As A Native American, Here’s What I Want My Fellow Americans To Know About...
by Corinne Oestreich: Native Americans don’t just live on reservations, we live in cities, and we live internationally… I grew up in the Silicon Valley of California. I was born in the city and have...
View ArticleMiracles in Native Medicine: Seven Keys to Healing Yourself
by Lewis Mehl-Madrona: I trained as a conventional physician… I attended Stanford University School of Medicine, completing residencies in family practice and in psychiatry, and achieved added...
View ArticleMy First Experience In A Native American Sweat Lodge
by Lousie Baker: I threw on my thin, strappy dress, grabbed the sage offering and a pile of firewood, and stepped out into the unknown… As I entered the grounds, it was obvious that I had no idea...
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Seven Principles of Distraction… I use the analogy of the Native Americans Coyote – the Trickster to teach this philosophy and drive home the understanding. The coyote is really a teacher who teaches...
View ArticleWhat We Can Learn About Resilience & Community From Indigenous Leaders
by Caitlin Yoshiko Kandil: Germaine Omish-Lucero’s ancestors were taken from their homes and forced to build California’s Mission San Luis Rey de Francia—a mission in what is now Oceanside,...
View ArticleHow To Be Stewards Of The Land
by Nicole Horseherder: I’m Diné and live on Black Mesa in the Navajo Nation. Traditionally, our people were sheepherders and moved with the sheep to a new location when the seasons changed… When I was...
View ArticleHeal The Wounds Of The Past With The Munay-Ki
by Dr. Alberto Villoldo: The prophecies of the ancient Americas speak about a period of great transformation, and foretell of new humans appearing on the planet… persons of wisdom and power who live...
View ArticleTraditional Native Concepts Of Death
by (Native American Roots): Many religious traditions, but not all, put forth an explanation about what happens after death… There are many religious traditions which claim there is an afterlife of...
View ArticleMy First Native American Sweat Lodge Experience Taught Me This Huge Life Lesson
by Louise Baker: It was a hot Saturday afternoon and I was crawling into a hut that just minutes earlier… I’d been covering up in blankets. I crawled in the ritualistic fashion to my spot and waited...
View ArticleThis Little-Known Native American Society Was Once As Powerful As The Aztecs...
by Heinde Brandes: The Spiros were once “the single most powerful group ever to exist” in North America. This groundbreaking new exhibit in Oklahoma shares their story… Shell cups carved with...
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