Grandmother Maria Alice Campos Freire talks about the Grandmothers and the challenges they face to fulfill their mission. Grandmother Maria Alice Campos Freire was born in Brazil. Growing up in

Grandmother Maria Alice Campos Freire talks about the Grandmothers and the challenges they face to fulfill their mission. Grandmother Maria Alice Campos Freire was born in Brazil. Growing up in Brazil she saw much war and persecution. At age 17, when pregnant with her daughter, Maria Alice was put in prison and tortured. Her daughter was born after Maria Alice became a political refuge in Europe and Africa before receiving amnesty to return to Brazil where she led a spiritual community in the deepest parts of the Amazon Rainforest reservation. Learn more about the International Council of Thirteen Indigenous Grandmothers here.

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 Filled with grace and eloquence, Sobonfu possesses a charm & modesty that enables her to touch

 Filled with grace and eloquence, Sobonfu possesses a charm & modesty that enables her to touch her audience deeply. Her message about the importance of spirit, community and ritual in our lives rings with an intuitive power and truth that Alice Walker has said "can help us put together so many things that our modern western world has broken." She if from the coutntry of Burkino Faso in Africa.

Leroy Little Bear delivers the Spring 2011 Simon Ortiz and Labriola Center Lecture on Indigenous Land, Culture and Community.
Recorded March 24, 2011 at the Heard Museum in Phoenix, Arizona

Leroy Little Bear delivers the Spring 2011 Simon Ortiz and Labriola Center Lecture on Indigenous Land, Culture and Community.
Recorded March 24, 2011 at the Heard Museum in Phoenix, Arizona
Science depends on who is doing the defining, what we now accept as science, leaves out a lot of science.

Leroy Little Bear is a member of the Blood Tribe of the Blackfoot Confederacy. Leroy is the former Director of the American Indian Program at Harvard University and professor emeritus of Native Studies at the University of Lethbridge where he was department chair for 25 years. He has served as a legal and constitutional advisor to the Assembly of First Nations and has served on many influential committees, commissions, and boards dealing with First Nations issues. 

Chris Peters President and CEO of the Seventh Generation Fund gives a brief introduction to

Chris Peters President and CEO of the Seventh Generation Fund gives a brief introduction to the "Echoes of the Earth in Times of Climate Change" Conference, which is followed by a keynote Speech by Dr. Henrietta Mann (Southern Cheyenne).

Renee, Previous President of the Red Lake Nation Tribal College, talks about Indigenous Knowledge and the importance of to and the reality of our connections to Mother Earth. Indigenous science

Renee, Previous President of the Red Lake Nation Tribal College, talks about Indigenous Knowledge and the importance of to and the reality of our connections to Mother Earth. Indigenous science and Indigenous knowledge in the past has been discounted for generations - now is the time to return to our original instructions.

Our apologies for the production images- there was an ethernet cable was accidentally disconnected and this is the control panel copy....

Rights of Mother Earth Conference

Domination of and the destruction of the values of the land can be seen when our Indigenous Knowledge is ignored or not shared by all. If we do not

Rights of Mother Earth Conference

Domination of and the destruction of the values of the land can be seen when our Indigenous Knowledge is ignored or not shared by all. If we do not perform ceremonies of thankfulness then those things that sustain us will be destroyed.

Journey into the Heart of the San: Tracking, Connection, and Mentoring with Kalahari Bushman. Jon Young has pioneered blending

Journey into the Heart of the San: Tracking, Connection, and Mentoring with Kalahari Bushman. Jon Young has pioneered blending Native mentoring and cultural techniques from around the world with a broad array of tools for connecting with nature and developing refined and holistic tracking skills.

Luisah

Luisah Teish will speak at The Natural Way about learning to love the Earth, our Mother, and will share her personal stories of growing up in the South and her relationship to the land. She will recount and examine cultural myths that have mis-educated us into alienation from Our Mother Earth.