Another Good Call | A Billabong Surf Film by Dyl Roberts, shot in Western Australia 2022

I'm on my way to meet a man who has been chosen to lead his people in an epic struggle, one that also requires superhuman endurance. He's asked me to come to Devil's Tower in Wyoming. This is Chief Arville Looking Moist, the chosen one of the Nakoda, Lakota, and Dakota tribes. I brought him a gift of tobacco for his sacred ceremonies. Thank you. So, Chief, tell me, why did you want me to meet you here at Devil's Tower? We call it Mato Tipila. Mato Tipila. Ah, that's one of our power points, a prayer of worship. It's like a church. This is where White Buffalo Calf Women brought their sacred pipe to our people. So the story is that 19 generations ago, our people were camped here. At the time, there was no more food because people were abusing life. From a distance, they saw a cloud. And then from that cloud, there's a woman. She brought that sacred pipe. She said, I'm bringing this sacred bundle to you, that you shall live in peace and harmony. The White Buffalo Calf Women taught Chief Arville's people how to respect Mother Earth and worship the Great Spirit with the sacred pipe she gave them. Does it still exist? Yes. Since the age of 12 years old, I've been the keeper of the sacred White Buffalo Calf bundle, or pipe. They call me Chanupa Awai'anka. Chanupa Awai'anka. The White Buffalo Calf pipe is so sacred that Chief Arville cannot let anyone outside his tribes see it. So your grandmother was the keeper of the pipe. Yeah. She said that you were to be next in line. Yes. My grandmother, on her deathbed, she told my family, we are at the crossroads. Earth changes. Climate changes. And that if the people don't straighten up, then he shall be the last bundle keeper.