The Meaning of Spirit Aligned and Legacy Leadership: Cultivating Sisterhood The name “Spirit Aligned” came from the symbolic perspective and goodness of a field of standing cornstalks; from the beautiful design and alignment of the kernels on each cob as well as the neat rows of corn themselves. The spine…
Meet Our Circle 5 Legacy Leaders and Future Legacy Leaders These life-giving leaders are participating in a sisterhood program that seeks to share knowledge about Indigenous midwifery between generations of Indigenous women. The program is designed to nurture Indigenous communities’ cultural safety and spiritual well-being through community-based Indigenous midwifery practice…
Meet Our Circle 4 Legacy Leaders and Future Legacy Leaders! These powerful women leaders are participating in a sisterhood program that will help nurture their relationship over the trajectory of their lives. The program is designed to encourage, support and deepen cultural knowledge between Indigenous women elders and younger Indigenous…
Meet Our Circle 3 Legacy Leaders and Future Legacy Leaders! These remarkable women leaders will participate in a sisterhood program that will strengthen their relationship over the trajectory of their lives and is designed to support the sharing of cultural knowledge between Indigenous women elders and younger Indigenous women. Together,…
Katsi Cook Executive Director Mohawk Tekatsi:tsia’kwa Katsi Cook Katsi is a member of the St.Regis Mohawk Tribe. She was born and grew up on the territory of Akwesasne along the shores of the Saint Lawrence River. Her Mohawk name, Tekatsi:tsia’kwa, means “she’s picking up flowers”, a good name for an Indigenous midwife to carry. …
Meet Norma Rendon (Oglala Lakota) and Jessie Taken Alive-Rencountre (Hunkpapa Lakota). The pair emphasize that the connection Indigenous women have to the Earth is something to be celebrated and cherished. In recognizing the power Indigenous women hold, Norma and Jessie are developing a community garden and are building access to…
Meet Legacy Leader Levina Wilkins and Future Legacy Leader Leslie Swan, both of the Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation. These powerful Indigenous women highlight the importance of being connected with one’s own body, mind, and culture. Levina and Leslie both stress the significance of life as it…
Welcome to Cherokee Kitchen, a collaboration with Cherokee Choices and EBCI Public Health & Human Services Division. In this episode, Onita Bush teaches us how to make traditional teas from plants native to Cherokee, North Carolina. View Onita’s full profile >
Listen in on Nora Naranjo Morse’s heartbreaking and empowering journey as she tells the story of what it was like to make a public piece of art for the City of Albuquerque. Nora was invited to join two other artists to create something meaningful to commemorate the 400th anniversary of…
Fathers is a powerful spoken piece of stirring images of Lenora Naranjo Morse’s own father. The words shared serve to teach the value and reverence held to Fathers and their teachings. View Lenora’s full profile >
