 We are gathered here as one, one people. What grows from our Mother Earth, as we too are like the flowers of this creation. They've asked me to say the opening prayer. Which I will do so in Malakota language. We are gathered here as one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one. We are gathered here as one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one, one. To doctor people is strong in me because I've been doing it over 30 years. And it is so good to see a sick person get well. A ceremony, a pipe ceremony is one night in the eagle's way. The week is to go four nights to heal somebody. But in our eagle's way we have just one night of ceremony. And of course that's not enough. The miracles do not work that way. The older the sickness is, it takes that much more time to heal. When you address a sickness right at the start you can heal it quickly. And with ages too you can doctor a baby and you'll be healed right there. But with an old person that is brainwashed in the mission schools and elsewhere, the government way and all that, he has all of that doubt in his mind and it takes a longer time to do a doctoring there. We initiate the different parts of the sacred rituals that were given to us. The sweat lodge, the pipe paths, the Sundance and the pipe ceremonies that we have. I know that good things will come about. The Indian prayer is always for the pipe paths. It consists of the real pipe paths, it's for days. The Sundance is for days also. Also it pertains to four consecutive years, four consecutive summers. So that Indian prayer is that long. When I was young I had to stay away, I had to run from the thing, I had a sacred dream. I had to run from that. Doing hard work in many states, Colorado, Wyoming, Nebraska. And working hard. I even became a councilman. I worked five years for the church too in trying to get rid of this. And that's how I became a medicine man gradually. The great spirit doesn't forget anything. If you do something on a slide, you can't get rid of it. If you do something good without telling about it, he will know. A good medicine man works in his own community and the people know. Know that he is doing good. Trust is the greatest thing there is along with truth and honesty. And I don't see that in the outside world. My eyes have seen that and I know. I would like to talk about Ojete Wakana. Which translated it as the sacred fireplace. The purpose there is to have a treatment center that deals with the alcoholics and drug abuse. and when it get it to functioning, we would like to infuse in there the sacred rights of our people that the Great Spirit gave to us. We want to use the sweat lodge, the bypass, the Sundance. And using these I know that we can deal with that greatest of disease that is assailing us. We urge that they remain there. If they really truly want to get cured, they will remain. Anything that is good is hard to attain. Anything in the world, when we say something to the Great Spirit, we should adhere to that. We should remain at that. We are talking not to people who are one on one. We are talking to a great, powerful being. When we tell him something, we should not change it. This continent was abundant in grass and all that was virgin, on it, beautiful, pure and so good even to look at. This one old buffalo, it was a windy day and he was up in age and I suppose he was a little hard hearing but he seems to be hearing some voice crying, crying bitterly. So he managed to follow this voice, this old buffalo did and he finally came upon a corroded blood cloud. It was a blood cloud. It was this blood cloud that was crying out. I am cold. I am hungry. I am weak. So the Great Spirit put in the mind of the buffalo to have pity on this blood clot and he said, look at me. I am big and strong. So when the blowing north wind blows, I can walk to it, not feeling cold. And I can gallop, a slow gallop all day long. So I am that strong. I will give you these and much more. I will give you myself so that you can survive, feed yourself and your children my flesh. So at that moment the buffalo adopted the Indian, the Lakrota as his younger brother. Together we will walk. A good medicine man works in his own community and the people know, know that he is doing good. Trust is the greatest thing there is along with truth and honesty. In my own and God loves me for that. I am a humble man. I am a poor man. So when I ask him for something, he grants me to the sacred body. And I want goodness in the people, especially those that seek my help. That's all I want to say.