Pt. 2 Int'l Council of 13 Indigenous Grandmothers

Meet the International Council of Thirteen Indigenous Grandmothers, introduced by Janet Weber, Assistant to the Grandmother's Council. Janet has been affiliated with the Center for Sacred Studies since the mid-1990s, and is an Interfaith Minister. Her work is in support of native elders and teachings of the Sacred Hoop.


DESCRIPTION OF THE GRANDMOTHER'S COUNCIL
[Compiled by Interfaith Minister Janet Weber, The Center for Sacred Studies]

This unique council of indigenous women elders, some who are in their 80s, are from Arctic Alaska, the Amazon/Brazil, Tibet, Nepal, Gabon, tribes in Oregon, Mexico, New Zealand, Lapland, as well as Hopi, Lakota, Arapaho, and Mayan peoples. The Grandmothers Council is heralding the return of the Sacred Feminine on the planet—as foretold in many prophecies. The Grandmothers serve as healers, shamans and spiritual leaders in their communities as well as internationally.

The Council was initiated by a visionary woman named Jyoti (Jeanne Prevatt, Ph.D.), who serves as Director of the Center for Sacred Studies in California. The Grandmothers first met in Upstate New York 2004 at the Global Women's Gathering, with Gloria Steinem, Alice Walker, Wilma Mankiller, Tenzing Palmo and others.

Every 6 months the Grandmothers meet at another homeland offering prayer ceremonies from their traditions, then holding council on the environment, youth, education, women's wisdom and empowerment, prophecy, protection of ceremony, medicine plants, etc. Past meetings include in Mexico, Brazil, N. Mexico; plus Dharamsala, India with the Dalai Lama in fall 2006, and the Black Hills, South Dakota in June 2007, homeland of the Lakota people. In 2007, the Grandmothers gathered at the Bioneers Conference in San Francisco, California, and in 2008, the Grandmothers gathered in Gabon, West Africa, Spain, France and Italy. Most recently, they again gathered at Omega Institute in Upstate New York in August 2009, in Portland, Oregon in September 2009, and again in Sedona, Arizona in December 2009. The Grandmothers share their wisdom, dreams and concerns and are moving ahead with declarations and networking with other organizations locally and globally.

In December 2009, Emmy Award winning Producer/Director Carole Hart, one of the original writers for Sesame Street, released the powerfully spiritual feature-length film For the Next Seven Generations. The opening premiere held in New York City was hosted by Donna Karan and the film is now being screened at local festivals and in communities across the countries.

Visit the site http://www.forthenext7generations.com to find a screening near you—join a grassroots global effort to promote the film and the Grandmothers who are "weaving a world that works."

LINKS:

International Council of 13 Indigenous Grandmothers
http://www.grandmothers.com

The Center for Sacred Studies, California
http://www.sacredstudies.org

Global Women's Gathering:
http://www.sacredstudies.org/gwg.html

Film documentary about the Grandmothers
For the Next Seven Generations The Grandmothers Speak: http://www.forthenext7generations.com

Contact point for the Youth Forum of the International Council of 13 Indigenous Grandmothers:
http://www.nativevillage.org


MUSIC CREDITS:
Stray Dog © 2007 Adam Snyder from album This Town Will Get Its Due, http://www.myspace.com/adamsnyder

For more information about the Grandmother's Council, contact Janet Weber at: spirithoop@aol.com

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[GreenRad2012]

The gentle power of elder women-womb-in inspires me so much. Thank you, somedayfire, for posting this.

[sverko]

It all moves in strange ways. i am born in croatia and was lucky to meet Mona. The inspiration of the work is taking me to mix my education at Lund University (near Malmo) next year, and combining it with the energy of Southern sweden (i am a resident after 7 years of working there).. we are all connected..

[TooLF8th]

I am from Norway, where there also is mutch of the same people. I hope this wave of good people can come to norway/sweden and talk to, we need all the help we can get to reach people.

Thank you for sharing the video.

Peace =)

[WyteDove]

Thank you for sharing this and the other parts~pCe~from my heart to yours~

[aura521]

There are spiritually powerful grandmothers in our culture. They are not respected because elders and women are not respected for their wisdom. It is our loss of guidance and inspiration. You could gather Baptist, Jewish . Unitarian and all the other religions of granmothers and have a beautiful, powerful group. We have lost our connection to the wisdom of elders because we value youth. The Indigenous Grandmothers are precious and sacred heros.

[sampuna]

okiniksokowa, thank you for this video.

i pray with you,my dear grandmas.

[betterbetta]

Thank you

[ninja1381]

i just wanted to say that i think its amazing and absoulutely vital the work that you are doing ! im grateful and i honor you all from the bottom of my heart . this is a time in human history that i am very proud to be alive and although our mother is hurting more and more people by the day are remembering the truth of this world and of who they are . that makes me cry tears of joy and fills my heart and i feel that i am home again ! our hearts are bonding love to you (all my relations)