“Grandfather Bear Heart,” Marcellus Williams, 88, a multi-tribal spiritual leader of the Muskogee Nation-Creek Tribe, will do a traditional New Year blessing for all peoples at the Roy Rogers Museum, in Branson, Missouri at 1 p.m., Saturday Dec.30. Anyone needing any extra blessing from Grandfather Bear Heart may just show up and ask him for a special blessing for any reason.
Grandfather Bear Heart, is the author of THE WIND IS MY MOTHER, is one of the last “traditionally trained medicine persons,” speaks in 13 native languages, is an American Baptist Minister, holds an honorary PhD in humanities, and is a medicine man and respected elder of his tribe. He served for seven years as a member of the advisory board for the Institute of Public Health- Native American and Alaskan Natives at Johns Hopkin’s School of Medicine.
Bear Heart is a roadman of the Native American Church. He shares a lifetime of training that includes ceremonies conducted in the sweat lodge and the Native American Church, chanting, and smoking the sacred pipe to teach us how to walk the Spirit Road.
For further information contact the Roy Rogers Museum at 417-339-1900.
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