How we continue forward with the movement that came from Standing Rock North Dakota 2016.
Pacific North West Council Of Water Protectors.
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The Calling Of Water Protection!
Anniversary of the calling!
While I was working with music in the Native community, I got hooked up with a great team of people who wanted to help with creating a much needed culturally diverse music association. So we ( my good friend Sally and myself, with the influence of many others) have begun developing 4 Directions Music. "Cultural Confluence With Harmony In Action".
Through the conception of that work, I was called upon by the spirits of my family to help on a deeper level.
This is where I became actively involved with the Standing Rock movement in North Dakota.
In September 2016 I was asked by the Portland music community how they could help support and stand in solidarity with the unarmed Water Protectors who were standing in protest against the Dakota Pipeline.
So what started out as a launch for the 4 Directions Music project, quickly turned into a collective force of energy to support what was going on there.
I took on the task of fund raising, collecting donations, contributions, and collaborating with the organizations here in Portland who were directly involved in support of this movement to protect Mother Earth and the rights of the first nations people.
Along the way, I found there was a need for raising awareness about the true history of our Native American people and some of the things they have been facing politically, socially, and spiritually on all the reservations but especially at this time on the North Dakota Standing Rock Reservation. The media was not covering what was going on.
My Dad Charles Fast Horse came to me in a vision and he truly would not let me rest until I made a commitment to go to Standing Rock and be a supportive presence for our family. So I had to go there!
So on Dec 2nd 2016 I traveled with the Portland Veterans caravan leaving from Portland and we arrived on Dec 4th along with aproxamately 4,800 other Veterans from across the US.
The head count while I was there was over 20,000 people at the 4 different camps.
My journey to Standing Rock was amazing! I was so happy to be able to be of service by standing in solidarity and helping where it was needed, not only for myself but for those who couldn't go there themselves. It felt good to to be actively standing up for a cause that is very close to my heart (The protection of our sacred water) and also profoundly important to the world, it was a true honor.
I was proud to be able to hear the calling of my Dad's spirit (Charles Fast Horse) and stand for him in his place of origin. I received a lot of signs and blessings from the Ancestors, that I was on the right road.
Then I heard the call again, clear as the voice of God all up in my face!
It said WEEEEEEE HEEEE HEEEE HEEEEEEEE!
Ahhhhh yes, OK Carrieboo I said out loud, lets do this! and so it is my commitment to Help The Horses At Standing Rock.
That's what I have been focused on for several months now.
Engagement, Events, Bookings email address:
nicowind@gmail.com
nicowind@comcast.net
Nico's Cell phone number can be requested in writing or on social media.
Other web sites and information on Nico Wind
www.cascadebluesassociation.org Issue August 2014 volume 28 Number 8
www.pnwbands.com 1979 and 1980
www.positivelyentertainment.com Just type Nico Wind in the archive search box.
Facebook pages
Nico Wind Cordova
Nico Wind & Free Rein
Nico Wind & Full Circle
Nico's Road Dog Tales N Jam
PDX to Standing Rock Sacred Horse Support
PNWCWP Facebook
Affiliates: Soul Blast ShowCase
anna@soulblastshowcase.com
Cedar Rose Video
While I was working with music in the Native community, I got hooked up with a great team of people who wanted to help with creating a much needed culturally diverse music association. So we ( my good friend Sally and myself, with the influence of many others) have begun developing 4 Directions Music. "Cultural Confluence With Harmony In Action".
Through the conception of that work, I was called upon by the spirits of my family to help on a deeper level.
This is where I became actively involved with the Standing Rock movement in North Dakota.
In September 2016 I was asked by the Portland music community how they could help support and stand in solidarity with the unarmed Water Protectors who were standing in protest against the Dakota Pipeline.
So what started out as a launch for the 4 Directions Music project, quickly turned into a collective force of energy to support what was going on there.
I took on the task of fund raising, collecting donations, contributions, and collaborating with the organizations here in Portland who were directly involved in support of this movement to protect Mother Earth and the rights of the first nations people.
Along the way, I found there was a need for raising awareness about the true history of our Native American people and some of the things they have been facing politically, socially, and spiritually on all the reservations but especially at this time on the North Dakota Standing Rock Reservation. The media was not covering what was going on.
My Dad Charles Fast Horse came to me in a vision and he truly would not let me rest until I made a commitment to go to Standing Rock and be a supportive presence for our family. So I had to go there!
So on Dec 2nd 2016 I traveled with the Portland Veterans caravan leaving from Portland and we arrived on Dec 4th along with aproxamately 4,800 other Veterans from across the US.
The head count while I was there was over 20,000 people at the 4 different camps.
My journey to Standing Rock was amazing! I was so happy to be able to be of service by standing in solidarity and helping where it was needed, not only for myself but for those who couldn't go there themselves. It felt good to to be actively standing up for a cause that is very close to my heart (The protection of our sacred water) and also profoundly important to the world, it was a true honor.
I was proud to be able to hear the calling of my Dad's spirit (Charles Fast Horse) and stand for him in his place of origin. I received a lot of signs and blessings from the Ancestors, that I was on the right road.
Then I heard the call again, clear as the voice of God all up in my face!
It said WEEEEEEE HEEEE HEEEE HEEEEEEEE!
Ahhhhh yes, OK Carrieboo I said out loud, lets do this! and so it is my commitment to Help The Horses At Standing Rock.
That's what I have been focused on for several months now.
Engagement, Events, Bookings email address:
nicowind@gmail.com
nicowind@comcast.net
Nico's Cell phone number can be requested in writing or on social media.
Other web sites and information on Nico Wind
www.cascadebluesassociation.org Issue August 2014 volume 28 Number 8
www.pnwbands.com 1979 and 1980
www.positivelyentertainment.com Just type Nico Wind in the archive search box.
Facebook pages
Nico Wind Cordova
Nico Wind & Free Rein
Nico Wind & Full Circle
Nico's Road Dog Tales N Jam
PDX to Standing Rock Sacred Horse Support
PNWCWP Facebook
Affiliates: Soul Blast ShowCase
anna@soulblastshowcase.com
Cedar Rose Video
The paths split.
Sadly,
Mel and Karen have left Cedar Rose.
As of our last stellar performance at the Bell Tower Concert Series on June 6th 2018.
Nico will continue to carry the name, the songs, and the integrity of Cedar Rose in an honoring and sacred way. Aho!
Sunday Jan 29th Cedar Rose will open for the film Dakota 38 ride at the Clinton Street Theater.
Cedar Rose is a contemporary/traditional Native American and vocal trio consisting of its main song carriers Nico Wind Cordova, Karen Kitchen, and Mel Kubik. The women utilize hand shakers, hand drums, guitars, flutes and keyboards with their voices to present their repertoire of diverse tribal, ancestral and contemporary music. With its hauntingly beautiful, three-part harmonies and intricate, melodic rhythms, Cedar Rose is the only group of its kind in the Pacific Northwest region.
Cedar Rose was formed while Nico Wind, Mel and Karen were collaborating with members of Marv Ross’s award-winning musical production, “Ghosts of Celilo,” in 2002. One of the songs sung by Cedar Rose is Wisdom of the Elder’s theme song, composed and performed by its music director, Nico Wind; it was arranged, performed and recorded with the help of Marv Ross, Arlie Neskahi, Karen and Mel and is the featured song for the Wisdom of the Elders radio series, “Discovering Our Story” TV series.
Cedar Rose, is a collaborative effort that focuses mostly on traditional and contemporary Native American music.
As the trio, (Karen Kitchen & Mel Kubik and myself) the live performances included The Wisdom of the Elders fund raising diner 2017, The NAYA family day celebration, The ATNI Conference 2017, The First Baptist Church in Canby, The Portland Rose Festival 2017, So far, as a collaborative we have 3 songs professionally recorded through Big Trees Studio/Sonic.
Cedar Rose has opened and shared the stage with Native artists Kevin Locke, Joanne Shenandoah, Keith Secola, Gary Small, Swil Kanim, Cody Blackbird, among others. Cedar Rose sometimes includes guest musicians with whom it has performed for the Portland Waterfront Jammin for Salmon festival, Wycanushpum celebration, Portland Art Museum, Mt. Hood Autumn Cultural Festival, Hood to Coast Annual Bike Run, Art Train, Autumn Fest Celebration of Mt. Hood Cuisine Culture and Forest, Collage of Colors Festival, The Jim Pepper Honor Celebration, Zonta International, Chemawah Indian School Benefit Concerts, Intel, Nike, KBOO American Indian Word and Music Festival, First Nation’s Celebrations, Indigenous Experience NW, Caneama Park Metro Opening Ceremony and Blessing, Oregon Native American Chamber, The Oregon Environmental National Awards Ceremony, An Evening With Wisdom Annual Fund Raiser and many other events.
Presented by 4DM Cedar Rose will be performing at the 2017 Portland Rose Festival on May 29th Memorial day around 1PM.
The Closing Of An Old Door
Sadly,
I am no longer working at Wisdom of the elders in any capacity.
I believed it to be a great organization with a lot of promise for the native community here in Portland Oregon.
I dedicated a huge part of myself, of my life to this organization, mostly the radio programs and the discovering our story TV programs and a short time in the offices as a development assistant and on the board.
It was a great run for me and I consider my self one of the original founders from the time of it's founding by Martin HighBear in the late 80s up to today April 2020.
I don't know what will happen for the organization from here on out.
The slide show below shows some of the happy times we had.
Sadly,
I am no longer working at Wisdom of the elders in any capacity.
I believed it to be a great organization with a lot of promise for the native community here in Portland Oregon.
I dedicated a huge part of myself, of my life to this organization, mostly the radio programs and the discovering our story TV programs and a short time in the offices as a development assistant and on the board.
It was a great run for me and I consider my self one of the original founders from the time of it's founding by Martin HighBear in the late 80s up to today April 2020.
I don't know what will happen for the organization from here on out.
The slide show below shows some of the happy times we had.
Wisdom Of The Elders Radio Series & Discovering Our Story T.V.
The Tribal Rhythms series segments of Wisdom of the Elders radio programs written and hosted by Nico.
Nico Wind Cordova (Assiniboine/Ojibwe) has been a musical performing artist for more than 35 years, and is one of the voices on all prior Tribal Rhythms programs. She has composed several original musical works, among them the Wisdom of the Elders theme song. Nico is the music director and co-host for WOTE's radio and Discovering our Story T.V. programs.
Tribal Rhythms is a script-written dialogue woven with pieces of recorded traditional and contemporary music. The highlighted music is specific to the featured cultural clan or tribe for each segment and may indirectly focus on celebrations, remembrances or questions relating to how the music addresses or points to or warns about changes in the culture, environment and interactions or encounters with outside influences. The segments may also include stories, poetry, or depictions of dances and gestures which are essential in describing family and individual songs, or even to emphasize a point.
Tribal Rhythms is designed to spotlight native indigenous MUSIC and the powerful influence it has to life on our planet. The programs give examples from each community of how music preserves tribal legacy and creates connection to other communities, honoring the lessons left by the Ancestors and how the wisdom of these traditional relations, rituals and songs can help us move forward in an ever-changing environment.
Wisdom’s Native American produced TV series, Discovering Our Story, airs on the first Sunday of every month at 1 PM on Comcast Channel 11. Our program is re-broadcast on the Tuesday after the live studio broadcast, at 10 PM on Comcast Channel 22, and again on the Friday after the live studio broadcast, at 9 AM on Comcast Channel 23.
Nico Wind Cordova (Assiniboine/Ojibwe) has been a musical performing artist for more than 35 years, and is one of the voices on all prior Tribal Rhythms programs. She has composed several original musical works, among them the Wisdom of the Elders theme song. Nico is the music director and co-host for WOTE's radio and Discovering our Story T.V. programs.
Tribal Rhythms is a script-written dialogue woven with pieces of recorded traditional and contemporary music. The highlighted music is specific to the featured cultural clan or tribe for each segment and may indirectly focus on celebrations, remembrances or questions relating to how the music addresses or points to or warns about changes in the culture, environment and interactions or encounters with outside influences. The segments may also include stories, poetry, or depictions of dances and gestures which are essential in describing family and individual songs, or even to emphasize a point.
Tribal Rhythms is designed to spotlight native indigenous MUSIC and the powerful influence it has to life on our planet. The programs give examples from each community of how music preserves tribal legacy and creates connection to other communities, honoring the lessons left by the Ancestors and how the wisdom of these traditional relations, rituals and songs can help us move forward in an ever-changing environment.
Wisdom’s Native American produced TV series, Discovering Our Story, airs on the first Sunday of every month at 1 PM on Comcast Channel 11. Our program is re-broadcast on the Tuesday after the live studio broadcast, at 10 PM on Comcast Channel 22, and again on the Friday after the live studio broadcast, at 9 AM on Comcast Channel 23.
When the power of LOVE overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.
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