Grandmothers Circle the Earth Foundation

There is a wonderful Apache hand teaching that talks about the four races of man as represented by each of the four fingers. It is a beautiful teaching that ends with the reminder that the thumb represents the Spirit that connects them all, and that without that Spirit the Five Fingered Ones are incomplete. We must take care not to speak against anyone else on this page. We are here to share Teachings, Medicines, Storytelling, discussions, provide support, assistance, love, encouragement, compassion, and Peace in a world that is moving through a challenging time of Earth Changes and turmoil. We are here to create Unity. We must take care to speak only for ourselves. If we share the teachings and stories of others we must always remember to say whose teachings they are. We accept personal responsibility for what we say. We are accountable for our words. The Elders teach that "like the beat of the Drum, a word once said can never be recalled....the sound travels around the world like the wind, never ending, never dying". The Tribes were divided because by doing so they were easier to conquer. The Medicines and the Societies who carried them became closed to protect the knowledge from those who would not, or by intermarriage or for other reasons could not, keep them sacred. Some tribes still retain ways of Medicine by right of Lineage. Certain families carry the medicine ways passed down in ancient societies that are to be used for the benefit of the tribe. These medicine keepers are both male and female. In some tribes there still is one Ceremony Keeper endorsed by the Tribe to perform ceremonies on behalf of the Tribal body. In some tribes the medicine man (or woman) must be recognized by the tribe to be valid. But in all tribes individual families are to carry their medicines and ceremonies (often including the family lodge) within their clans and within their immediate family, passing those teachings from generation to generation. Among the Narragansett's the Medicine Man and Woman took the children out each year to learn about the plant medicines in their forests and along the ocean, so that they would know how to doctor their own. This still goes on today. Each Tribe has sacred ways of teaching Sacred Knowledge. At Grandmothers Circle the Earth Foundation we honor and protect the Intellectual Property rights of Indigenous People everywhere. Please take nothing without permission from the rightful steward as it is their Spiritual Responsiblity to carry that knowledge on behalf of the Ancestors, and to keep the integrity of those teachings unto the Seventh Generation.