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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...
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Creation of the Harianaka Xiriki of Las Latas
Texts and photos by Totupica Candelario (translated by Daniela Guraieb, notes by Humberto Fernández – CHAC) Harianaka. In the language of the ancestors, it means “Moon”. [Whereas its common name...
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The Cochiti Drum
Interview with Eagle Herrera born in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and raised on the Cochiti Pueblo reservation, Gilbert “Eagle” Herrera has 35 years of drum making experience. The fourth-generation drum maker learned...
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Renewal of the Xiriki-Temples of Las Latas
By Totupica Candelario Translated by Humberto Fernandez “Las Latas” Ceremonial Center 1 Tuqui (main temple); 2 xiriki of Yurameka; 3 xiriki of Kee muka; 4 xiriki of Xapa wiyame;...
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The Chawas of Chavin
By Juan Rivas Palacios I am a Chawa of the territory of Chavin, Peru, located above 10,000 feet in the Andes. Chawa is just a word for a guide. In...
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TRUE NORTH
10 years ago, our organization was set in motion. Founded on the principle of generosity, the intention was to enable the continuation and growth of Indigenous cultures and shamanic practice...
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Pathways to Hozho
By Belinda Eriacho “There is a point when you have to decide and to allow yourself to fly into the unknown.” ~ Belinda Eriacho ~ Yá’át’ééh shik’éí dóó shidine’é (greetings...
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Ghaajj Navajo New Year
By Ben Boomer Long ago in the high desert plateau of what is now the southwestern United States, there was a tribe of people who gathered together in the cradle...
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The Legend of the Cedar Tree – A Cherokee Legend
A long time ago when the Cherokee people were new upon the Earth, they thought that life would be much better if there was never any night. They beseeched the...
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The Circle People and the Square People
By Ben Boomer In the mid-nineties I traveled to Zacatecas Mexico with Hopi artist and Architect Dennis Numkena. He was working on a museum exhibition that explored the relationship of...
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