World Peace & Prayer Day is next Monday, June 21^st , the day of the Summer Solstice. Chief Arvol Looking Horse, leader of the Lakota Dakota Nakota Oyate, the great Sioux nation, is calling all nations to prayer of any kind on June 21 in an effort to return the planet to balance, the people to spirit.

World Peace and Prayer Day was founded in 1996 in the Black Hills of South Dakota by Chief Arvol Looking Horse, 19th Generation Keeper of the Sacred White Buffalo Calf Pipe of the Sioux Nation. Chief Looking Horse was led by a vision to honor sacred sites and to invite all nations and all faiths to do the same, to heal our relationship with our mother, the Earth. World Peace and Prayer Day is held annually on the summer solstice, a powerful day to pray for peace among all living beings.

In a message to the people of the world, Chief Arvol Looking Horse says, “Our vision is for Peoples of all continents to come together as ONE at their Sacred Sites to pray, meditate, and commune with one another, on this day, thus promoting an energy shift to heal our Mother Earth to achieve a united consciousness toward attaining Peace” (Read Chief Looking Horse’s entire message.)

Chief Arvol Looking Horse will be celebrating World Peace and Prayer Day at Burgundy Brook Farm in Palmer, MA. Read more about the events happening over the course of this weekend on Burgundy Brook Farm. Events are open to the public. For more information visit their website.

Click here to see a list of official gatherings around the world.

Two of the official gatherings are being hosted by Tribal Link colleagues: United Confederation of Taino People in Bronx, NY on Sunday June 20^th & the Wittenberg Center for Alternative Resources in Woodstock, NY on Monday June 21^st. Please click on their names to read about their events or visit Tribal Link’s calendar for more details.

Click here to read an article with Chief Arvol Looking Horse.