Who Defines What Is Sacred

When Constantine

in the year 325 CE

decided he wanted all the sacred writings gathered, he sent word out across his empire. Across clans. Across regions. Across people.

Bring the writings.

They came on scrolls.

They came on parchments.

They came from people who believed what they carried was sacred.

And the problem was this:

someone, somewhere, considered everything sacred.

So a decision had to be made.

What goes in.

What stays out.

That decision became the “holy book.”

Today there are over two billion Christians in the world.

And out of those two billion:

Most have one Bible.

Catholics have more books than most Christians.

Mormons have a book most Christians don’t have.

So who defines scripture?

The one who carries it and considers it scripture.

That is how it has always worked.

Now fast-forward.

Chief Midegah spent years—over a decade—traveling through North and South America. Developing relationships. Sitting with people. Being present. Not extracting. Not demanding. Building trust.

Then he sent out word:

If you would like to submit scrolls, submit them.

At first, elders were hesitant.

Then submissions came anonymously.

Then they came steadily.

Then they poured in.

And the Chief had to do what every custodian has always had to do:

He had to sift through what was sacred. Grand Chief Midegah is a High Priest Of The Midewiwin. He has the authority.

It is not his duty to explain confidentiality to another,

OR fidelity to his colleagues.

He obtained the records and they have been presented.

Those deemed authentic.

Those carried In the Red Bear Band.

Those decisions are not my responsibility.

But faith is not determined by the unbeliever is it.

The Sacred Records were first presented in an International Indigenous Ceremony.

invited by the Quetzal Mayan Council to a Sacred Gathering in the Yucatan

with The Church of Jesus Christ President Joel Gehly in honored attendance; the Mayan Grand Chief grandmother Abuela Mima officiating.

A historic moment as Grand Chief Midegah Ogichidaa who also sits on the Grand Council of the Anishinaabe 8th Fire Lodge, Havelock, Ontario was honored.

That brought pride to me, my family, that means our tribe.

THE RED BEAR BAND of the Pembina Chippewa Indians.

Many who complain themselves of historical religious persecution come into a Native American environment, dealing with a Native American effort to gather Native American information for Native American purposes, who are not Native American.

And think the Native American should be Anglocized.

Whether or not you believe, it does not matter.

Whether or not you accept, it does not matter.

I belong to the Red Bear Band.

My grand-uncle is Ogimaa MaLingaan, a Gichi Ogimaa of the O’Jiibwaay.

He named me. Nibwaskaa,

My grandmother is Ogimaakwe Ogiinikwe, Rose woman of the Siipiising

She took me to the lodge at Turtle Mountain, the Hair Hills.

I went to Midewiwin ceremony with the legends of Eagleheart Francis Cree Lodge.

My brother and I were honored.

We were given respect.

So understand this:

To tell a Native American they cannot speak as a Native American—

To tell a hereditary Chief they cannot claim to be a Chief—

To tell a called Chief not to stand as a Chief—

To tell a Chief ordained as a Grand Chief not to act as a Grand Chief—

To lecture a Jessakkid for being a Jessakkid—

If you do not understand our ways by now,

then you do not understand the principle of mutual respect.

Gichi Ogimaa Midegah Ogichidaa is the Jessakkid of our O’Jiibwaay—

of actual Native people. Whether he stands a moment in Idaho, Or a moment elsewhere.

He is an O'Jiibwaay Grand Chief, High Priest Of The Midewiwin.

Separate from my twin brother. I am ALSO O'Jiibwaay. How do you think I feel when I am laser point targeted by non Native Americans.

Who cares why you're doing it.

No one asked anyone else to believe.

No one asked permission. We don't need it.

We will believe what we will believe—

NO matter what.

The Sacred Records are released in as much as

they are authentic.

unbelievers don't make those decisions

overall consistency among records,

I have heard, matters

whether another believes it or not.

I have heard, does not matter

In the Yucatan Peninsula, in fall 2025, Gichi Ogimaa Midegah Ogichidaa

honored The O'Jiibwaay Grand Council

brought Pride to The Red Bear Pembina Chippewa Indians

Officiated as a Midewiwin High Priest

and fulfilled our perspective of prophecy.

Among all the hundreds of sacred text now in digital and print form,

there is one...

Or Hayyah: The Book of the O'Jiibwaay

And a moment happens.

I remember what O'Jiibwaay grandmothers said about this very situation...

to leave out even one teaching is to embrace the opposite of what it means.

You cannot speak of Love with a heart full of judgment, for to honor the Creator is to respect all of Creation.