I attended the first day of “”Healing the Wounds of Turtle Island” on July 14, Bastille Day. For three days, the Wabanaki Confederation held a healing “Ceremony” Not to be confused with a pow wow or festival, a healing is a solemn gathering of people and spirits to set straight the balance so missing today from our world. According to Wabanaki tradition, great wrongs came to this land. That wrong came through the Eastern gate. According to the same tradition, the healing will begin in the East. The purpose of these ceremonies of prayer and meditation are beginning with the first of sixteen such ceremonies to be held for the next fourteen years. No one was allowed to film these ceremonies. I was allowed to show the surrounding area and conduct interviews. I hope this will encourage you to participate in any indigenous healing ceremony that you might be able to attend in the future.

Dozens of alternative healers and mediums tabled at the Fairfield Community Center in Fairfield on Saturday, May 6th to show a more spiritual way to approach health and wellness. Local radio personality and author, Annie Stillwater Gray, spoke about three of her books and told us how to reach our own spirit guides. Julie Goulette of Albion, a spirit-guided healer spoke about how she received her and her daughter’s gifts. She had photos to show of spirits she had contacted. A quick pan of the Center showed the dozens of participants in this annual festival.

This is about people, primarily women, who have taken an active role in protecting the environment of planet Earth. They tell the stories of why they take such actions, even going to jail. Anne D. Burt (Andy Burt) sent me a DVD of these women telling their stories. I have often asked people to send me their stories about justice and I thank Andy for sharing her fine work. Hopefully we can see what others have done and be inspired to find ways to promote justice throughout our beautiful planet. If you have a story about justice for all, I welcome your sending it to me.