Yona - Earth Day 2004

Yona, Sky Dancer, Lance & Andrew

INDIAN STUFF'S FIRST ANNIVERSARY PARTY!
Sun Walker, Joseph Z and Gordon

Yona and Linda offer their beautiful talent to the People

Wolf's Heart Lodge Drumming at Indian Stuff

Indian Store Raffle under way... Tree won!

The Three Sisters
...and no we don't mean corn, beans and squash! - Anisoquili (Many Ponies), Kay Falling Leaves, Linda Idkwia
Presenters at International Women's Day - Indian Stuff 2004

Every month Indian Stuff opens its doors in a good way with spiritual and ancient lessons, interactive live music and native flute teachings, soul sharing and fun! There is never a charge for any of these gifts to the Community, however it is suggested that if you see a blanket covered chair placed off to the side, that in the indian way, this is our opportunity to show the band or performer that we enjoyed their art and throw a few dollars there to encourage them to return to us and this place of family:

Warrior Bard: Benjamin DeHart

Benjamin DeHart (sometimes with friends Charlie and Susan Chapman) offer a beautiful mix of early Florida (Cracker) and folk music that will have you stomping your feet one second, laughing in glee the next and crying with the history of this beautiful Land the next. The Warrior Bard has an exceptionally clear, pure Celtic tenor voice that carries you from the distant past to your own childhood and then back into your own heart. Come to Indian Stuff and ask about the music available from this local talent that we are so honored to call friends.

This is a singer with a voice so astounding that it could easily be labelled "folk opera." Once you hear this voice, you will never forget it! With his forceful guitar style, Dehart sends forth his appreciation for the cracker cowboy & their lives on the palmetto prairies. His first CD Warrior Bard has already attracted considerable attention over in the Orlando area. His latest release, due out in January, is aptly titled, Takin' Another Crack At It. Dehart is a native son with a cracker heart & a deep spiritual connection to all things musical, especially if it has to do with events or folks form Florida. Find out when he'll be performing again at Indian Stuff, and be there!

Having fun at Indian Stuff!

Florida Frontieres/Native Earth Cultural Center, Inc. offers programs about Florida's
unique cultural and environmental history through art, music, and storytelling. Your
support will help to further our mission to bring exciting programs to school children
and communities throughout Florida. Some examples of what we have accomplished
just this year are:

• 2000 school children at DeSoto State Archaeological Site, Tallahassee
  
• 1500 school children at Florida Frontier Days, Charlotte County Museum,
  Punta Gorda
  
• 4000 school children at Old Florida Festival, Collier County Museu, Naples
  
• Featured storytellers at Gulfport
  Gecko Fest (Sponsor - Friends of Gulfport Library)
  
• 16th century Spanish Feast - Sacred Lands Preservation and Education,
  St. Petersburg
  
• TUSKS! - Ice Age paleontology exhibit - Museum of Natural History, Gainesville
  
• Florida's Deep Roots exhibit at Pasco Arts Center and Safety Harbor Museum
  
• Weekly art, music and storytelling programs - Indian Stuff, St. Petersburg
  
• Storytelling and lectues at schools, libraries, museums and community groups.

Elizabeth Neily weaves an ancient story, as Many Ponies, Sky Dancer and others listen. (Photo taken at Eclectic Dawn Arts - 2003)	Artwork by Hermann Trappman - available at INDIAN STUFF!
Many Ponies, Yona, K. Falling Leaves and Gary Dock Silverhawk's 1st annual flute circle - Dade City, FL	The beautiful, often hand crafted items offered at INDIAN STUFF change often as visitors find the perfect piece which speaks to their hearts, and as talented artists bring new items to Yona and K. Come often to see what new wonders await.
Beautiful selection of unique t-shirts at INDIAN STUFF... even some with everybody's favorite - Kokopeli! Native People legend has it that when the Kokopeli comes playing his flute, the sun comes out, the snow melts, the green grass grows, the birds come out and begin to sing, and all the animals gather around to hear his songs. Kokopeli and his flute bring the Spring out of the Winter. Kokopeli embodies everything pure and spiritual about music. He was also thought of as a fertility god and traveling prankster. He would visit villages playing his flute, carrying his songs on his back. Everyone would sing and dance the night away. In the morning, when he left, the crops were plentiful and all the women were pregnant.	Falling Leaves and Anisoquili (Many Ponies) INDIAN STUFF Event!

Sky Dancer smudging Dawn and Sue
(photo by Diana)

ON THE LAND – OUR MOTHER, THE EARTH
This idea allows Indian people to live in harmony with the world around them, to be part of it, co-existing without trying to dominate. Wah-kon-tah can be translated as, “the Great Mystery.” This belief is woven throughout the Sacred ways of many indigenous people. Though called by many names, “Sokoiatison or Wakonda or Nesaru or Kokumthena or Awonawilona or Manito,” the meaning remains the same – the Great Mystery, the one who spoke Creation.

We believe that the spirit pervades all Creation and that every creature possesses a soul in some degree, though not necessarily a soul conscious of itself. The tree, the waterfall, the grizzly bear, each is an embodied Force, and as such an object of reverence.

- Ohiyesa

Do you play the flute?
Plenty of opportunities to learn! Check out the Upcoming Events page.

Beautiful flutes for sale at INDIANSTUFF... go get yours today!

K Takeda & Many Ponies - Indian Stuff / December 2003