Nemenhah Affiliations and Chronology With the Native American Church of Rosebud and Wounded Knee, Oklevueha Lakota Sioux Nation Native American Church (ONAC of Rosebud and Wounded Knee), and Holy Men and Women of Federally and Crown Recognized Tribes (namely the Sundance Society Chiefs of the Hidatsa/Mandan, Tlingit Traditional Community, and Peruvian Elders). Chronology 1) Fool Bull Blessing: On March 20, 1998, Leslie Fool Bull, President of the Rosebud and Wounded Knee NAC and Chief of the Eagle Clan of the Oglala Sioux, blessed the Oklevueha Earth-walks Native American Church of Utah, Inc., as a NAC Peyote Church with James F.E. Mooney President. 2) Charter Organization: The Nemenhah Indigenous Traditional Organization was first organized as Numi Pu Tsu Pehli Chopunish in 2002, by the Common Consent of the First Mother s Council and Phillip R. Cloudpiler Landis was elected to the Office of Principle/Medicine Chief. Because of a conflict with the Nez Perce Tribe, and a sincere desire to foster peace and unity between the Organization and the Nez Perce People, the name was changed to Nemenhah, using language for which the Tribe did not hold a commercial trademark. 3) NAC Recognition for Chief Cloudpiler: In 2003, Chief Cloudpiler was recognized for his contribution to the unity of Peoples, and for the Restoration of the Sacred Nature of Healing, when James W.F.E. Mooney, President of the Oklevueha Lakota Sioux Nation NAC declared him to be a Member of NAC authorized to perform all ceremonies and ordinances of the NAC. In that same year, NAC authorized Chief Cloudpiler as a Medicine Man and Practitioner of Indigenous Native Spiritual Life Ways. 4) Maca Oyate Sundance Society Recognition: In 2006, the Maca Oyate Sundance Society, represented by 51 Recognized Tribes and Bands, honors Nemenhah by organizing the Maca Oyate Sundance Society Special Purpose Chapter of the Nemenhah. 5) Richard Swallow Affidavit: On August 19, 2007, Richard He Who Has The Foundation Swallow, President of the Rosebud NAC and Chief of the Eagle Clan of the Oglala Sioux, affirmed the blessing given by his Uncle Leslie Fool Bull and established the Oklevueha Native American Church as a Tree of the Rosebud NAC Trunk, and recognized James F.E. Mooney as President into perpetuity. Together, the two of them formed the Oklevueha Page 1 of 7
Lakota Sioux Nation Native American Church, of which Oklevueha Native American Church of Utah is an Independent Branch. 6) NAC Authority: In 2007 ONAC Honored Chief Cloudpiler by recognizing him as authorized to further the work of the ONAC through the Oklevueha Native American Church of San Pete. 7) Hidatsa/Mandan Recognition: In 2007, Hidatsa/Mandan Holy People honor the Nemenhah by recognizing the formation of the Bear Medicine Chapter of the Nemenhah, with Alfred 'Bird Bear' Obes, celebrated veteran of Sun Dance as Principle/Stone Carrier. Several Sundance Chiefs honor the Nemenhah by participating with the Bear Medicine Chapter and referring to themselves in correspondence with Chief Cloudpiler as "your children." 8) NAC San Pete becomes Independent Branch: In 2007, NAC Honored the Nemenhah Entire by declaring the Native American Church of San Pete an Independent Branch of ONAC, and Chief Cloudpiler personally by declaring him to be the CEO and President of ONAC San Pete for as long as he walks Mother Earth. 9) ONAC becomes Institution of Nemenhah: In 2008, NAC Honored the Nemenhah once again by declaring that the Native American Church of Nemenhah is an Independent Free Branch of ONAC, and that Chief Cloudpiler is CEO and President of the Oklevueha Native American Church of Nemenhah (ONACNEM) for as long as he walks Mother Earth. 10) Nemenhah ITO is created: In 2010, Nemenhah declares its existence as a free and Nomadic Indigenous Traditional Organization and People under the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP). 11) Tlingit Recognition: In 2012, a Tlingit Traditional Community of Alaska recognized the Nemenhah by honoring Nemenhah Medicine Man and Traditional Spiritual Leader, Dirk "Heron Thrice Lighting on Water" Yow, as a Medicine Man and Traditional Leader of the Community. 12) Organization of NACNEM: In 2013, Chief Cloudpiler, as President and CEO of two Independent Branches of Oklevueha Lakota Sioux Nation Native American Church, under the mandate of Great Council, and through his authority as a Holy Man of the Native American Church, organized the Native American Church of Nemenhah (NACNEM) as the Ecclesiastical Branch of Nemenhah Governance, independent of ONAC, but with all due affiliations and blessings accorded through those affiliations and blessings by Chief Cloudpiler. Page 2 of 7
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