Excerpts from an article entitled:

 "Let Goodness Take Its Place"
by Larry Merculieff

       Aleut elders invited Larry Merculieff to a meeting to discuss certain messages he had received from spiritual leaders of the Hopi tribe in Arizona and Maori people from New Zealand. He began his speech in the Aleut language with, "The afternoon tastes good."

            He went on to say:  "When I went up to Canada 1-1/2 years ago, I went there to be with the Stony Elders. They invited me to go there. While I was there, they said the Hopi and Maori sent a messenger to meet me. I do not know why me, but they gave me some messages to bring back here to Alaska. They must have known things that I do not know or cannot see yet. And this is one of the things that I think they knew: That I was going to be invited to speak in places like this.

"One thing to know before I start. The people who are here today are here for a reason. It is no accident that you are going to be here to hear this message, and it is up to you whether or not you want to use this message of wisdom that has been given by the Hopi and Maori. If you do not use it, I would ask you pass it along to others."

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