Our Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks are calling for our prayers. Bad vibrations of development, construction, war, ECT has stressed out Earth Mother and us, as well. The words that have been given in prophecy by the Hopi, tell us, We are the people we have been waiting for.

My name is Bennie LeBeau and I am from the Eastern Shoshone Nation, in Wyoming, and a member of the Council of The Spiritual Elders of Mother Earth. The Grand Tetons and the Yellowstone National Parks are a part of our original homelands. They were written into our treaty, as a sovereign country, so that we could utilize these sacred sites and that our cultural traditions would not be forgotten. Since September, 1999, we have been attempting to gain permission for our most sacred ceremony––the Sundance––and other ceremonies, to be allowed in the Grand Tetons and Yellowstone Park. The park officials and the general public are beginning to see the significance of why it is needed, because of the seismic volcanic activity in and around the area. In these sacred site areas, we, as humans, have helped escalate a disturbance to the web of life on earth. Remembering the words from the past by a powerful messenger. Chief Seattle stated, “Whatever befalls the earth, befalls the sons of earth...the earth does not belong to man, man belongs to the earth...all things are connected...man did not weave the web of life; he is merely a strand in it...whatever he does to the web, he does to himself.”

In July, 2003, the Yellowstone Park rangers closed the entire Norris Geyer Basin because of an area 28 miles long and 7 miles wide that has bulged upward over five inches, since 1996. This year the ground temperature on that budge has reached over 200 degrees. Everything in that area is dying. The trees, flowers, and grasses resemble a dead zone and are spreading outward. The animals are literally migrating out of the park. The later part of July, one of the park geologists discovered a huge bulge at the bottom of Yellowstone Lake. The bulge has already risen over 100 feet from the bottom of the lake. The water temperature at the surface of the bulge has reached 88 degrees and is still rising. Keep in mind that Yellowstone Lake is a high mountain lake and normally has a very cold-water temperature

The lake was closed to the public. Yellowstone is what geologists call a super volcano. There are massive calderas of molten fire beneath Yellowstone National Park. Geologists are saying that every living thing within six hundred miles could be affected, if these calderas erupt. It could produce an ash cloud that would cover the entire western U.S. Then, the cloud could blow east, literally covering the entire nation with volcanic ash.

The vision is to pray for balance in this area––with our prayers, songs, drums and the instruments we were given. The 100 years of government management in the Yellowstone and The Grand Tetons have disallowed our prayers and ceremonies to exist there. It is now time for us to act as a nation/world from all countries to allow the prayers and ceremonies back into the National Parks of Wyoming.

I send a strong-hearted message to you to awaken and respond now. These sacred site areas are calling out to her caretakers all over the world. Together our songs, our drums and our prayers speak the ancient language that exists in harmony. We can bring balance and harmony back to the land remembered by our ancestors and preserve it for future generations. This is a great opportunity for prayer work in our councils and other groups, helping bring the indigenous nations together with all nations of the world, working in harmony.

Today the spirits are calling for good medicine for us all to awaken and return to the sacredness of all living things, for the future of our Mother Earth. We have been reborn to do the work our ancestors did; it is time to step into the moccasins of our ancestors with the wisdom, strength and knowledge at hand.

Yellowstone National Park representative Rosemary Sucec is a liaison officer who is very interested in bringing indigenous nations and others to do our work there. The Grand Teton and Yellowstone National Park Superintendents are now considering how they will decide this issue. Thank you for your attention, many blessings to you all. Please respond.

Bennie E. LeBeau, Eastern Shoshone
Wind River Indian Reservation
Ft. Washakie, Wyoming
2331 Oak Lane • Riverton, Wyoming
307 857-6856
bzahants@hotmail.com