Got a request over at Indianz about him. It gets a little weird.
Writes about Cherotic Revolution.
http://www.eroplay.com/VOP/books.htmlThe Cherotic (r)Evolutionary
A magazine about the edge.
Issues 1 through 7 available for $5 each...TC(r)#4 January 1994....Essays by...James David Audlin (Chief Distant Eagle)
TC(r)#5 May 1995... essays by... James D. Audlin (Chief Distant Eagle)
Vision Theater
by James D. Audlin & Frank Moore
No Tongue Will Live to Speak/No Ears Will Yearn to Hear is a play written by James D. Audlin (Chief Distant Eagle) and directed in 1994 by Frank Moore in Berkeley, California. Vision Theater is a book made up of the daily e-mail conversations between Frank and Jim...both as director and playwright and as two shamans...over the year-plus that it took Frank to produce/direct the play. It is an in-depth examination of the backstage process of doing a shamanistic drama (or any drama for that matter)...the tricks, the pitfalls, the dynamics...and how everyday life and the magically framed theater effect each other.
copyrighted 1994
$5
The book (Vision Theater) is comprised of the e-mail conversations between Frank and James (aka Chief Distant Eagle) regarding a play James wrote and Frank directed called 'No Tongue Will Live to Speak/No Ears Will Yearn to Hear'. The play itself is about a tribe that is outside the 'civilized world'. One member leaves and returns with an anthropologist who only wants to document the tribe's activities and songs for a quick buck. The dilemma is that the tribe's material could be misused, but when the tribe disappears so will their history. The philosophy of life/death, nudity, sexuality, etc. is so different from what Western society is used to that Frank has a hard time casting the play, but eventually everything comes together and the results sound pretty amazing. Sure wish I'd been fortunate enough to witness this event back in '94; Mr. Peabody are you listening?" Bleeding Velvet Octopus #7, 1997
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Also friends with dubious group calling itself Lenape.
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From: J.AUDLIN James D. Audlin (Chief Distant Eagle) <Invisible Band>
Subj: Lenape Call to Fast & Prayer
O'siyo, brothers!
The following general letter is from Robert Three Eagles Shrewsbury, the
Chief of the United Lenape Nation. With his support, I am giving it to you,
as also under my name for the Free Cherokees, for \Wotanging Ikche\.
--D.E.
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RECOMMENDATION FOR THREE DAY FAST WITH PRAYER, UNIFYING TOGETHER ON THE
THIRD DAY FOR MEMBERS AND FRIENDS
Our request for a three day prayer is for the gathering and unification of
the Lenape people, all Native American people, and all good people of the
world.... Wanishi (thanks) to all in this united prayer,
The Nation Leaders of the United Lenape Nation
P.O. Box 1198; Fredonia Arizona 86022
Additional Note: I, Distant Eagle, Tribal Council Chief of the Free
Cherokees, am distributing this letter from my brother Chief Three Eagles as
being from me too, encouraging all Free Cherokees, all Cherokees of whatever
tribal organization, all Native people, and all people of good heart of
whatever ancestry, to join in this fast and prayer time. Wado (thanks)!
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Passing on communiques from the Zapatistas on a list.
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http://www.dutchessinterfaithcouncil.org/programs.htmlThe 2004 Interfaith Gathering for Thanksgiving was held at Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Church in the Town of Poughkeepsie. The Rev. Joseph LaMorte was host pastor. Chief Distant Eagle, Red Feather Band (a.k.a. Rev. James D. Audlin) brought the message which was focused on the children present.
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http://www.interfaithstory.org/articles/stories-bridge-differences-poughkeepsie-1-26-2006.shtmlWhen members of the Story Circle attended the National Storyteller Network Conference, they were impressed at the monies raised for disaster relief during a benefit storytelling session.
The Dutchess County Interfaith Story Circle decided to try the same thing here in Dutchess County.
On Sunday at 2 p.m., the group will present "Stories of Peace for Grownups." It will take place at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 67 Randolph Ave., Poughkeepsie.
Tickets are $10 and all proceeds will be donated to CARE for victims of Hurricane Katrina and the Pakistan earthquake....
Chief Distant Eagle will tell a story from the Iroquois Confederacy about the coming of the Peacemaker.
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Books
http://www.amazon.com/Circle-Life-Traditional-Teachings-American/dp/1574160826Circle Of Life: Traditional Teachings Of Native American Elders (Paperback)
by James David Audlin (Author),
From the Publisher
Circle of Life presents, in written form, traditional oral Native American sacred teachings involving spirituality, ceremonies, visions, healings, everyday life, and the warrior’s way from the Iroquois, Lakota and other traditions. The author, James David Audlin (Distant Eagle), has been receiving these teachings orally from elders since he was a youth. The wisdom includes Native American views on cosmology, ethics, epistemology, metaphysics, sociology, psychology, healing, dream interpretation and vision quests.
The intention of Circle of Life is to pass these teachings on "to the seventh generation." Audlin shows how the "Red Road" is available to everyone, regardless of religion or ethnicity, who is willing to follow its paths. These paths, however, are often not easy and require deep personal and spiritual commitment. Circle of Life can be used as a guide on this journey. As Audlin says in his introduction, "If this book serves any purpose, let it be to help us bring the Sacred Hoop of all the Nations back together again, so we and all that live may stand as one in silent awe before that Great Mystery."
About the Author
James David Audlin (Distant Eagle) was born in Alexandria Bay, New York. He received his B.A. from Eisenhower College and M.Div. from Andover Newton Theological School. He is an ordained clergyperson in the United Church of Christ, has taken precepts with Chogye Zen Buddhism, and has extensively studied the Native American spiritual tradition. He writes novels, stories, plays and poetry, and he plays several instruments, sings and composes music. He has also been a pastor, an adjunct instructor in world religions, a newspaper editor and a professional musician. Audlin lives in the Catskill Mountains region of New York state and has two children, Katharine and John.
Music
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As an anti gambling activist, the director of Coalition Against Gambling-New York
http://www.cagnyinf.org/DE-NCALG-Speech.htmAlso
http://www.cagnyinf.org/Five-Points-on-Casinos.htmSa:agon kwe kwe. I am Inon Thi À:kweks, the Rev. James David Audlin. I am the pastor of two churches located not far from the proposed Sullivan County casinos, and the former pastor of a church near the Foxwoods and Mohegan Sun casinos in Connecticut. I am also the author of a major forthcoming book on Native American culture. And I speak with the voice of many Iroquois people, including members of our traditional government, who oppose Native American casinos.
Photo of him doing a pretty strange wedding ceremony
http://www.catandtimgetmarried.blogspot.com/
