by Rubina Cohen | Sep 6, 2016 | Awareness Building, Blog
By Gwen Broz Listening to Kahontakwas, Diane Longboat, and Taoyewakanwi (Her Ways Are Sacred), Charlene O’Rourke, at the Voices of Wisdom at the Blue Deer Center June 11-12 was like a waking dream for me. As Diane began speaking, she was both speaking and listening to...
by Rubina Cohen | Jul 18, 2016 | Blog, Earth Stewardship, Language, Art and Culture
This story appeared originally in Vikalp Sangam, an India-based storytelling site on alternatives emerging from the grassroots and social movements. Story and photos by Rucha Chitnis “A River is Like Our Mother” “The Elders used to call Myntdu River their mother,”...
by Rubina Cohen | Jun 23, 2016 | Awareness Building, Blog
by Elyse Portal Voices of Wisdom, in Asheville NC, completed one circle and initiated another. Before I knew anything about the Sacred Fire Community or Foundation, I knew Wanbdi Wakita. The circle began about 15 years ago, in the heat of Wanbdi’s Purification...
by Rubina Cohen | Mar 20, 2016 | Awareness Building, Blog, Language, Art and Culture, Ritual and Ceremony
By Pahan Pte San Win and Elyse Portal Wanbdi Wakita was a presenter at our Voices of Wisdom event that took place in Asheville, North Carolina on May 21st and 22nd, 2016. Wanbdi Wakita, whose name translates into English as Looking Eagle, was born at home with the...
by Rubina Cohen | Feb 4, 2016 | Blog, Earth Stewardship, Ritual and Ceremony
The Indigenous peoples of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Martha in Colombia have a mission of utmost importance: to bring healing and balance to the earth for the benefit of all of humanity through their spiritual work of offerings and ceremony. They consider their land...
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