Category: Sacagawea

Words Always Inspire!

by Spirit Wind, posted in awakening, crabtree lost kids of borealonon, kalightoscope art camp, Kimama's Wings, Love, Moon Drake Earth Heroes, Sacagawea, Sacajawea, Sakakawea

Embrace the World with Love Words and the World will be Changed…

Once I understood these words, they began to bless my heart. I became aware of an intense purpose, that everything I write, every book, every screenplay, every poem should emanate these words.

First, and foremost, I began to know that Sacajawea’s story was really a story about love. That the Lewis and Clark Expedition was the backdrop for this very spiritual being who found herself on a journey with purpose. She carried her baby on her back and cared for him, she found wild vegetables when there was no meat because she cared for the men, she wore red vermillion on her face to tell other tribes they come in peace, to keep everyone alive. That is true love.

And as the screenplay goes, she had a great purpose given to her by her uncle, to reach the Great Water with her prayers. Not just prayers for her child and her people, but prayers for all people of the earth.

The experience of writing that story opened a place my heart for the Moon Drake Series. Every episode helps us see we must love one another, we must share our Indigenous wisdom together, and we must protect and care for the earth.

The Sacajawea experience also showed me how racism and anger will destroy the peace. And through that, the Kimama’s Wings screenplay came to life. An adopted 8-year-old African American girl is hurt by the words of her racist grandfather. But she decides to love him anyway and inspires his healing through the transformation of the butterfly.

And the book, Crabtree: Lost Kids of Borealonon, and subsequent movie, is a lesson in strength-of-character, faith, determination and the understanding that we should never allow someone else to write the chapters of our lives. And that we should always be true to ourselves.

It is our greatest joy to bring these stories and many more to the world through Humanity Shines Organization, a 501c3 nonprofit company and the KaLIGHToscope Art Camp. We intend to ignite those love words, with “love action” to help lift people worldwide, through storytelling.

Sacajawea shares her powerful adventure!

by Spirit Wind, posted in Children's Book, humanity shines, Sacagawea, Sacajawea, Sakakawea, The Grass Maiden Sacajawea, Warrior Woman
The Grass Maiden, Sacajawea is part of Humanity Shines’ Leaves on the Wind literary program.

Hundreds of years ago, I ran and played games just like you. I swam in the calm rivers and danced and sang with my friends. I was warm in my tipi and slept on a thick bed of furs. I ate meat and wild vegetables, even though sometimes I was hungry. I was Agai’dika Shoshone, and I loved my world. But then one day the Great Spirit guided me to an incredible adventure…

This wonderful “Keepsake Storybook” has a message for YOU! Many of us have heard about Sacajawea but most do not know what she experienced and learned on her Journey of Discovery in 1805. In The Grass Maiden, Sacajawea, we see how this twelve-year-old girl was unshaken in her spirit. Her life was hard, and she had many heartaches and disappointments. She had to change with the circumstances, and she had to rely on the traditions and ceremony of her Shoshone people. She was not afraid to listen to her intuition and follow her heart. Sacajawea was a little girl from 1800 who became a woman to remember through the Ages.

“Delightful and necessary. I loved diving in Sacajawea’s childhood in this story aimed at revealing a few aspects of her life to young readers. I was particularly sensitive to the delicate way in which Jane L. Fitzpatrick managed to tell a difficult story with elegance. Her telling of Sacaj/gawea’s first life events shows a profound respect and love for this woman who made History and whom History remembers. May children of the world emulate this young Native woman’s strength while they enjoy a story of courage, beautifully told.”

– N. Bleser, Amazon Review

The book can be purchased at Books.by and on Amazon or autographed copies can be purchased at www.spiritwind.shop in the “Just For Kids” collection! 100% net sales go to the Humanity Shines Organization and their Leaves on the Wind literary program.

Please check out The Grass Maiden, Sacajawea website and share it with your preteen children! GRASS MAIDEN WEBSITE. We hope they love it!!

Story was written by Jane L. Fitzpatrick, Illustrations by Shawna N. Fitzpatrick-Harris and background watercolor images by Faith V. Halseth and Jane L. Fitzpatrick.

Awaken Arise!

by Spirit Wind, posted in Awakening, humanity shines, Sacagawea, Sakakawea, Warrior Woman

Over the last twenty-five years, it seemed that all I knew and believed was being shaken up, re-ordered, and made new. Some things were hard to learn, as they related to me, personally, and some things I am still learning. One powerful lesson was the understanding that the Universe does not revolve around me, us… that I, we, are simply, yet gloriously, just a part of it. And what we feel, what we think we know, and what we discern in our mind, is not the way to Truth. When we are called, we must be willing to go to the edge of the cliff and take a step in Faith. I learned that we do not know everything, but everything is known.

The essence and words of this book came from Nature, from walking a path, from listening, from the sun and moon, the wind and waves, the clouds and birds, the shifting sand and rocky soil – the light and the dark. While I was sleeping one night, in 2014, I suddenly awakened to a message flying across the room that said, “Embrace the world with love words, and the world will be changed.” At that time, I didn’t even know “which words” – but it became the title of this series. And, what followed, was this award-winning book, Vol. I – Awakening. Available in Paperback or Hard Cover.

Award-winning “Awakening”
is VOL. I in the series,
Embrace the World with Love Words
and the World will be Changed!

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It’s where you’ll find unique products and gifts for yourself and those you love. 100% net sales will be used to further our causes and non-profit commitment to storytelling and indigenous people worldwide, including all our books and the programs associated with the Sacajawea film production and the Moon Drake series.

Journey of Discovery Journal!

by Spirit Wind, posted in humanity shines, Sacagawea, Sacajawea, Sakakawea

Life is a journal full of discovery!

Journals help us remember experiences, hopes, and dreams that form and shape us. For Ages journaling has been a part of most cultures and traditions. In 1805-06, words written in journals chronicled the Lewis and Clark Expedition, which gave us a unique understanding of what happened on that journey.

As Sacajawea traveled with the Corps of Discovery, the captains and several other explorers wrote about her in their journals. One powerful entry gives us a snapshot of Sacajawea’s determination. But, to appreciate the grandness of this entry, we have to remember Sacajawea was a slave, she was a kidnapped, Native young woman living at a time when men dominated. So, for these men to actually write about her was astounding. But for her to feel she could voice her opinion showed her incredible inner strength and character.

In this entry, Sacajawea had not seen the Great Water, and she wanted to go so badly. She knew they would be returning east soon. So, when the captains said they were going to the ocean to see a whale that had washed ashore, instead of being silent, Sacajawea stood up for herself. Here is the account from Captain Lewis’ journal written January 6, 1806:

“[T]he Indian woman was very impo[r]tunate to be permited to go [to the ocean] and was therefore indulged; she observed that she had traveled a long way with us to see the great waters, and that now that monstrous fish was also to be seen, she thought it very hard she could not be permitted to see either.”

From these and other words, written over 200 years ago, we formed the character of Sacajawea for the feature film, Sacajawea, The Windcatcher.

Now is your opportunity to chronicle your own life events, your ideas and your dreams. This beautifully bound, reasonably priced journal would be a most meaningful gift for a young person just starting their quest or an older person writing their memories.

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~Concept Art by Marcia K. Moore