It was the belief of Dawana/Gary Smith that through time and need Sacred objects were born to help in bringing to a people a focal point in which to unify their energies. While attending a gathering in Canada he observed a ceremony conducted by William Commanda, Keeper of the Seven Fires Prophecy Belt of the Anishnabe (Algonquin) Peoples and Mayan Priest Tata Apolonario Chile Pixtun. Being powerfully moved by this he brought home a piece of the Sacred Cedar wood used in the ceremony. Over time he had the wood carved into a staff which he named the Mayan Staff. Dawana deeply believed that in time, through the prayers of those who came to honor it, the staff would take on a power of its own. He took the staff to Guatemala where it was used in ceremonies as well as many other places and as he had hoped it developed the essence of Sacredness. Six days before he made his final journey he was made a Chief by Amazonian Indians who recognized in him what made him and the staff so special. He had planed to make a journey to Guatemala as it was his greatest desire that the staff would to be carried by a young Mayan Nana or Tata so that it might further grow into a Mayan Staff used to unite all Mayan people.