Earth Keeper and who I am.

First that as Grandmothers brother. He passed on in 1956. Uncle Bob Filey was the traditional peace chief of the Seneca Nation and the voice of the traditionalist.
The name was and is given by the clan mother of the Turtle Clan of the Seneca Nation and nobody knows who among the clan will be chosen. Grandmother was the Clan mother until her death in 1962 and she bestowed the name on me, while Uncle Bob was still alive. Not because I was the next traditional chief of the Nation but because she said the day would come when I would speak out for and too the people everywhere. I did not use it until about seven years ago when a Cherokee elder asked me what my traditional name was and why I wasn't using it. He told me then it was time. The name goes back to the formation of the 5 nations at least a thousand years ago. It honors the person who created the federation. So the name is Degandeweda or Big Tree.
No I gave Audrey the head of the Earthkeeper society and the Bear Claw medicine which many have carried including me and Frank Fool's crow before me. It has been about 10,000 years since a woman carried the claw. David is still the representative of his grandfathers medicine and with Audrey will receive and become caretakers of Refuge and of both my Peacemaker job and the dream of building a native center here. Big Tree's job is Peacemaker and spokesperson for peace. The Earthkeepers at one time was so extensive that it had members in every village from one end of (S. America) to the other N. America) Turtle Island plus members in Africa, Europe, Asia and Australia. A year ago it was down to myself and three other people until David and Audrey came along. They have built it back up to around fifty now. Yes Earth Keeper is a title and describes the function the holder carries in relation to his/her tribe and part of the Earth. They are also responsible for greeting the sun each day and working with the little people in tending to all the other life forms here on Mother. Hope this answers your questions.