by Rubina Cohen | Aug 29, 2017 | Blog
By Mary Fifield, SFF Director of Strategic Partnerships World Indigenous Peoples’ Day (August 9), which commemorates the tenth anniversary of the signing of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, is bittersweet this year. While much progress has been...
by Rubina Cohen | Aug 29, 2017 | Blog
By Keiko Cronin, SFF President of the Board We gathered before dawn on a July morning in the chilly Montana air to be warmly welcomed by the Traditional Circle of Indian Elders and Youth. This was a momentous day – a turning point in the unfolding story of humanity...
by Rubina Cohen | Dec 1, 2016 | Blog, Education, Food and Healing, Youth
By Catia Tuzzolino A good part of the grant received from Sacred Fire Foundation allowed the Nii Juinti school to buy all the necessary instruments and pay the workforce for cleaning, preparing and planting a wide variety of medicine plants typically utilized in the...
by Rubina Cohen | Nov 22, 2016 | Blog, Ritual and Ceremony
By Randall Gingrich Tierra Nativa The Yumari Project, which is coordinated by Tarahumara shaman and artist, Makawi, has evolved into a more comprehensive program for cultural awakening in the community of Mogotavo. The Tarahumara word for cultural education is...
by Rubina Cohen | Nov 11, 2016 | Awareness Building, Blog
By Judy Mann I attended the Voices of Wisdom event, held in near Toronto, Ontario, Canada on September 24 and 25, 2016. The event featured the Elders Kahontakwas Diane Longboat, Mohawk Elder, and Wanbdi Wakita, a Dakota Elder. Both of these Elders are spiritual...
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...
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