By JoDee Powers, Director of Operations Interview with Board Member, Steve Vierra, on the Real de Catorce Project CSEE’s Board Treasurer, Steve Vierra, talks about CSEE’s involvement in the Real de
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Wixaritari Elders Meet to Review Risk Assessment
By JoDee Powers, Director of Operations Real de Catorce Project, Mexico A meeting was held in Zacatecas City with the National Institute of Anthropology in Mexico (INA), together with a group of 14
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Supporting the Wixaritari in Preserving their Lands and Heritage
By Steve Vierra, Treasurer, Center for Shamanic Education and Exchange Real de Catorce Project, Mexico The Center for Shamanic Education and Exchange has worked for many years in cooperation with the Wixaritari people
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CSEE Supports Guatemalan Apprenticeship Program
By Mary Olivar, Board Vice President, Center for Shamanic Education and Exchange Saq Be’, Guatemalan Apprenticeship Program Update: Last year CSEE supported the Maya-focused, non-profit, Saq Be’, helping them to start a medicinal and
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Exciting Spring Updates for CSEE
By Mary Olivar, Board Vice President, Center for Shamanic Education and Exchange The Center for Shamanic Education and Exchange (CSEE) is pleased to announce changes in the Board of Directors. We welcome our newest
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Wixárika (Huichol) Project – A Review and Future Potential
by Patricia Liles, Center for Shamanic Education and Exchange Board Member In 2017 we began our Wixárika (Huichol) five-year temple complex restoration project, in Las Latas, Mexico. The project, which focused on
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Honoring Shipibo Wisdom with the Kurin Metsa School
by Mary Olivar, Center for Shamanic Education and Exchange Board Member “Cuando nosotros hablamos, tenemos mucho potencial en nuestra boca. El aroma y la potencia para ayudar a la gente.” “When we speak,
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Protecting the Kurin Metsa Medicinal Garden
by Pallah Baker, Center for Shamanic Education and Exchange Director of Operations Enrique, the elder “Onanya” (shaman in Shipibo), helps clear the area for building a perimeter fence around the medicine garden at
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The Purifying Power of Siete Montes
by Christopher Casillas, CSEE Board Member Last year, you learned how The Center for Shamanic Education and Exchange, CSEE is Supporting Traditional Maya Medicine and Spirituality through a partnership with New Mexico-based, nonprofit,
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The Tradition of Making Uweni and Itsi
Text, photographs, and illustrations by Totupica Candelario English translation and plant species identification by Humberto Fernández, Conservación Humana AC Introduction by Patricia Liles, CSEE Board Member “The Center for
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