Medicine Bear Whitebow

Mato Wopiye (Medicine Bear) was a member of Heart Medicine Lodge as well as other Lodges throughout the southern California basin, he comes from Gabrilino/Tungva/Blackfoot/Apache/Cherokee/Yaqui heritage. His teachings are varied from the Lakota Peoples, Mescalaro Apache,Cherokee, Yaqui, Arapaho, Kiowa. He is a traditional Pipe Carrier for the people and a ceremonial dancer, Medicine Bear is an ordained minister. As well Bear is also a carrier of the Inipi ceremony, Medicine Wheel, Vision Quest,Water Dedication,Puberty,Making of Relatives ceremonies to name a few. His healing teachings are passed down from generation to generation, he practices crystal healings, pranic healing, and traditional teachings of the medicine peoples. Bear began his journey in the Wakasa Wakan way (Holy Man) at age 6, through the instructions of his first teacher Standing Eagle a holy man from the Arapaho peoples. Bear has spent time over the last 36 years with teachers from the Lakota Nation, Apache, Blackfoot,Cherokee to name but a few. He also does public speaking, lectures.

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