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Offline White Horse

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Doc Silverhawk
« on: July 06, 2011, 08:39:42 pm »
A man in Tampa calls himself Doc Silverhawk claims he is Cherokee I did hear his last name is Green.
Living that life, some consider a Myth!

Offline AlaskaGrl

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Re: Doc Silverhawk
« Reply #1 on: July 07, 2011, 01:16:41 am »
Website for the Silverhawk Native American Flute Gatherings.
http://www.silverhawkflutegathering.com/Home.html

umm headdress on stage
http://www.silverhawkflutegathering.com/Silverhawk_Chronicles.html

YouTube video

""Musical Echoes, Native American Flute & Cultural Festival, Fort Walton Landing, Fort Walton Beach, Florida, USA Opening Ceremony April 24, 2009 DOCK GREEN SILVERHAWK, flute. This annual festival celebrates the colorful, rich, spiritual and truly original American heritage. The Fort Walton Landing is a city park located on the Santa Rosa Sound in the heart of Fort Walton Beach, Florida USA. It is situated on sacred Mound land, where Native American celebrations were held thousands of years ago. It is indeed a very special place!"""         http://youtu.be/4PbYUJrF4_w

YouTube video The Lakota Flute
"Dock describes how an 200 year old + Lakota Flute he was gifted is made. "
http://youtu.be/yics1WkxiEM



Offline AlaskaGrl

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Re: Doc Silverhawk
« Reply #2 on: July 07, 2011, 01:35:33 am »

http://www.nativerhythmsfestival.com/Performers.htm


""Dock Green Silverhawk
www.dockgreensilverhawk.com
www.silverhawkflutegathering.com

Dock Green Silverhawk's life with the flute began many years ago as he was being transported to life saving open-heart surgery and went into cardiac arrest, sudden cardiac death. While in this state he went into the "white light", and had a near-death experience and vision. His life was forever changed.  Dock is of Creek and Cherokee blood and three months after leaving the hospital his wife Cindy took him to his first Indian powwow to learn more about his heritage. There the Lord led him to the Native American flute. A year later he began using the flute in the same hospital as a chaplain and uses the medicine of the flute and power of prayer in the Intensive Care Unit and Cardiac Critical Care Unit at Tampa General Hospital. Today Silverhawk is considered a pioneer of using the flute in this manner and is requested at other hospitals as well as TGH.

His ministry has been featured on local Tampa Bay television NBC, CBS, FoxTV, PBS and national NBC NEWS. He has also been featured in the Tampa Tribune, St Pete Times, and local radio stations.  Silverhawk is the founder and spiritual leader of the American Indian Christian Circle of Thonotosassa, Fl., one of the first churches of it's kind in the country. He is a co-founder and Chairman of CONAM (Committee On Native American Ministries) of The United Methodist Conference of Florida. He is a co-founder of the annual CONAM Spiritual Gathering in Leesburg, Fl. Dock is also the founder, with Mike Knight's help, of Silverhawk Native American Flute Gathering, an annual event.

Dock has the distinction of being the first place winner of the flute playing competition of the first Musical Echoes. The second year he was asked to be the chaplain and a judge at these competitions and still serves in this capacity now. He recently had the extreme honor of being asked to represent the American Indian people of the Tampa Bay area and lead off the grand opening ceremonies with prayer and flute songs for the Tampa Bay History Center.

More recently, Dock was voted "Artist of the Year" for 2009 by the Greater Brandon Arts Council, the first Native American and the first non-visual artist to win this award.
Silverhawk also plays and speaks at numerous events and churches as well as hospitals and federal prisons.  Dock's life wish is to continue to be used by Creator and His Son to bring peace, comfort, and healing to those in great need through the power of prayer and medicine of the flute. "I pray He continues opening doors for me to serve Him, and uses me until He calls me home".

2009 article
http://www.tampabay.com/news/religion/article1002786.ece

Church blends American Indian, Christian traditions
By Victoria Bekiempis, Times Staff Writer
In Print: Friday, May 22, 2009


Linda.