Read this following information very carefully before reading Seven Fires Prophesy. This prophesy has been corrupted! Prophets represent stopping places. There are eight stopping places. We are at the time of the eighth stopping place. Those that know of this prophesy know what that indicates. Ojibwa People were told to look for eight stopping places including the turtle shaped island. If you read this entire prophesy you'll know of an eighth stopping place. Whites inserted terrorists threats by using "fire instead of stopping place." Here at Great Falls, Montana are the eight stopping places including the turtle shaped island. Written of are two prophets who are together. Both represent Giants Springs and the Turtle Shaped Island. Our responsibility is to determine if they represent one stopping place or two stopping places. They're obviously one stopping place! When you read of the fourth you'll know as fact that this prophesy has been corrupted by whites. First stopping place is Sulphur Springs. It's located 300 or so yards from Missouri River (aka Mississippi River) near Belt Creeks mouth. The Great Falls of the Missouri are five waterfalls. After Sulphur Springs is Grand Falls. Next is Crooked Falls (aka Horseshoe Falls). Next is Rainbow Falls then Colter Falls. Next is Giant Springs which is the largest freshwater spring at the United States. An 1884 photo of Giant Springs (it's below) shows an island in the spring and it's overflow leading to Missouri River (aka Mississippi River). Whites built up a small dam around the spring. Now you can't see the island. Ojibwa's planted 11 trees about 10 to 15 years before the 1884 photo. Three trees on the right are pointing going down river while 8 trees on the left except possibly one, are pointing going up river and represent the eight stopping places. Educated people know what that represents! Those trees were deliberately removed by white leaders to conceal what they represent. Next is Black Eagle Falls which you can see in the photo. It's between the fifth and sixth trees. An extremely important detail the photographer was not aware of or Ojibwa leaders paid the photographer to take the photo at an angle to let the future know that the fourth tree and fifth tree represent Giant Springs and the Turtle Shaped Island. If you closely look at the fifth tree you might think it's pointing going down river. Obviously the fourth tree is pointing going up river. From the angle where the photo was taken, we can't correctly determine if the fourth tree is the fifth tree or if the fifth tree is the fourth tree. Both probably represent Giant Springs and the Turtle Shaped Island. We know the trees represent the west migration which took place 1,000's of years ago. Ojibwa leaders could have planted the trees at one of the other stopping places yet selected Giant Springs. White leaders don't want nothing to do with non whites. We know they can do what they want. Sharing this land has never been a scheme of theirs. I advise white leaders to share land with Ojibwa People. This land is Ojibwa land. Either 100, 200 or 300 years ago whites corrupted Seven Fires Prophesy by telling their descendants (white leaders of this time) to go the wrong way and use plague warfare. That's going on at this time. Of course, the eighth stopping place is the vast Ojibwa Reservation created on October 17, 1855. Most of Great Falls, Montana is at this vast Ojibwa Reservation! While reading each stopping place, exclude "prophets." Consider each stopping place as an instruction! More importantly you must remember that white leaders are supposed to prove to Native American's that whites are their brothers and sisters. Elders represent leaders. Reverse the 'e and l' and it will read "leders." We must use extreme caution when dealing with Reservation leaders. On the contrary, Reservation leaders know what's going on and don't give a dam. Following prophesy is not on their agenda! Their income is provided by the governments of Canada and the United States. Being employees of Canada and the United States is an indicator they will do what white leaders want. White leaders don't want anything to do with non whites. Don't ever trust white leaders!
Seven prophets came to the Anishinabe. They came at a time when the people were living a full and peaceful life on the North Eastern coast of North America. These prophets left the people with seven predictions of what the future would bring. Each of the prophecies was called a fire and each fire referred to a particular era of time that would come in the future. Thus, the teachings of the seven prophets are now called the "Seven Fires."
The first prophet said to the people,
"In the time of the First Fire, the Anishinabe nation will rise up and follow the sacred shell of the Midewiwin Lodge. The Midewiwin Lodge will serve as a rallying point for the people and its traditional ways will be the source of much strength. The Sacred Megis will lead the way to the chosen ground of the Anishinabe. You are to look for a turtle shaped island that is linked to the purification of the earth. You will find such an island at the beginning and end of your journey. There will be seven stopping places along the way. You will know the chosen ground has been reached when you come to a land where food grows on water. If you do not move you will be destroyed."
The second prophet told the people,
"You will know the Second Fire because at this time the nation will be camped by a large body of water. In this time the direction of the Sacred Shell will be lost. The Midewiwin will diminish in strength. A boy will be born to point the way back to the traditional ways. He will show the direction to the stepping stones to the future of the Anishinabe people."
The third prophet said to the people,
"In the Third Fire the Anishinabe will find the path to their chosen ground, a land in the west to which they must move their families. This will be the land where food grows on water."
The Fourth Fire was originally given to the people by two prophets. They come as one. They told of the coming of the light skinned race.
One of the prophets said,
"You will know the future of our people by the face the light skinned race wears. If they come wearing the face of brotherhood then there will come a time of wonderful change for generations to come. They will bring new knowledge and articles that can be joined with the knowledge of this country. In this way, two nations will join to make a mighty nation. This new nation will be joined by two more so that four will make for the mightiest nation of all. You will know the face of the brotherhood if the light skinned race comes carrying no weapons, if they come bearing only their knowledge and a hand shake."
The other prophet said,
"Beware if the light skinned race comes wearing the face of death. You must be careful because the face of brotherhood and the face of death look very much alike. If they come carrying a weapon ... beware. If they come in suffering ... They could fool you. Their hearts may be filled with greed for the riches of this land. If they are indeed your brothers, let them prove it. Do not accept them in total trust. You shall know that the face they wear is one of death if the rivers run with poison and fish become unfit to eat. You shall know them by these many things."
The fifth prophet said,
"In the time of the Fifth Fire there will come a time of great struggle that will grip the lives of all native people. At the warning of this Fire there will come among the people one who holds a promise of great joy and salvation. If the people accept this promise of a new way and abandon the old teachings, then the struggle of the Fifth Fire will be with the people for many generations. The promise that comes will prove to be a false promise. All those who accept this promise will cause the near destruction of the people."
The prophet of the Sixth Fire said,
"In the time of the Sixth Fire it will be evident that the promise of the First Fire came in a false way. Those deceived by this promise will take their children away from the teachings of the Elders. Grandsons and granddaughters will turn against the Elders. In this way the Elders will lose their reason for living ... they will lose their purpose in life. At this time a new sickness will come among the people. The balance of many people will be disturbed. The cup of life will almost become the cup of grief."
At the time of these predictions, many people scoffed at the prophets. They then had medicines to keep away sickness. They were then healthy and happy as a people. These were the people who chose to stay behind in the great migration of the Anishinabe. These people were the first to have contact with the light skinned race. They would suffer most.
When the Fifth Fire came to pass, a great struggle did indeed grip the lives of all native people. The light skinned race launched a military attack on the Indian people throughout the country aimed at taking away their land and their independence as a free and sovereign people. It is now felt that the false promise that came at the end of the Fifth Fire was the materials and riches embodied in the way of life of the light skinned race. Those who abandoned the ancient ways and accepted this new promise were a big factor in causing the near destruction of the native people of this land.
When the Sixth Fire came to be, the words of the prophet rang true as children were taken away from the teachings of the Elders. The boarding school era of "civilizing" Indian children had begun. The Indian language and religion were taken from the children. The people started dying at a early age ... they had lost their will to live and their purpose in living.
In the confusing times of the Sixth Fire, it is said that a group of visionaries came among the Anishinabe. They gathered all the priests of the Midewiwin Lodge. They told the priests the Midewiwin Way was in danger of being destroyed. They gathered all the sacred bundles. They gathered all the scrolls that recorded the ceremonies. All these things were placed in a hollowed out log from the Ironwood tree. Men were lowered over a cliff by long ropes. They dug a hole in the cliff and buried the log where no one could find it. Thus the teachings of the Elders were hidden out of sight but not out of memory. It is said that when the time came that the Indian people could practice their religion without fear a line boy would dream where the Ironwood log, full of sacred bundles and scrolls, was buried. He would lead his people to the place.
The seventh prophet that came to the people long ago said to be different from the other prophets. He was young and had a strange light in his eyes. He said, "In the time of the Seventh Fire New People will emerge. They will retrace their steps to find what was left by the trail. Their steps will take them to the Elders who they will ask to guide them on their journey. But many of the Elders will have fallen asleep. They will awaken to this new time with nothing to offer. Some of the Elders will be silent because no one will ask anything of them. The New People will have to be careful in how they approach the Elders. The task of the New People will not be easy. "If the New People will remain strong in their quest the Water Drum of the Midewiwin Lodge will again sound its voice. There will be a rebirth of the Anishinabe Nation and a rekindling of old flames. The Sacred Fire will again be lit.
"It is this time that the light skinned race will be given a choice between two roads. If they choose the right road, then the Seventh Fire will light the Eighth and final Fire, an eternal fire of peace, love, brotherhood and sisterhood. If the light skinned race makes the wrong choice of the roads, then the destruction which they brought with them in coming to this country will come back at them and cause much suffering and death to all the Earth's people."
Traditional Mide people of Ojibway and people from other nations have interpreted the "two roads" that face the light skinned race as the road to technology and the other road to spiritualism. They feel that the road to technology represents a continuation of headlong rush to technological development. This is the road that has led to modern society, to a damaged and seared Earth. Could it be that the road to technology represents a rush to destruction? The road to spirituality represents the slower path that traditional native people have traveled and are now seeking again. This Earth is not scorched on this trail. The grass is still growing there.
