What We've Accomplished

Rebuilding our Nations

Indigenous elders met at Big Bead and Nambe, New Mexico, in October 1999. This meeting was mandated by the Sacred Hopi and Mayan Prophesies, and the First and Second Reunion of the Indigenous Elders and Priests of America.

We met to:

Elect our own Elder Council representatives,

To listen to the prophecies and ancestral wisdom of our southern brothers and sisters concerning what is happening to their people and their environment,

To share our own prophesies and wisdom and

To establish an organized, unified working relationship with our southern brothers and sisters to help heal our people, Mother Earth, and all living things.

At a gathering in January 2002 in Santa Fe, New Mexico, a historic exchange of prophecies and spiritual messages occurred among many North American tribes. At this gathering, 32 spiritual leaders, teachers and prophets from 21 tribes prayed for a vision of a better world for our people. Also, the elders endorsed a resolution from the Confederacy of Six Nations in Canada that a sacred ride and run titled the International Unity Ride and Run will open the Elders Summit 2004 at Six Nations of the Grand River. The women have requested that grandmothers be honored throughout the duration of the ride to restore balance within the nations, and that the men carry a staff representing their nation. In preparation, each representative shall prepare spiritually to undertake their role and responsibility as a rider and a runner.