Comments on: Warrior Down Sacramento

By: teddi

teddi — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 22:19:08 +0000

My son and I are Oklahoma Choctaw and are establishing a half way farm in Oregon for Native Americans wishing to re-enter society after incarceration. I would like to talk to someone in your organization. if this is possible please email me at inagoodway@ymail.com giving me a number and best time to call and i will call you.

thank you i look forward to speaking with you

By: Echoa Blue

Echoa Blue — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 03:08:43 +0000

I am so blessed to be a part of the Warrior Down group here in Sacramento,Ca. It has been a big part of my recovery and has kept me from going back to prison…. I have met alot of good people and can really call them friends…. This group has been a big part of the healing in the Sacramento community.

By: "Tata" Robert S. Lopez

"Tata" Robert S. Lopez — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 19:17:35 +0000

I’m one of the original members of Warrior Down here in Sacramento. Since joining I have experienced an understanding of myself and my participation in the community. I’m Apache/Yaqui & Chicano and have been out of prison since 1997. Though I have slipped in the past, I have a better outlook since being on the Red Road. I’m currently in a inpatient program with VOA and have a total different outlook on life an my purpose in life. I want to thank Carlos as well as SNAHC for their help in leading me back onto The Creators wisdom…..

By: Tommy Stiffarm

Tommy Stiffarm — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 15:27:06 +0000

Greetings Brothers and Sisters! It is good to see that the Warrior Down program is being born in other communities on Turtle Island. We continue to grow here in Great Falls, MT with the Warrior Down program. For a while it seemed that the Warrior Down program was dead but it never did die for those Brothers commited to Walking the Red Road were still working to promote the Warrior Down program. Many good things have taken place since last August 2007 when the Sacred 100 Eagle Feather Hoop came to Montana especially here in Great Falls. This past September we hosted along with other organizations a Wellbriety Month Event our 1st Annual Traditional Red Road Pow Wow. The Pow Wow was a two-day event with approximately 600 people attending the event. The Pow Wow was a non-contest gathering which caused many dancers and drum groups to forgo attending the Pow Wow. It is kinda sad that the only way dancers and drum groups will attend a Pow Wow is if there is money involved. But the times and economy seems to demand that if you want to attend a Pow Wow that there needs to be additional money available so you can attend the event. But all in all it was a good event! Since the Pow Wow the interest in the Warrior Down program here in Great Falls has drawn a new growth and interest. We are starting the Men’s and Women’s Medicine Wheel/12 Steps Circle of Recovery meetings now. We have added another Talking Circle to our Recovery Support meetings and we are diligently pursuing obtaining some Access to Recovery funds to help with our program. Also, we have Warrior Down T-shirts available for sale! The logo design was produced by two of our Brothers in the Great Falls Pre-release Center. What is so unique about the T-Shirt is not just for the Great Falls Warrior Down group but can be worn by other Warrior Down Groups. To view the logo and hopefully soon a picture of the T-shirt, you can visit our website at http://www.sacredwebrecovery .com and click the Great Falls Warrior Down link under the Warrior Down heading. If you would like to order a T-Shirt there will be a link to an order form that you can submit. Currently, we can only accept checks or money orders.

We continue to attend other organizations’ meetings promoting the Warrior Down program. There is interest from other communities in Montana of starting a Warrior Down program. In Helena, MT there is a small Warrior Down program just beginning. Missoula and Kalispell are looking at starting a Warrior Down program too. As I said earlier, it makes our hearts feel good that the Warrior Down program is growing in other communities.

One final thing, I invite those Brothers and Sisters to add/share/post their comments and events on our Warriors Council Blog at http://www.sacredwebrecovery.com/warriorscircle.

Aho my Brothers and Sisters

By: J. Carlos Rivera

J. Carlos Rivera — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:22:51 +0000

Hello peoples-

Dropping in to comment on the Sacramento Native American Health Center, Warrior Down Program. Since the opening on June 17, 2008 we have had over 20-participants show up and participate in the support group. With a strong core group of 10-participants showing up every Tuesday. We are going strong and continue to move forward in hopes to expand the services we provide for our relatives returning home from incarseration. I want to thank all of the Warrior Down participants, families and friends for there commitment and hard work.

Q. How is your group coming along?
Q. Woody are you coming out to Sacramento anytime soon?

By: Ellen Johnsond

Ellen Johnsond — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 17:24:48 +0000

Great website, full of useful information. Thanks for including Sacramento’s Warrior Down Program. They are going strong. At the Sacramento Native American Health Center, Inc. — our featured key-note speaker for “Recovery Month” is a Warrior Down participant with an amazing story of struggle, courage and recovery.

Again, happy to see the website up.