PETERSBURG, Wis. (WXOW) - Michael Day is this month's recipient of the Jefferson Award for Public Service.<\/p>\n
He serves as a Native American Advisor to Wisconsin colleges and Wisconsin prisons.<\/p>\n
As a youth, Michael was mentored into the spiritual Native American practice by Lakota Medicine Man Henry Crow Dog. <\/p>\n
Today, people come from all over to meet him and to attend his monthly prayer ceremony that takes place in a sweat lodge. <\/p>\n
\"All you have to do is ask for help and I'll help you. I'll do the best I can,\" said Michael. <\/p>\n
Michael is a respected elder of the Ho-Chunk Nation. He is also a sanctioned spiritual teacher.<\/p>\n
Barb Schaeffer attended one of Michael's sweat lodge ceremonies. <\/p>\n
\"I had autoimmune issues. I had two failed spinal surgeries and I was in chronic pain. I was on 600 pills a month,\" said Barb. <\/p>\n
Today, Barb is healthy and says she owes it all to Michael and his work here in this sweat lodge.<\/p>\n
\"It was the most profound life experience I've ever had,\" said Schaeffer. <\/p>\n
Michael learned early on about service above self. The lesson was given to him by his grandfather using an ear of corn.<\/p>\n
\"He said look at this. There's a red one, there's a white one, there's a black one, there's a yellow one. We're here together,\" said Michael.<\/p>\n
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