The Grandmothers are Coming!

On October 11, 2004, thirteen Indigenous Grandmothers from the Arctic Circle, North, South and Central America, Africa, and Asia, arrived at Tibet House's Menla Mountain Retreat amidst 340 acres of forests, fields and streams in upstate New York in a historic gathering. They were fulfilling an ancient prophecy, known by many of the world's indigenous tribes: "When the Grandmothers from the four directions speak, a new time is coming". Within a few days of convening, the grandmothers agreed to form a global alliance; to work together to serve both their common goals and their specific local concerns. The grandmothers are both women of prayer and women of action with a solidarity which creates a network to rebalance and educate the world concerning the fundamental laws of nature and original teachings based on a respect for all life. Their traditional ways link them with the forces of the earth. The Grandmothers are Aama Bombo (Tamang/Nepal), Margaret Behan (Cheyenne-Arapaho), Rita Pitka Blumenstein (Yupik), Julieta Casimiro (Mazatec), Marie Alice Campos Freire (Brazil), Flordemayo (Mayan), Tsering Dolma Gyaltong (Tibetan), Beatrice Long Visitor Holy Dance (Oglala Lakota), Rita Long Visitor Holy Dance (Oglala Lakota), Agnes Baker Pilgrim (Takelma Siletz), Mona Polacca (Hopi/Havasupai/Tewa), Bernadette Rebienot (Omyene), and Clara Shinobu Iura (Brazil) .

“We are deeply concerned with the unprecedented destruction of our Mother Earth, the atrocities of war, the global scourge of poverty, the prevailing culture of materialism, the epidemics that threaten the health of the Earth’s peoples, and with the destruction of indigenous ways of life.We, the International Council of Thirteen Indigenous Grandmothers, believe that our ancestral ways of prayer, peacemaking, and healing are vitally needed today. . . We believe that the teachings of our ancestors will light our way through an uncertain future. "
Please visit these websites for more information:

http://www.grandmotherscouncil.com/
http://www.forthenext7generations.com/ (a full length documentary film in production)