To the List: Today is our Atahuna or "Friends Made" ceremony, it is a time of reconciliation within our community. I would like to include this list as a prayer for healing within our communities. I don't know or understand many of the things that the Creator has worked with us but I do have the faith that the Father of All Peoples does. This is the time of year when forgiveness must be given if asked, otherwise the person is excluded from the ceremony and shamed within the community. The only exception to this is the loss of a life. Only the Creator can forgive that. I wish all of you a good day and ask for peace and reconciliation for our peoples in the coming year. Wado, which is to say thank you Stau, which is to say be strong Do'dada' gohvi Ray Evans Harrell, Kituwa Cherokee [EMAIL PROTECTED]
