Learning Journey on the Red Road

Book by Hand, Floyd Looks for Buffalo

Learning Journey on the Red Road is based upon my traditional upbringing as a spiritual interpreter and the teachings of my ancestors, handed down to me by my elders to deliver to the people. It is a procedure - a circle of life - for Indian people, for school children and for anyone, regardless of religion or ethnic background, who has a desire to attain a higher level of learning. Learning Journey on the Red Road is about the spiritual beliefs that have nourished and sustained the Lakota people since the beginning of time. It is about my vision of the White Buffalo Calf Lady (theVirgin Mary), her prophecies for all mankind and my role as her messenger of peace, love and harmony among the people of the world.

The Sacred Pipe teaches that we are now in the time of the "Seventh Fire" or "Seventh Generation" - a time of profound earth changes, also foretold in the Book of Revelations and in the ancient Hebrew teachings of the Kabbala. North America, known to its original inhabitants as "Turtle Island", holds the roots of these changes. Here, the supreme law is the woman. Her three sons, Buddha, Christ and Mohammed, have brought their children here to work together and honor the physical energies given to them by the Great Spirit to protect - the water (our blood) to the Asian people; the air that we breathe to the Europeans; the fire (our heart spirit) to the Africans; and the earth (our flesh) to the Indian people of Turtle Island. These covenants were violated by each nationality in their own lands.

Now, during this critical time in the history of the Indian people and all of mankind, we must look to the traditional, holistic ways of this island and learn the common sense of bonding with Mother Earth and all living things. We must heed the warnings of the seven angels - seven separate energy forces, like the angel of fire, "El Nio". Now, in the time of the Seventh Fire, we need to come together in one mind, one heart and one spirit - before it is too late.

Floyd Looks for Buffalo Hand is an Oglala Sioux spiritual interpreter from Pine Ridge, South Dakota. The full-blooded grandson of Chief Red Cloud and a direct descendant of the Crazy Horse Band, he has spent the last 28 years teaching Indian spirituality and spreading the messages of the White Buffalo Calf Lady to all four directions of the world. As a recognized Lakota leader, Looks for Buffalo is often called upon to stand up for the people. In 1975, he defended religious freedom for all Americans. He was the only third person, after Abraham Lincoln and Chief Red Cloud, to speak in New York City's Cooper Square. More recently, he spoke out against the slaughter of buffalo in Yellowstone National Park. Today, Looks for Buffalo travels across Turtle Island - helping people through healing rituals, speaking at gatherings, teaching in universities and prisons and holding traditional ceremonies.