Due to Covid 19 the Ride is not happening this year, so I am making up a virtual Ride from previous year's Ride's photos and comments.

Hopefully the Ride will be back on in 2021
Gloria

Prayer of the day

Kendra Thomas - 2019.
'My heart is with all of you as you prepare for the Ride.... very emotional.
The Ride is one part of the healing journey. Preparing for the Ride is the other, and it's the part that comes first.
Preparing is when we pray. We pray for the strength and courage to be our best Self as we carry the wounds of the Ancestors. During this time their wounds are in the hands of all who support the Ride and we are mindful of how gentle we must be with their wounds. We are aware that their wounds might speak through us on the Ride. We might feel angry, or sad. We are giving their wounds the voice they never had.
It is a sacred time, a powerful time, a time to be mindful of our mood, a time to be self-reflective and always bring ourselves back to our heart, back to love, for Love heals all wounds.
I pray for all of you, for every single person who is supporting the Ride in all the different ways we do. I love you all, very much! I pray for you to take good care of your own wounded hearts as we all feel our wounds when we support a journey like this. Take good care of you. Be gentle with yourself and others. Love yourself and others. Have the courage to have the uncomfortable conversations and speak from Love.
Hear the whispers of the Ancestors in the wind. Feel their presence wrap around you like a blanket. Cry their tears. Heal their pain. Heal your pain.
I love you all.'

Dawn Smith - 2013
I am at home, fireplace going, warm;... Reflecting on the past 24 hours or so. What a huge impact this timeframe has had on me! As we left the kc hall yesterday evening Zsakiah (our 12 yr old) was so full of questions & concern. I did my very best to explain the Dakota 38 Ride to the best of my ability. We were driving East headed home, when he asked if we could keep going to see if we could catch up with the riders whom utilized the nice weather to further their journey, I told him, "yes but they are at least 2 hours past now."
We drove to the 1st curve past 37 as he was inquiring about the dates, he stopped and told me, "but Mom?! that's past Christmas, you mean them kids I saw in town earlier and that girl that's Ambys age n well all of them like wont be home with family n presents n stuff? You mean they will really be riding on?! In the cold- it's winter!" His eyes are now welling up, I pull over to turn around and say to him that "these riders are sharing a great gift by doing this, one of hope for reconciliation and healing, this is HUGE son!" ( so now I find myself in tears with my little boy) as we head home I keep talking best I know how telling him they are "in ceremony" and what positivity this is creating, he finally smiles and tells me "even tho we didn't catch up to them tonight, I feel them, I feel proud for them" ....
I told him I was given the documentary earlier when he was at school and we would watch it all together to help us all get a fuller understanding.... he woke this morning eager to drive to town to hopefully just be in their presence briefly before school, he and Amberiah Smith carried in a few useful items and said "hello", and in return received hugs and lots of smiles, I had to get them to school but they wanted to stop by where the horses were first, what an honor to see a beautiful sight to start the day!

Words of the Day

For the Memorial riders
I call my fastest horse from the darkness
Horse wild as wolf teeth
Horse patient as stone
Horse who whispers to wind
From the West he comes
Pejuta Sunuka
Medicine Dog
Yah Yahhhhhhhhhhhh
- Nancy Kohn Raven - 2013