learned about the people inside and how demonstrations outside had caused the prison to restrict the prisoners. We learned about how the people inside did their own hunger strikes. We learned about letters written to the prison regarding the prisoners. This is a time many people spend with their families. We chose to spend it with our relatives here at the concentration camp. It was our belief that we could be heard from inside. We sang our sacred songs from many nations. Tobacco was offered in a sacred way. We brought our flags together. An eagle staff was sent by Fred Short a spiritual leader within American Indian Movement. Peoples from both Eagle and Condor nations were unified. We were met with large amounts of law enforcement from a sheriff department and prison staff themselves. One unit was seen putting on gas masks and had limited riot gear in a scouting mission before the walk. We were being trailed constantly by numerous units who new we were coming and never let us out of their sight. I had a security role and was putting my body as a buffer between police. I remained vigilant the entire walk so that prayer walkers could concentrate on the prayer. Sheriff even chased us thru the dessert on dirt bike motorcycles. At one point one of their motorcycles got stuck and even though we were in prayer it made us laugh. The rider tried to pretend he wasn’t stuck and was seen pushing his bike up the ruts and banks of the dessert. Clearly and as usually we note how they fear our prayer. After the day was coming to an end and the sun was starting to go down we formed a prayer circle, i sang our Anishinabe wolf song as we formed a huge circle on the land. Drummers drumming ended the song exactly as i did and we were in perfect unison. We put our drums and our medicines together. Many people including elder Bruce Gali spoke eloquently. In Anishinabe the word for wolf maiingan means family. This prayer exemplified family. The concept was deeply demonstrated as well as understood.
Illahee Spirit Runners 