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About Us Marshall is a member of the Washoe Tribe of California and Nevada. He is affiliated with the Southern Paiute and Central Miwok Tribes. Family history includes great-grandparents and grandparents who were medicine people and healers. Marshall is one of the few medicine persons who carry the original teachings passed down through many generations of ancestors.
Marshall has trained extensively underneath spiritual and medicine Elders, from the Washoe, Shoshone, Paiute, and Miwok nations since 1960. Spiritual Leader/Advisor, Ceremonial Leader and Healer.
Ceremony leadership encompasses leading persons and spirits through birth, joining in marriage, death and beyond. Ceremonies include blessing of homes and sacred sites such as petroglyphs, ancient ruins and burial sites. He have been called upon to be advisor for personal, family and Tribal affairs. On request, prayer and healing ceremonies are done in homes and designated sacred areas. Other ceremonies frequently done are listed below:
Consecration of Sweatlodges, Pipe Ceremonies, Master of Ceremony in various Native American events, Preservation of Sacred Sites through Ceremony, Bear Ceremony,Healing Ceremony, Drum Ceremony, Song Ceremony, Fasting Ceremony and Vision Quest Leader.
Participated with the rebirth of the 2006 Paiute Ghost Dance in Shurze, California. Spring 2004, Ceremonial leader, Scorpion rock ceremony Bishop, California.
2004 Participant in opening and closing ceremonies Peace Fest, San Francisco, California.
From 1994 to 2004, erected several sweat lodges and trained sweat leaders to carry on this sacred tradition.
From 1988 to 1995, helped in leading the annual Bear Ceremony in Yosemite. This is a week-long ceremony, with fasting, sweatlodge ceremonies and a RoundHouse Ceremony.
Conducted Opening Ceremonies and Sweatlodges for 2002 Shoshone Naraya Dance.
One of the major Ceremony Leaders at the Native American Veteran Ceremony in Utah 2002.
| Past Activites Include: July 7, 2007, Water Blessing Ceremony, Mt. Shasta June 1 & 2, 2007, Water Blessing Ceremony, Carlsbad May 21-29, Built sweat lodge in Jacumba, Californa May 14-16 Seven-Pointed Star Water Ceremony, Lake Tahoe, California October 22, 2006 Activation of the four points at Lake Tahoe, California Associate Director of Alcatraz Project www.globalpeacefoundation.org or www.lightparty.com Former Directors of Viision Life Force Foundation www.viisionslifeforcefoundation.com 19-1 Medicine Wheel Ceremony 2004 May 8, 2004, Marshall was a Ceremonial leader for the Lake Tahoe 19+1 Medicine Wheel Ceremony, This was a part of a 600 mile diameter medicine wheel centering around Yellowstone Lake. http://www.teton-rainbows.com http://www.peacevision.net http://www.mandalatransformation.com
| 1999-2004 Traditional Walk Decades ago the indigeneous tribes of the Eastern Sierras walked across the mountains through Yosemite to trade with the coastal tribes. In 1990, Marshall was lead to bring this walk back to life. He lead hundreds of natives and supporters across this 55 mile journey for fifteen years to commemorate this tradition. Many prayers were said, spirits seen, births and deaths passed on this path, just like in years gone by. This walk was broadcast in a documentary on KCOY. Copy available upon request and donation. Click the button below to request a copy and contribute $15 or more. CONTRIBUTIONS ARE HONORABLE REQUESTED AND ACCEPTED. At this time, we would like to express our love and eternal gratitude to Byrd Holes, age 12, who, singlehandedly, put on a bakesale and raised $300 to cover our gas expenses to build a sweatlodge in Jacumba, California. WE LOVE YOU, BYRD!  Marshall never asks money for his services. Please help. Earrings, CD's and stories are available for purchase to help support our work. See our products page. |
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