June 20-21, Minnesota-We will meet in the afternoon at the Minneapolis Airport. On the 21st we will take time to connect with the energies of the Solstice and to attune ourselves to the World Peace and Prayer Day ceremonies that will be held worldwide.

We will visit the Prayer Sanctuary and the Benedictine monastery in Collegeville.

The Kensington Runestone was discovered in central Minnesota has great significance showing us that Scandinavian people were in North America well before Columbus. The Runic alphabet mixed with some Roman letters was a form of writing unique to the Thirteen Hundreds. The stone is especially beautiful and unique because it shows great respect to the Deity.

A visit to Lake Itasca and the Headwaters of the Mississippi River.You will be able to step across what will become the Mighty River. Overnight Jamestown, ND.

June 22, North Dakota-In Jamestown, in the shadows of the statue of the "World’s Largest Buffalo" roams a herd of 30 buffalo, one of which is White Cloud, a white one. She stands alone.....away from the others as if revered by those she walks among. She is one of the most rare sights in the world and her birth, to many native Americans and spiritualists around the world, is a sign of great changes. Some consider it a blessing and others believe it is a sign of peace, prosperity, unity and hope. Fort Abraham Lincoln contains the remnants of a Mandan Indian earthlodge village. Four reconstructed earthlodges overlook the Heart and Missouri Rivers. Lewis and Clark camped here, below the village, during their famous expedition of 1804. Overnight on the edge of the Black Hills in Belle Fourche, SD.

June 23-24, South Dakota-Here, in the Black Hills, a place of great natural beauty, we will slow our journeying for two days. Part of this time will be for each of us to do some inner journeying, to be in nature and to be in meditation. Here we will also visit three sites which are considered to be sacred to the native peoples of this region.

The Black Hills, or Paha Sapa in Lakota received their name from the dark Ponderosa pine covered hills that span western South Dakota and northeastern Wyoming. To the northern plains people the spiritual meaning of Paha Sapa is "the Heart of Everything". The sacred peaks of these hills have power and Plains Indians revered and worshipped the Black Hills for hundreds of years. Many of the Lakota and other tribes believe the story of their creation begins in these massive mountains. There is a large quantity of quartz in these mountains, rosequartz in particular.

The first morning here we will visit He Wakinyan Hohpi (Bear Butte) a peak that remains a sacred place to the northern plains people. Many people still pray here. They come to vision quest. They fast for four days and nights. Crazy Horse had his vision quest here and brought his people here to Sun Dance. He came here to pray for his people before he surrendered at Fort Robinson. As you make your way up to the top you will notice many offerings left by people who have prayed here. People place a stone in the crotch of a tree with their offerings in honor of Inyan, the spirit who created the earth.

Wasun Wiconiya Wakan, translated as "Breath of Power Cave," is the Lakota name for the sacred Wind Cave that we will be visiting. Lakota lore speaks of this cave as a portal from which their people emerged onto the surface of the earth, leaving their subterranean world behind.

Also in the Black Hills we will make a stop at the Mt. Rushmore National Memorial.

Down the road is the Crazy Horse Memorial. "My fellow chiefs and I would like the white man to know the red man has great heroes, too," wrote Lakota Chief Henry Standing Bear when he invited Korczak to the Black Hills to carve Crazy Horse. When it is finished there will be a whole complex providing cultural and educational programs to the public and when complete it will be the largest sculpture in the world.

June 25, Nebraska-On this day we will visit two well known native peoples’ Reservations. The Pine Ridge and the Lakota Red Bud. On each of these we will talk with an elder about their spiritual life and Reservation life. Here, as at all the sacred sites we visit on this trip, we will hold a ceremony to honor the "place" or "event" that had occurred.

The Wounded Knee Massacre took place just south of the Badlands on the Pine Ridge Reservation in December 1890. In 1971 AIM, the American Indian Movement, held a two month long protest here to publicly display their grievances for the state of the modern Indian Nation. Overnight in Valentine, NE.

June 26, Iowa-Blackbird Hill, standing along the Missouri River, has long been a Native American power point and vision quest ritual site. Several prominent Omaha Indian chiefs, including Blackbird and Big Elk, were buried here. The mound served as an important natural landmark and meeting place for early Native Americans with European explorers. Overnight in Sioux City, Iowa.

In Sioux City we will be visiting a monument dedicated to Chief War Eagle, the last Sioux Chief to reside in the Iowa territory. He was known as a humanitarian, a friend of all men, and he showed by personal example that men of different backgrounds could and should respect each other’s dignity. The memorial statue is located on a bluff overlooking the Missouri and another spot where Lewis and Clark camped.

June 27, Minnesota-Pipestone National Monument honors the quarry where the native people came in peace to dig pipestone for their ceremonial pipes. Smoke from the pipes of this stone was said to carry messages to the Great Spirit. The seekers of the stone believed that one must first appease the spirits that protected the valley in order to retrieve the stone. We will do the same. Only native people can obtain pipestone from here for making pipes-some are for sale at the National Monument. Overnight in Burnsville, MN.

Price of $1080 includes: everything except airfare to MSP, some meals and personal items

To Register: Please send a $180 deposit to Harmony Tours, P.O. Box 1737, New Smyrna Beach, FL 32170 386-214-3015, tour@harmonytours.com. The final payment of $900 is due May 30, 2003.

Cancellations and Refunds: Cancellations made prior to the departure are subject to $100 cancellation fee. Reservations canceled 2 weeks prior to the departure date are subject to a cancellation fee in the amount of 50% of the trip cost.