Puerto Vallarta, Mexico – Blessings to many of you for joyously joining billions in giving gratitude to Mother Earth on Thanksgiving, the Solstice and New Years, which helped inspire Her to dance up storms that finally restored snows to Europe and Asia. Japan’s sacred Mt Fuji regained snow after losing it for the first time in history. Colorado needed avalanche warnings so all were safe.
In solidarity, our Aztec group did a gratitude ceremony for those snows on the Solstice. It ended with sharing flowers with onlookers during our crimson sunset next to Los Muertos Pier to give to (hurting) Mother Ocean with sweet prayers. This also purified and cooled Her waters to help restore our coral fish and whale nurseries.
Coincidentally, CNN revealed on New Year’s Eve that Rio had the same tradition brought from Africa. Thank heaven for our tribes reminding humanity of what all our ancient ancestors did, knowing Mother Earth, like most women, is even more generous when given loving thanks.
World Olympians led by our goat skier Mikaela Shiffrin also helped wake up leaders and public to boldly act after racing on fake snow for three years. Yet these snows were even more of a Godsend for Nature, farmers, drinking water and wildfire protection.
As an Olympian who was endorsed by the USOPC for the 2024 IOC Climate Action Award, I organized our team of gifted Native Elders and multi-faith Earth Healers, to lead “Prayers for the Joy and Safety of the Paris Olympics.” This helped inspire Mother Earth’s Tears of Joy (rains) to suffering France, contributing to a wave of “Crazy Love and Joy,” which started raising the vibration of Mother Earth’s mountains and purifying them of the blanket of smoggy toxins to help create this Snowball Effect.
The sacred love songs of the Indigenous in the snow and raindances are what especially raise the vibration. Classical Music, like at Switzerland’s “Gstaad New Year’s Ski and Music Festival,” also does. Our European Advisor, Princess Caroline Murat – Caroline Haffner, piano star, hosts them annually, and in 2002 honored Miss Indian World Ke Aloha Alo and me there for the Native American 2002 Utah Olympic Opening, which we helped make possible, which also lifted the world.
Japan’s Water-Snowflake Guru Dr Masuro Emoto convinced their Symphony to serenade their ocean to help clear its radiation after Fukushima. Love Songs like John Denver’s Rocky Mountain High, We are the World, and John Lennon’s Imagine also help Earth Rock and Rise. I love Mexican and Aztec love and Nature songs too. More needs to be happily explored, written and played everywhere.
Hydrologists say “only years of deep snowpack in the mountains can end decades of droughts to prevent the fires.” Especially since Canada found in 2021, they heated B.C. 2-3X more than fossil fuels.” So giving a little thanks to our Earth Mother each time it snows and rains, is how you can help keep these LIFE-saving blessings joyfully SNOWBALLING to also save Torino Italy’s 2026 Olympics and cool our oceans to protect the 2028 LA Olympics from hurricanes…
Enlightening your global ski areas to host Native youth that inspire elders to lead snowdances, as Stanford-Aspen SkiCo’s Nobel Prize Winner Dr Stephen Schneider and the UN urged, is the other major solution. His parting words in 2008 were, “it would be foolish to ignore this snowdance solution that costs almost nothing.” Nobel Prize Winner Dr. Stephen Schneider Hails Tribal Snow dances – Calwire. Covid dried up most of them.
Also share that the UN in 2009 recognized Mother Earth as living feeling being. So it hurts Her heart and your weather when we bitch instead of helping Her manifest beautiful weather. If your weather is on the wild side for driving, flying or vacationing, remember it is a reflection of our thoughts, feelings and actions. Elders say “to manifest what you want give Her thanks for Her GENTLE or IDEAL Snowblessings, or thank Her in advance. The same for Sun or Rain.”
The President of COP29’s Climate Summit said “every country needs bold climate action to avoid inflation on steroids.” Fewer Americans came to Mexico this Christmas because of climate inflation. And both IOC President Bach, after learning that our snowdances saved three Olympics, as well as Ian Parker, head of the U.S. Delegation to COP29, “Loved our Snowdance Solution,” said our board’s lawyer, Canada’s Nobel Prize Nominee Chief Wilton Littlechild at their meetings.
Pope Francis and King Charles earlier said “Listen to the Indigenous.” So please finally listen and ACT, as US and Canada have the most wildfires harming and heating our oceans and planet the most in history, as both are only 20% renewable-powered compared to 35% Mexico. That was thanks to President Claudia Sheinbaum, who was on the IPCC Team, with whom our partner Dr Schneider shared his Nobel Prize in 2008.
If enough of us keep giving gratitude, and boldly ACT, we can do wonders. Especially those who can afford giving us a tax exempt hand to meet with Washington leaders before Jan 20. We just need a fraction of the $50 Billion Biden gave Sec of AG Vilsack to Prevent Droughts and Fires, for struggling ski areas to host Native youth and snowdances for at least ONE Day.
Yet during Covid the world saw an amazing glimpse of the clear waters and air that we created through less pollution. Yet through our kind of Olympic-like Teamwork we can even have fun snowballing in a peaceful magnificent New Era of our dreams!
With Mountains of Love, Appreciation and Joy for All,
Olympic skier Suzy Chaffee
To learn more, make suggestions, or give the Native American Climate Action Foundation a needed hand at this pivotal moment, contact Suzy Chaffee at Suzynativevoices(at)aol.com, or donate at nativeclimateaction.org. (EIN 99-3581441)
