It All Begins with Water. A one year listening journey with Larry Littlebird, chronicles a Pueblo Indian man's story legacy on his beloved Southwest homelands during a time of great climate change.
Listening Ground addresses the endangered orality of tribal American people in this digital age.  Great care is being given to keep the integrity of the oral tradition transmissions as we archive and preserve these timeless stories and ancient wisdom for future generations.
LISTEN ...
Tewa Song Translation
Audio Recording: Larry Littlebird
This song and translation was given to Larry Littlebird by 
Dewey Healing and his nephew. Hopi, Arizona, 1982
Story about Tewa Song
Audio Recording: Larry Littlebird
Larry Littlebird tells us about his visit with Dewey Healing
at Hopi.  
LARRY LITTLEBIRD, a Pueblo Indian storyteller/artist and hunter-farmer shares stories, songs and prophecies from his rich tribal American oral tradition.  Stories which still flow unbroken through a remnant oral culture lineage.  Stories about climate change and how the People started over. Stories of our kinship to water and our relationships to land, air, fire, the plants, bees and all other creatures. Stories of building resilient communities and ways of blessing during times of drought.

As we come alongside Littlebird on this one year listening journey, we enter a listening portal and gain a rare glimpse into simple living rooted in indigenous land wisdom and spiritual blessing. Join Larry Littlebird, as he:
  • Walks the boundary of the 320 acre HAMAATSA sanctuary. What are boundaries?
  • Makes pilgrimages to sacred springs and other sacred places in the Southwest region.  
  • Visits Pueblo kin and elders and shares story dialogues. Several of these precious elders have already crossed over.  Many are on our endangered radar. We feel an urgent prompting to capture these story dialogues.
  • Discovers ways to support one another, our families and communities during this time of drought and profound climate change.
LARRY'S STORY BLOG
Over the course of one year and through four seasons, Larry Littlebird will keep a written journal recording occurrences on the land, weather patterns, his relationships and encounters with the plant and animal people, the bee people and his human kin.  Select journal entries, audios and videos will be posted on Larry's Story Blog. We also want to set up a webcam (pending funding) in various locations on the land to record climate change observations and provide a way for Littlebird to share real time spoken word transmissions.  
Photo Credits:  (top bar) Deborah Littlebird, (Left column) Ryan Heffernan
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