Turtle Heart historic accomplishment

Sacred Pipe : Sacred of An American Indian

Some Historical Accomplishments and projects

Turtle Heart circa 1990

He is wearing an old growth cedar ceremonial mask, made with his own hands, called "The Old Man In Charge Of Dreams"

Many of these activities are a matter of public record.

In 1995 Turtle Heart’s AICAP Project was archived in the Permamant Collection of the Smithsonian US Computer History exhibits.

Some Historic Accomplishments
in the History of this SProject

Over a period of fifty plus years, Turtle Heart has worked with people, from all over the world.. The Four Directions Unity Bundle Sacred Pipes have a long history of simple accomplishments in helping other people seek balance, corrections and knowledgee. The great work has also effictively, in detail, shared the American Indian sacred experience with interested parties around the world: contrubuting a valuable insight in a shrinking field of knowledge to a shared human quest for knowledge.To this dinstinguished history, we offer this partial list of historic interest:.

1.Private council and ceremony with Dalai Lama of Tibet. A special sacred pipe ceremony was shared with him in New Jersey. Later this included meetings with ranking religious leaders of the world, catholic, Jewish, Muslim and Buddhist, as well as more than forty inter-tribal meetings with American Indian elders. since1987

2. Japanese Kami ceremony. 4 Parts of a Japanese sacred sword buried on American Indian land, part of a multi-year, 108 pieces ceremony conducted by Japanese Shinto Elders. Turtle Heart placed a sacred pipe and a sacred sword bundle on the original site of the first atomic explosion in New Mexico. Chronicled in several books, including “The Sword of Heaven”. In cooperation with Juan Li, Master of Chi Kung, the Akasha Institute, and the late Konron Tagami, Shinto Elder and Antiquities scholar, Japan.

7.First in the world official State Sponsored Reburial Ceremony of American Indian remains in the world under NAGPRA.. Remains of American Indian Ancestors repatriated by a state owned museum under the NAGPRA, to the Five Tribes of Connecticut. This ceremony was lead and directed by Turtle Heart. The ceremony took place on land donated by the state and included representatives of all Five Tribes, as well as the tribes of Massachusetts in the re-naming and reburial of five Tunxis American Indians.

3. Pipe to the Five Tribes of Connecticut. A Sacred Pipe was gifted to the Five Tribes of Connecticut, blessed by many tribal elders. The first unified ceremony of the Five Tribes in over 300 years. In service and passed to the second generation of keepers. 1981-2016. RIP Sherman Paul. RIP Mikki Aganstata. After their deaths this Sacred Pipe was retired.

5.More than 500 sweat lodge ceremonies, worldwide since 1979. Ceremonies like this are called “Correction Ceremonies”, a special class of ceremony to assist modern people, including modern Indigenous peoples, to the roots of the Mother earth.

6. 30,000 plus sacred morning tobacco fire ceremonies condcuted freely around the world. Eight of these Sacred Fires remain in use..most of these ceremonies were held over a three day special ceremony for a small number of invited guests in each case.

4.We sent a Blessed Eagle Feather in an Atomic Submarine that secretly circled the globe. A Sacred Eagle Feather circled the earth submerged in a top secret US Navy atomic submarine. It was carried by one of the Pilots, who revealed the feather to the ship's Crew when they crossed the Equator. It was passed around and supported by the entire crew.. A small but potent Ceremony of Peace on a War Machine. That Eagle Feather was returned to us after this event. It continues to be used in important ceremonies.

8. First official state and federally established prison program for religious rights for American Indian inmates in prisons. This first program was negotiated with and agreed upon by the state of Connecticut. That program is still going. Turtle Heart established the first official agreement for prison officials defining the items, procedures and programs required for inter -ribal religious worship in Federal and State prisons. Most existing programs in the United States prison systems adopted and continue to use these guidelines.

9. Four Years of teachings on the American Indian Sacred in New York City. Over 300 free ceremonial teachings in New York City, at 591 Broadway. Twice each week for four years. Paid for entirely by Turtle Heart and Kristin Peterson. It was called “The Center For First Light”

10. Publication in Italy of “Feather of the Eagle”, an important narrative about the history and survival of sacred ceremony of the American Indians.

11. Designed a US Federal Government Federal Seal for a division of the American Indian Housing Council.

12. Nominated and Archived in the Permamant Collections of the United States Museum of US Computer History at the Smithsonian. 1997..AICAP nominated at that time by the Founder and CEO of Adobe INC., John Warnock.

13. First published collection of digital art created by an American Indian entirely on computers using graphics software, in the world. Published through Artville LLC (Native Spirit). 280 large digital paintings.

14. Ceremony at Zuni Pueblo for the Ceremonial Runners. 1991, together with the assembled Tribal Council and the Kiva Sun Priest.

15, Pipe Ceremony at NYC Ground Zero December 11, 2001. Right there in the great hole in the Mother Earth. Attended by security guards, a United Staes Military colonel.

The American Indian Computer Art Project : AICAP : f. 1986

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