Prayer Guidelines re: Native American Resolution of Apology

Dear USRPN,

 

As we continue to move forward with the Root 52 Prayer Strategy, please remember to use these prayer guidelines from USRPN Apostolic Council Member Jim Chosa, concerning US Route 50, as it relates to our work with Root 52.

 

For additional information on this subject matter, please contact Apostle Jim Chosa directly at jim@daychief.org.

 

Prior to the start of Jim Chosa's prayer guide, I have pasted the note that was sent out to the USRPN about US Route 50, to which Apostle Chosa responded.

 

Every blessin

Melissa Medina

Executive Coordinator

Reformation Prayer Network

Generals International

(972) 576-8887

rpn@generals.org

 

America's Backbone & National Artery: US Route 50

 

As you all know, the name we have chosen for our national prayer strategy is Root 52; a play on words, as we are using a US Route symbol as our logo. The number 52 came from adding 50 weeks of prayer (1 for each of the 50 states) to 2 weeks of prayer for our national government (50 + 2 = 52)

 

In response to having received the emails about the Root 52 National Prayer Strategy, someone wrote to us about US Route 50, which was the original road that went clear across the country, coast-to-coast. US Route 50 still exists today, but is sometimes incorporated into Interstate Routes.

 

US Route 50 is referred to as "America's Backbone" and the "National Artery" of the nation's highway system. I believe this speaks prophetically of the significance of the national prayer strategy we have implemented. The intercession that comes out of Route 52 will serve as a "backbone" for our nation, while intercession itself, is the lifeline, or "artery" of the United States, a land of covenants.

 

Let this encourage you as you go en-route from state-to-state, building a highway of prayer across the nation to return her back to her covenant roots.

 

For more information on US Route 50, visit www.route50.com.

 

LETTER FROM APOSTLE JIM CHOSA

 

Greetings!

 

Last night I received a map of this Root 50, which is actually US Route 50 across America. Early this morning, January 16, Holy Spirit made the connection for me. Route 50 follows a major ley zone across America from Washington DC to LA that we discovered when we were preparing for land assignments in the Ohio Valley. We discovered this zone when we connected the Serpent Mound in southern Ohio with the Cahokia Mounds near East ST Louis, IL. Root 50 exits this zone at Grand Junction, CO and travels into Sacramento and then San Francisco, CA. Included in this zone in addition to the above are many of the Scottish Rite Cathedrals in America; it also cuts across two of the significant stretches of "Toronado Alley" in Kansas and other states.

 

Dutch Sheets was just in East St. Louis where he was awakened to the spiritual reality that this area may be Baal's "headquarters" in America; perhaps Cindy could give Dutch a call on this.

 

We have executed land assignments at both of the Mound locations above; it was right after we did the Cahokia Mounds that Holy Spirit directed us to do the Serpent Mound next. We know that many other high level defiled sites that have not been spiritually mapped and cleansed also lie within this zone which now includes the primary networked zone that connects and converges all the issues of San Francisco into the zone along with the Devil's Garden in Utah, the Great Basin and "Loneliest Road" in Nevada and so many more yet to be discovered sites.

 

I am asking Holy Spirit about how best to protect the state teams from retaliation as they carry out the mandates of the Root 52 Initiative. At this point, I have only one, which needs more discernment gained through corporate consultation with Holy Spirit.

 

I advise each state team have a copy of the HR 3326 Defense Appropriations Act, Section 8106-"Apology to Native Peoples of the United States" with them. Under Holy Spirit directions, each team should read the full text of this Law at the point of their initial execution of the Root 52 assignment. This will spiritually link each team with our 50 State action we executed in Washington DC on December 7, 2009 under the leadership of John Benefiel and the Heartland Apostolic Prayer Network. This action was executed by a 50 state Council which represented both Apostles from the immigrant and indigenous spheres of the Kingdom of God that released the National spiritual repentance and forgiveness set as Law within this Apology Section of the Defense Appropriations Act.

 

As an "Ekklesia" Legislative Assembly standing on the Word, Spirit and Blood of Christ, each state gathering should:

a) enter into a "legislative" agreement with this Law of the Land;

b) release through the Blood of Christ the spiritual intent of this national act of repentance into the eternal spheres of their state;

c) wait on Holy Spirit and yield to His imparting to them the combined indigenous and immigrant authority that will grant them legal authority to speak into the spiritual environment of the land of their state; and

d) execute whatever Holy Spirit will direct in alignment with the strategive purposes of the Root 52 Initiative.

 

I have attached the Apology document with both the brief text as an amendment to the Defense Act and the full text. I had to research online to find the I then changed the original heading of the Apology document to include the Amendment number and Section number, so that it Iines up with how it is connected to the Defense Appropriations Act of 2010.

 

If you have any questions on this, you may contact me directly at jim@daychief.org.

 

Many blessings in Christ Jesus,

Jim and Faith Chosa, Apostolic Council

United States Reformation Prayer Network

 

HR 3326 Defense Appropriations Act

Enacted into Law on 12/15/2009

Amendment 2598 Approved and became Section 8106 of this Act

Apology to Native Peoples of the United States

 

Abbreviated Text of Section 8106 is as follows:

 

(a) Acknowledgment and Apology.--The United States, acting through Congress--

(1) recognizes the special legal and political relationship Indian tribes have with the United States and the solemn covenant with the land we share;

(2) commends and honors Native Peoples for the thousands of years that they have stewarded and protected this land;

(3) recognizes that there have been years of official depredations, ill-conceived policies, and the breaking of covenants by the Federal Government regarding Indian tribes;

(4) apologizes on behalf of the people of the United States to all Native Peoples for the many instances of violence, maltreatment, and neglect inflicted on Native Peoples by citizens of the United States;

(5) expresses its regret for the ramifications of former wrongs and its commitment to build on the positive relationships of the past and present to move toward a brighter future where all the people of this land live reconciled as brothers and sisters, and harmoniously steward and protect this land together;

(6) urges the President to acknowledge the wrongs of the United States against Indian tribes in the history of the United States in order to bring healing to this land; and

(7) commends the State governments that have begun reconciliation efforts with recognized Indian tribes located in their boundaries and encourages all State governments similarly to work toward reconciling relationships with Indian tribes within their boundaries.

 

(b) Disclaimer.--Nothing in this section-- (1) authorizes or supports any claim against the United States; or (2) serves as a settlement of any claim against the United States.

 

Full Text of Apology to Native Peoples of the United States is:

To acknowledge a long history of official depredations and ill-conceived policies by the United States Government regarding Indian tribes and offer an apology to all Native Peoples on behalf of the United States.

 

Whereas the ancestors of today's Native Peoples inhabited the land of the present-day United States since time immemorial and for thousands of years before the arrival of peoples of European descent;

 

Whereas the Native Peoples have for millennia honored, protected, and stewarded this land we cherish;

 

Whereas the Native Peoples are spiritual peoples with a deep and abiding belief in the Creator, and for millennia their peoples have maintained a powerful spiritual connection to this land, as is evidenced by their customs and legends;

 

Whereas the arrival of Europeans in North America opened a new chapter in the histories of the Native Peoples;

 

Whereas, while establishment of permanent European settlements in North America did stir conflict with nearby Indian tribes, peaceful and mutually beneficial interactions also took place;

 

Whereas the foundational English settlements in Jamestown, Virginia, and Plymouth, Massachusetts, owed their survival in large measure to the compassion and aid of the Native Peoples in their vicinities;

 

Whereas in the infancy of the United States, the founders of the Republic expressed their desire for a just relationship with the Indian tribes, as evidenced by the Northwest Ordinance enacted by Congress in 1787, which begins with the phrase, `The utmost good faith shall always be observed toward the Indians';

 

Whereas Indian tribes provided great assistance to the fledgling Republic as it strengthened and grew, including invaluable help to Meriwether Lewis and William Clark on their epic journey from St. Louis, Missouri, to the Pacific Coast;

 

Whereas Native Peoples and non-Native settlers engaged in numerous armed conflicts;

Whereas the United States Government violated many of the treaties ratified by Congress and other diplomatic agreements with Indian tribes;

 

Whereas this Nation should address the broken treaties and many of the more ill-conceived Federal policies that followed, such as extermination, termination, forced removal and relocation, the outlawing of traditional religions, and the destruction of sacred places;

 

Whereas the United States forced Indian tribes and their citizens to move away from their traditional homelands and onto federally established and controlled reservations, in accordance with such Acts as the Indian Removal Act of 1830;

 

Whereas many Native Peoples suffered and perished--

 

(1) during the execution of the official United States Government policy of forced removal, including the infamous Trail of Tears and Long Walk;

 

(2) during bloody armed confrontations and massacres, such as the Sand Creek Massacre in 1864 and the Wounded Knee Massacre in 1890; and

 

(3) on numerous Indian reservations;

 

Whereas the United States Government condemned the traditions, beliefs, and customs of the Native Peoples and endeavored to assimilate them by such policies as the redistribution of land under the General Allotment Act of 1887 and the forcible removal of Native children from their families to faraway boarding schools where their Native practices and languages were degraded and forbidden;

 

Whereas officials of the United States Government and private United States citizens harmed Native Peoples by the unlawful acquisition of recognized tribal land, the theft of resources from such territories, and the mismanagement of tribal trust funds;

 

Whereas the policies of the United States Government toward Indian tribes and the breaking of covenants with Indian tribes have contributed to the severe social ills and economic troubles in many Native communities today;

 

Whereas, despite continuing maltreatment of Native Peoples by the United States, the Native Peoples have remained committed to the protection of this great land, as evidenced by the fact that, on a per capita basis, more Native people have served in the United States Armed Forces and placed themselves in harm's way in defense of the United States in every major military conflict than any other ethnic group;

 

Whereas Indian tribes have actively influenced the public life of the United States by continued cooperation with Congress and the Department of the Interior, through the involvement of Native individuals in official United States Government positions, and by leadership of their own sovereign Indian tribes;

 

Whereas Indian tribes are resilient and determined to preserve, develop, and transmit to future generations their unique cultural identities;

 

Whereas the National Museum of the American Indian was established within the Smithsonian Institution as a living memorial to the Native Peoples and their traditions; and

 

Whereas Native Peoples are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, and that among those are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness: Now, therefore, be it

 

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

 

SECTION 1. ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND APOLOGY.

 

The United States, acting through Congress--

 

(1) recognizes the special legal and political relationship the Indian tribes have with the United States and the solemn covenant with the land we share;

 

(2) commends and honors the Native Peoples for the thousands of years that they have stewarded and protected this land;

 

(3) acknowledges years of official depredations, ill-conceived policies, and the breaking of covenants by the United States Government regarding Indian tribes;

 

(4) apologizes on behalf of the people of the United States to all Native Peoples for the many instances of violence, maltreatment, and neglect inflicted on Native Peoples by citizens of the United States;

 

(5) expresses its regret for the ramifications of former offenses and its commitment to build on the positive relationships of the past and present to move toward a brighter future where all the people of this land live reconciled as brothers and sisters, and harmoniously steward and protect this land together;

 

(6) urges the President to acknowledge the offenses of the United States against Indian tribes in the history of the United States in order to bring healing to this land by providing a proper foundation for reconciliation between the United States and Indian tribes; and

 

(7) commends the State governments that have begun reconciliation efforts with recognized Indian tribes located in their boundaries and encourages all State governments similarly to work toward reconciling relationships with Indian tribes within their boundaries.