Hi Folks,

No doubt, especially if you are in close contact with my folks at COTEF, you have probably heard several different stories about what is taking place with our west coast school. What I want to do here is to explain what is taking place with COTEF and our west coast childrens classes, as they say, “right from the horse’s mouth.”  This way there will be no misunderstanding, rumor, nor innuendo to interfere with what we are trying to do here at COTEF. The most important thing is that Grandfathers’ skills and Vision reaches the children and I feel that I have come up with the best solution to keep COTEF focused on that Vision.

Basically I am keeping COTEF running here in the east. Because the economy has created insurmountable challenges I have felt it best to have Rick create his own non-profit organization on the west coast, since he has relocated in that region. The west coast school that Rick will found will have its own separate board, office, and teaching staff, totally independent of COTEF.  I have also advised Juan to do the same with his Native American childrens classes. All three of these non-profit organizations, though independent of each other will still share a common Vision; Grandfather’s Vision of getting the message out to children. All of us will continue to inspire, teach, and lead children back to the Earth as Grandfather had requested so long ago. His Vision now has expanded fully to both coasts and we can give back to native children what Grandfather had given me. 

In Medicine,

Tom Brown Jr.