We need each other! There is no us & them ─ just Us!
So let’s pull together & focus on honoring, protecting, & passing on
the beauty & goodness that unites Us! ─ where we live, pray, work, & play!
We’re striving to be the Good Descendants-n-Ancestors everyone’s children
& all of Creation needs us to be ─ NOW!
Welcome to an ancient living tradition with no end:
Teaming up across generations & HomeLands
to honor, protect, & pass on what holds Us! together:
Sacred HomeWater-Land-Sky-n-Fire; Creator’s foods, seeds, plants, & medicines;
our stories, songs, ceremonies;
children, family, & communities of human & non-human Kin;
ancient & new knowledge, know-how, ─ timeless guidance;
the arts, sports, humor, & love.
This Relay includes gathering in person & online, where we thank people for their great work, & relay ancient & new knowledge & know-how essential to adapting & thriving together ─ Now! Let’s team up for some Gratitude-n-Dialogue gatherings where you live, pray, work, & play!
The Path We Walk: No child, no one, no place, left out or behind!
The circular Path We Walk guides us Home ─ together
in right and respectful relations with ourselves, each other, and our Mother, Earth.
It starts in our hearts and connects us as one with the past, present, and future.
No one walks a perfect path. Choose kindness.
We are transcending imaginary borders, barriers, and differences to share deeply,
grow understanding and trust, inspire and encourage each other, and heal.
We accept our sacred duty to care for peace, children, ourselves, one another,
and our Mother, Earth, before all else.
Love, gratitude, and generosity; imagination and courage;
selfless cooperation and mutual respect is the way.
Carry one, give some! The Ancestors’ Message Stick we carry and share represents love, Spirit, sacred kinship, and humankind’s living memory and knowledge from the 4-Directions. We honor the Ancestors who made our lives possible and whose love, sacrifice, creativity, and dreams we carry. We are filled with the power of survivors, wisdom, experience, keen observation, and spiritual insights gained over long periods of time. Today, we look back and forward across generations for timeless guidance, inclusive of all Peoples without preference for any cultures, nationalities, spiritual traditions, status, age groups, or place on Earth. We honor the protocols of reciprocal relationship rooted in Natural Law, not the hierarchical law of man.
Earth’s children are asking,
“Are you being Good Descendants-n-Ancestors?
What kind of world are you handing off to us, and the rest of Creator’s Creation?
Do you hear us?
Do you think and act in ways that help us all?
How are you showing up and helping out where you live?”
Please join us and share your story!
Dene Elder Be’sha Blondin is calling us
to be Good Descendants-n-Ancestors,
─united in heart and mind as one family─
for the well-being of everyone’s children and grandchildren, and all of Creation.
PULL TOGETHER NOW is a Multi-Region Cooperation Circle within URI
─ The United Religions Initiative ─ the world’s largest grassroots interfaith network dedicated to peace, justice, and the collective well-being of all people and our mother, Earth.
THE PATH WE WALK
“Dene Ch’anie, which translates as The Path We Walk, a circular mode. Embedded within Dene Ch’anie is a Code of Conduct, according to Natural Laws. When we act outside of these Natural Laws, we upset the balance between body, spirit, heart and mind, leading to negative consequences. We need to reconnect with Mother Earth to rediscover the Natural Laws, as individuals, families and communities.”
Elder Francois Paulette,
Tthebatthi Dënesųłiné Nation

