Join Rahaman for an evening exploring White Buffalo Calf Woman and her significance in Lakota tradition.
Rahaman will share from his personal experience and longstanding connection with Indigenous spiritual teachings, including his time with Lakota elders, the Sacred Pipe Ceremony (Chanupa) and sweat lodges.
📅 Sunday 4 October
🕕 Arrival: 6:45pm
🕖 Event: 7pm sharp–9pm
📍 REAP Centre, Taupō
💰 $5 koha
The evening will include stories and reflections on White Buffalo Calf Woman, Lakota spiritual traditions, and the teachings Rahaman has encountered through his connections with Lakota elders.
See the Taupō Spiritual Collective Facebook group event page for more information.
All are welcome.
Words from Rahaman:
"In 1982 I was at a Lama Foundation in New Mexico & encountered a Pueblo Elder called Teles 'Good Morning', he felt connected with me & took me under his wing.
"I was a member of The Native American Church which uses Peyote as a Sacred Sacrement.
"Later I connected to a sweat lodge close to Santa Fe led by an Apache who had adopted Lakota ways. His tribe was virtually wiped out & doesn't have tribal status.
"Lakota folk would pass through & I befriended an elder & this began a deep and fruitful connection and the Cheyenne River Reservation in South Dakota.
"I will talk about my many visits to the reservation and my introduction to the Sacred Pipe Ceremony (Chanupa) and all it has meant to me.
Rahaman".
