SEEDS OF WISDOM BLOG
2022
Year-end message from Executive Director Kim Langbecker
I send you many blessings and greetings from the traditional homelands of the Tewa, in what is known as Santa Fe, NM. This has been quite a year of transitions, transformations, and loss. I don’t usually include personal notes in these kinds of letters but my...
We are honored to announce our 2022-2023 Wisdom Treasure Award Recipients
We are incredibly excited to share the 2022-2023 co-recipients of the Wisdom Treasure Award! The Wisdom Treasure Award (WTA) honors the work of an Elder who has dedicated their life to leadership, service, and learning for their people and their community. Elders are...
Maji Moto Cultural Experience – November 2022
Sacred Wisdom Journey and Salaton Ole Ntutu Elder Graduation Ceremony – Kenya, November 2022. Born and raised in the heart of the African savanna, Salaton Ole Ntutu is a warrior, community chief, shaman, and visionary leader in the semi-nomadic Maasai tribe in Kenya....
We Are the Soil That Walks
We Are the Soil That Walks In the lead up to COP26, the climate conference held in Glasgow in 2021, we were invited to submit an article for The Blue Dot, a publication that is presented in conjunction with the conference. The theme for the article is – “What is...
2021
Recommended Reads: Wisdomkeepers: Meetings with Native American Spiritual Elders
Recommended Reads From Kim Langbecker, Executive Director Welcome to Recommended Reads, Sacred Fire Foundation’s monthly book recommendation series. Today, I am delighted to share an excerpt from Wisdomkeepers: Meetings with Native American Spiritual Elders by Steve...
Recommended Reads: The Time of the Black Jaguar by Arkan Lushwala
Welcome to Recommended Reads, Sacred Fire Foundation’s monthly book recommendation series. By Kim Langbecker, Executive Director Once a month, we’ll feature a book that has made a profound impact on our work. Today, I am delighted to share an excerpt from The Time...
2020
“The wisdom of humanity lives in Indigenous people – and it belongs to humanity ” Arkan Lushwala (Andean Ceremonial Leader)
Over the last few years, out of the blue, someone would randomly mention that I “needed” to meet a ceremonial leader from Peru who lived “somewhere near Santa Fe”. Each time, a few more details were revealed but never his name. I’m not certain if those urging me to...
Protecting the Sacred – A Word from Mercedes Caso, SFF Grants Director
How Does Sacred Fire Foundation Protect And Support Indigenous Wisdom? The main purpose of our grantmaking program, Protecting the Sacred, provides modest grants and organizational support for Indigenous wisdom keepers and their communities worldwide. To help...
In Solidarity
IN SOLIDARITY. In one of the hundreds of treasured conversations I’ve been blessed to have with Pauline Tangiora, the subject of us all being “one people” came up. I don’t remember the context or who shared that very common vision, but Pauline, in her gentle but stern...
2019
November is Native American Heritage Month
This year’s theme is “Honoring Our Nations: Building Strength Through Understanding. There are hundreds of tribes across the nation, with over 570 federally recognized. They are the Indigenous Peoples of the United States – 5 million strong! This is a time to...
Vital Voices Protecting the Sacred
Words such as "hero", "warrior" and "defender" are a part of every culture. Some become famous and are part of our collective history. Some go out every day and with very little fanfare, keep us safe, rescue us when tragedy strikes and rush into rather, than away,...
Busuréliame, Inner Awakening Through Ceremony
The Sacred Fire Foundation grant provided logistical support, food for the Tarahumara during the planning and conducting of two regional harvest ceremonies which are part of a larger vision and program to strengthen Tarahumara resilience. Busuréliame (Inner Awakening)...
2018
Dance as an Act of Love
For more than twenty-five years, Elder Pahan Pte San Win (Lakota, Cree & Metis) has been offering counseling support to residential school survivors, incarcerated men and youth, and women who have experienced abuse. In 2016, she had a vision: We will dance on...
17th session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
https://youtu.be/zpPhsOOvlbc Source: UNDESA Indigenous communities play a vital role as custodians of our planet, possessing vital knowledge that will support global efforts to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). But despite progress to protect their...
Voces de Sabiduría Ancestral
By Alison Wearing In the foothills of Meztitla, beneath the sacred cliffs of Tepoztlán, the 2018 Voices of Wisdom event, Voces de la Sabiduría, lit its flame. Jacaranda blossoms shimmered in the bone-dry air and dust rose from the roads and footpaths. It was a...
