SHAMAN
CLOUD, National Chief of the Native American Half-Breed Organization (Mestizo), is a 7th generation natural born Medicine
Man. He did not “learn” to be a shaman. His grandfather spent 86 years working through that box of inherited knowledge
and practice, and now Contemporary shamans must function within their own social and cultural traditions. Anything less would
dishonor the men and women who came before them, upon whose shoulders they stand today. We honor the past, but we do not worship
it. Just as the old shamans were charged with adding to the knowledge of man, the new shamans are so equally charged.
Shaman Cloud has spent nearly a half-century doing the same, building upon the past. He works through the healing powers
of those who have come both before and after him within the spirit world. His practices are who he is and what he does.
He has suffered under the judgment of many who could not go outside of their own perspective to understand what he does.
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In his
own words, “I was born in a time when being Native was shameful, but I was also taught that being proud of yourself
and your heritage was more important than shame. I am proud of where I come from. I learned my art from my grandfather
just as he learned from his. I am honored to share it with you." © 2009, 2010
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In 2009, Cloud has written a well-received book on the role and practice of Shamanism, In a Shaman’s Footsteps. Shaman Cloud is the Honorary Trustee
of The Yantaho Foundation, a nonprofit organization where we connect together as a positive force for peace in our communities
right here at home in America that results in healing our mind, body and spirit based on Ancient Traditions
and Shamanic Teachings in the Native American Way of Life.
