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International Council of 13 Indigenous Grandmothers (aka the 13 Pay to Pray Old Ladies)
Moma_porcupine:
I don't feel comfortable with what Jyoti/Jeneane Prevatt is doing , but I did some google searches on 4 of the names in that list, and most of them sound like they are involved in practical activities , and seem to have good references.
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Agnes Baker Pilgrim, Takelma Siletz, Oregon
http://www.blm.gov/or/resources/recreation/tablerock/table-rock-takelma-today.php
"In the early 1970's the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians began reorganizing and holding meetings again. The major topic was discussion of the effects of termination and possible ways to recover from it. After the Menominee Tribe of Wisconsin was restored to federal recognition as a tribe in 1973, the Siletz people started on the same path. In 1977, the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians became the second tribe in the nation to have their termination act repealed with passage of the Siletz Restoration Act. The Grand Ronde Community also reorganized and was restored in the 1980's.
Today, Takelma descendents carry with them a combination of old and new cultural traditions and knowledge. Many continue to reside on or near the Siletz and Grand Ronde reservations.
Agnes Baker-Pilgrim is the granddaughter of George Harney, a full-blooded Takelma who was the first elected Chief of the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians. She has returned to the Rogue Valley and today her voice can be heard strong and clear, proving that the
spirit and blood of her people are still with us. In different lectures given over the past
10 years she talks about her people:
"Many people mistakenly believe that all the Rogue River Indians were wiped out a
century and a half ago. It's not true; there are more than 70 descendents of Chief Harney alive today. I am a living link with the ancestors of this land."
Agnes Baker-Pilgrim is actively involved in the support of indigenous people's rights and
the sustainability of our environment."
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Rita Long Visitor Holy Dance, an Oglala Lakota
She shows up as a participant in the Bioneers Conference
http://www.bioneers.org/presenters?page=5
"Rita Long Visitor Holy Dance, an Oglala Lakota from South Dakota, is a keeper of the
traditional ways, a great grandmother, a Native American Church elder, a Sundancer and
a beadworker."
(this Bioneers Conference looks like it has a mostly practical focus , and the presenters seem to represent various areas of expertise . )
http://www.bioneers.org/faq
"What is the Bioneers Conference?
The Bioneers Conference is a hub of practical solutions for restoring the Earth – and
people. It’s a thriving network of visionary innovators working with nature to heal nature. The Bioneers draw from four billion years of evolutionary intelligence and apply the knowledge in practical ways to serve human ends harmlessly."
http://www.unpo.org/article.php?id=7005
"Two of the 13 are from the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation: sisters Rita and Beatrice Long Visitor Holy Dance.
The women exchanged ideas and learned about problems that plague the Oglala Lakota who live on the Pine Ridge: high unemployment, suicide, domestic violence, drug and alcohol abuse, Diabetes and other maladies. "(con..)
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http://72.14.205.104/search?q=cache:DOB6w7-RFmcJ:www.nativevillage.org/1International%2520Council%
2520of%2520the%2520Thirteen%2520Indigenous%2520Grandmothers/Grandmother_Biographies.pdf+Mona+
Polacca,+Hopi-Havasupai-Tewa,+Arizona&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=ca
Mona Polacca, Hopi-Havasupai-Tewa, Arizona
Hopi/Havasupai /Tewa elder, Mona Polacca, is working on her PhD at the Interdisciplinary Justice Studies department of Arizona State University. She has worked on issues of Native American alcoholism, domestic violence and mental health for the elderly native peoples.
http://www.asu.edu/clas/americanindian/newletters/fall02.pdf.
"Graduate Research Assistant Mona Polacca was hired by the American Indian Studies
Program as a graduate research assistant in August of 2002. Mona is Hopi, Tewa, and Havasupai from the Colorado River Indian Reservation. She is currently pursuing a doctoral degree in Justice Studies. Mona's research interest is in historical trauma among Indigenous peoples."
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Pitka Blumenstein, Yup'ik, Alaska
http://www.arctichealth.org/blumenstein_bio.htm
"Dr.) Rita Pitka Blumenstein, THRita Blumenstein
Rita Pitka Blumenstein is a Yup'ik Elder who has become the first certified traditional
doctor in Alaska. Rita is also an artist, a teacher, speaker and storyteller. In her
presentations around the world, Rita has focused on the health and social development of people. She is an able emissary for promoting international goodwill as well as the
status of women. She is a learned voice for passing on knowledge of the environment and ways of the land. (Dr.) Rita has made outstanding contributions in health, social
development, education, environment, human rights, and international goodwill. She teaches by just "being" and is an outstanding role model for other women and for all those who encounter her."
http://altmed.creighton.edu/AKNative/Rita.htm
Dr. Rita Blumenstein, Tribal Doctor
(con..)
http://altmed.creighton.edu/AKNative/BIBLIOGRAPHY.htm
impressive BIBLIOGRAPHY
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Margaret Behan, Arapaho-Cheyenne, Montana
http://72.14.205.104/search?q=cache:CcYoTKcf638J:www.nativevillage.org/1International%2520Council%2520of%
2520the%2520Thirteen%2520Indigenous%2520Grandmothers/Each%2520Grandmothers%2520Home%2520Pages/
Margaret%2520Behan/Margaret%2520Behan%2520Homepage.htm+Margaret+Behan,+Arapaho-Cheyenne,+Montana&
hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=ca
"Grandmother Margaret Behan is the fifth generation of Sand Creek Massacre survivors. She was born into the Cheyenne Beaver Clan on her mother's side, and the Rabbit Lodge on her father's Cheyenne/Arapaho side. After she was born, her grandfather put up a tipi and held a ceremony for her life. "In Cheyenne, such a thing is expressed as, 'He planted prayers for me,' Grandmother Margaret said."(con..)
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"Grandmother Margaret's life was not an easy one. She began drinking at an early age because she wanted to "fit in" with her friends. She later became a battered wife with three children. "(con..)
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"Today Grandmother Margaret presents trauma and substance abuse programs across the country. She is an author, poet, playwright, artist, and a traditional Cheyenne dance" (con..)
(I didn't find much information on Margaret Behan on websites that aren't related to this
13 Grandmothers group , so I can't confirm who she says she is
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One article I came across ( I am confused which one but probably in the above links )also mentions ;
"Flordemayo, Mayan, Highlands of Central America/ New Mexico. She is a sundancer who considers her Mayan heritage a keystone of her work. She studies under Don Alejandro Oxlaj, a head of the Mayan Council of Elders, who convened the first Gathering of Indigenous Priests and Elders of America in 1994. "
A Mayan Sundancer sounds like a peculiar mixture of cultures for an indigenous grandmother . (?) But other than this, and what Jyoti/Jeneane Prevatt is doing I didn't see anything that sounded disjointed .
Moma_porcupine:
When I did some searches on the names in that list , I hadn't read the older posts for a while and had forgotten this;
Reply #1 on: June 16, 2007, 09:08:37 am »
Sapa
--- Quote ---Just read the link concerning the sundance. Found it very dusturbing.
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Reply #2 on: June 16, 2007, 02:31:15 pm »
educatedindian
--- Quote ---The second link is calling for donations for a Sundance led by the American Horse family. As far as I know they've run a Sundance for some time and are probably best known for leading the opposition to the Looking Horse Proclamation. But the link claims the dance is in support of Arvol. Yet it also asks for donations, claiming the Oneida Nation was going to film it but pulled out their financial support when that fell through.
I have a hard time the Oneidas would a) want to film it b) sponsor it so they could film it c)pull their money when they couldn't film it. It seems more likely that it's one or two Oneidas who held the purse strings who were doing this. But without knowing more it's hard to say for certain.
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The Oneida's would probably be the people discussed in this thread ;
http://www.newagefraud.org/smf/index.php?topic=961.0
Tom Kanatakeniate Cook and his wife who is Oglala are Sun Dance leaders and co-sponsors of the American Horse/Afraid Of Bear Sun Dance in the Black Hills.
Tom's son is involved in selling Sweat Lodge ceremonies as a part of the Oneida's Spa and casino . Some of the people involved in this are very controversial. ( the information in the links in the thread linked to above is very disturbing )
I wonder if the all those Grandmothers know what the people they are involved with are up to in other areas , and if they do , what they think about this ?
There is definently some problems with some of the people and activities they are involved with.
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(edited to add link to article about Oneida leadership problems , titled "Oneida Indians Move to Unseat Casino Boss". )
http://web.archive.org/web/20070614194703/http://newstandardnews.net/content/index.cfm/items/866
Ganieda:
International Council of Thirteen Indigenous Grandmothers.
I first "met" this wonderful council of 13 Grandmothers through a book:
"Grandmothers Counsel the World". In the book each Grandmother tells her story of how she had a prophey to fulfill and then how that prophecy is now being fulfilled.
I highly recommend that everone should watch this film.
Turning Prayer into Action
A one hour program that brings together the International Council of 13 Indigenous Grandmothers in Dharamsala, India, with the Bioneers Conference in Northern California for a live dialogue via a satellite "spacebridge".
The Grandmothers are holy women and healers who have formed a council to reach out to the world on behalf of the Earth and all beings in these critical times prophesied by their ancestors. The Bioneers ("biological pioneers") are activists, educators, scientists, and visionaries working on solutions to the planet's problems who joined with the Grandmothers in order to address the need to heal our selves, our relations, and our planet. This program plants many seeds to help awaken us to the need to join together to put our "prayers into action".
http://www.linktv.org/programs/turning#
For more information:
(This picture on this link is one of the most beautful I have ever seen).
http://www.grandmotherscouncil.com/
educatedindian:
See the thread at http://www.newagefraud.org/smf/index.php?topic=1216.0
While most of the women, best as we can tell, are doing good work, the non-Native group and its leaders sponsoring them is very questionable.
Ganieda:
I looked at the links... yes, there are some questions about some of the people involved. I, however, chose to focus on the Council of 13 and I am quite sure that they, in their wisdom, are aware of such questions. It's my guess that a lot of prayer and patience from these 13 may open the eyes of those around them. Instead of knocking on the negative they have chosen to work with the positive.
I would recommend that everyone find and read the book and read it with an open mind. Ignore the "stuff-you-don't-like" and read the words of the Grandmothers. How they,each, came to know that they were meant to fulfill a prophecy.
I believe that each of these 13 are utterly and entirely sincere.
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