by Rubina Cohen | Mar 29, 2018 | Blog, Seeds of Wisdom 2018
By Alison Wearing In the foothills of Meztitla, beneath the sacred cliffs of Tepoztlán, the 2018 Voices of Wisdom event, Voces de la Sabiduría, lit its flame. Jacaranda blossoms shimmered in the bone-dry air and dust rose from the roads and footpaths. It was a...
by Rubina Cohen | Feb 12, 2018 | Blog, Seeds of Wisdom 2018
Indigenous knowledge has aided and enhanced modern science and technology for centuries, Natan Obed, president of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, speaks about climate change at the global COP22 conference in Marrakech, Morocco, in November 2016. (AP...
by Rubina Cohen | Oct 31, 2017 | Blog
By Mary Fifield After an usually dry summer in Olympia, Washington, a welcoming rain greeted Yakama Nation Elder Levina Wilkins, Hereditary Chief of the Lummi Nation Tsi’li’xw (Bill James), and 35 people who came from Oregon, California, and Washington state to gather...
by Rubina Cohen | Sep 6, 2017 | Blog
By Cindy Fogle Imagine a spectacular 360 view of the Blue Ridge Mountains atop a grassy knoll in Weaverville, NC. Here, people of all ages, from infants and toddlers, to folks in their wisdom years, came together to experience the sacred. The ancestors gathered, too,...
by Rubina Cohen | Aug 30, 2017 | Blog
By Gwen Broz, SFF Board member The Voices of Wisdom event at the beautiful Blue Deer Center was a powerful experience and many of us who attended feel we grew significantly from participating in it. Gail Whitlow, a Mohawk Elder, presented first, explaining that for...
by Rubina Cohen | Aug 29, 2017 | Blog
By Sofía Arroyo, SFF Executive Director Ancestral wisdom, held by Indigenous Elders the world over, is the knowledge gained and kept for centuries by the Indigenous Peoples of the world. Not only does it hold the key to our survival, but it also teaches us how to live...
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