Goodshield Aguilar

From Animal Madness, August 18, 2011


There have been buffalo in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park since 1890. The first two (a male and female) were from the small group of freely roaming survivors left at the end of the 19th century.

At one time there were dozens of bison in Golden Gate. Today there are three. And they are old. Two died just last month. Apparently seven more are coming in October from a ranch in Redding. While the first bison to come to San Francisco came from the Plains, the ones there today were given to the park as a birthday gift for Diane Feinstein from her husband.

Good Shield Aguilar played for the bison on August 16th. Like them, Good Shield wasn’t born in the Plains. But he is Lakota. And he believes that buffalo are not the only ones to have genetic memories.

When he isn’t playing music he’s working in Montana for the Buffalo Field Campaign.



FRIDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2010

Reconnecting with our Identity, Origins and Relatedness to All Things

Good Shield Aguilar, Lakota-Yaqui Musician, Sings about Origin and Honor

Good Shield AguilarWith all the terrible things going on around us every day, we sometimes need to be reminded of our identity, origins, connections and relatedness.   After all, it is only our world view and spirituality that distinguishes us from the wasichus(whites).   

One of the best ways to take a step back, contemplate, reflect upon and remember who we really are is through music.  

Good Shield Aguilar - Lakota-Yaqui Musician is a native singer-songwriter living in “Yurok Country” who says and does it very well, indeed.  To see a video of his performance of the following two songs, click on the YouTube link below.  Better yet, click on his name and visit his MySpace page.

From Origin Song:
I am sitting here in my place of connection, a connection that indigenous creatures have as our flesh and features are mirrored within the geography, within the soil and our relatives, those who nourish us so that we’ll go on, those who teach us so we’ll understand, and those who remind us so that we won’t forget our origin.

From Honor Song:
Awake.  May the dream begin again from its dormant state as the great floodwaters have now parted.  Rebirth is eminence, turbulence, inevitable. Part of the way of creation and perpetual balance, chaos and beauty.  Awake now and carry the responsibilities of endlessness, messengers of timelessness.


 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROJ0LHkl1Zs&NR=1

This could be a good time! There is a river flowing now very fast. It is so great and swift that there are those who will be afraid. They will try to hold on to the shore. They will feel they are being torn apart and will suffer greatly. Know the river has its destination. The elders say we must let go of the shore, push off into the middle of the river, keep our eyes open, and our heads above the water. And I say, see who is in there with you and celebrate.
We are the ones we've been waiting for.

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