Sustainability Action Media (SAM) at Earth Day Conference 2012

Sustainability Action Media (SAM) at Earth Day Conference 2012 sponsored by the Earth & Spirit Council.  This is an excerpt from a three hour teaching circle that involved members of the circle actively involved asking questions.  

There is a longer version of larrion's teaching here on YouTube. He talks about the New Spiritual Warrior.

Title: Womb at the Center of the Universe teaching by Larry Merculieff

Excerpt from TEACHINGS FROM THE WOMB:  The transformative Powers of Ceremony, videotaped by Barry Heidt of Sustainability Action Media.

This presentation focuses on remembering the "Original Instructions" and "Natural Laws " given to humanity before the beginning of time to ensure harmony and balance.  Particular emphasis is given to the role of women.

Videotaped by Barry Heidt of SAM, April 20, 2012 and added to the EarthSayers.tv collection by Ruth Ann Barrett, Curator.

Linda Neale of the Earth & Spirit Council and author of the book, Power of

Linda Neale of the Earth & Spirit Council and author of the book, Power of Ceremony responds to a question from the audience at the opening session of the EarthDay Conference 2012 co-sponsored by the Council and Portland Community College (PCC)/Sylvania Campus.  She is joined in the response by Ilarion (Larry) Merculieff who was born and raised with a traditional upbringing on the Pribilof Islands of the Bering Sea. His traditional name, Kuuyux, was given to him when he was four and means extension of ancient knowledge into modern times.

To order The Power of Ceremony from Amazon please click on the image or visit your local bookstore. Thank you.

Also on Earthsayers is Michael TwoFeather's teaching on the Power of Ceremony, presented by The Natural Way of the Earth & Spirit Council.

"Anything worth knowing can't be known and anything you know isn't worth knowing" was the advice one elder gave Dr. Mehl-Madrona goes on to talk about "all story."  He is the author of Coyote

"Anything worth knowing can't be known and anything you know isn't worth knowing" was the advice one elder gave Dr. Mehl-Madrona goes on to talk about "all story."  He is the author of Coyote Medicine and a Native American healer. In his practice he weaves indigenous cultural wisdom into his practice as an MD and clinical psychologist.

To order Coyote Medicine from Amazon click on the book image or visit your local bookstore. Thank you.

To purchase the entire documentary of this teaching on a DVD, visit the Earth & Spirit Council's Website.

Grandmother Maria Alice Campos Freire talks about the Grandmothers and the challenges they face to fulfill their mission. Grandmother Maria Alice Campos Freire was born in Brazil. Growing up in

Grandmother Maria Alice Campos Freire talks about the Grandmothers and the challenges they face to fulfill their mission. Grandmother Maria Alice Campos Freire was born in Brazil. Growing up in Brazil she saw much war and persecution. At age 17, when pregnant with her daughter, Maria Alice was put in prison and tortured. Her daughter was born after Maria Alice became a political refuge in Europe and Africa before receiving amnesty to return to Brazil where she led a spiritual community in the deepest parts of the Amazon Rainforest reservation. Learn more about the International Council of Thirteen Indigenous Grandmothers here.

To purchase the entire documentary of this teaching on a DVD, visit the Earth & Spirit Council's Website.

 Filled with grace and eloquence, Sobonfu possesses a charm & modesty that enables her to touch

 Filled with grace and eloquence, Sobonfu possesses a charm & modesty that enables her to touch her audience deeply. Her message about the importance of spirit, community and ritual in our lives rings with an intuitive power and truth that Alice Walker has said "can help us put together so many things that our modern western world has broken." She if from the coutntry of Burkino Faso in Africa.

Leroy Little Bear delivers the Spring 2011 Simon Ortiz and Labriola Center Lecture on Indigenous Land, Culture and Community.
Recorded March 24, 2011 at the Heard Museum in Phoenix, Arizona

Leroy Little Bear delivers the Spring 2011 Simon Ortiz and Labriola Center Lecture on Indigenous Land, Culture and Community.
Recorded March 24, 2011 at the Heard Museum in Phoenix, Arizona
Science depends on who is doing the defining, what we now accept as science, leaves out a lot of science.

Leroy Little Bear is a member of the Blood Tribe of the Blackfoot Confederacy. Leroy is the former Director of the American Indian Program at Harvard University and professor emeritus of Native Studies at the University of Lethbridge where he was department chair for 25 years. He has served as a legal and constitutional advisor to the Assembly of First Nations and has served on many influential committees, commissions, and boards dealing with First Nations issues. 

Chris Peters President and CEO of the Seventh Generation Fund gives a brief introduction to

Chris Peters President and CEO of the Seventh Generation Fund gives a brief introduction to the "Echoes of the Earth in Times of Climate Change" Conference, which is followed by a keynote Speech by Dr. Henrietta Mann (Southern Cheyenne).

Renee, Previous President of the Red Lake Nation Tribal College, talks about Indigenous Knowledge and the importance of to and the reality of our connections to Mother Earth. Indigenous science

Renee, Previous President of the Red Lake Nation Tribal College, talks about Indigenous Knowledge and the importance of to and the reality of our connections to Mother Earth. Indigenous science and Indigenous knowledge in the past has been discounted for generations - now is the time to return to our original instructions.

Our apologies for the production images- there was an ethernet cable was accidentally disconnected and this is the control panel copy....