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...
by Rubina Cohen | Jan 20, 2016 | Blog, Ritual and Ceremony, Youth
By Cindy Fogle The Maasai youth, whose people reside and travel along the border between Kenya and Tanzania, sit in the crosshairs of modernization. Like many Indigenous youth they face immense pressure by outside forces attempting to instill in them that their ways...
by Rubina Cohen | Jan 15, 2016 | Blog, Education, Language, Art and Culture
Dormant for 150 years, a lost Indigenous language is brought back to life by a Native woman, setting into motion a cultural revitalization process. This blog is part of a series of Sacred Fire Foundation on the importance of resourcing Indigenous-led groups that are...
Recent Comments