On October 11, 2004, 13 Indigenous Grandmothers from all over the world--North, South and Central America, Africa, and Asia, arrived in the Tibet House mountain retreat in upstate New York. 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 first council gathering was a time of hope and inspiration. The grandmothers are both women of prayer and women of action. Their traditional ways link them with the forces of the earth. Their solidarity with one another creates a web to rebalance the injustices wrought from an imbalanced world; a world disconnected from the fundamental laws of nature and the original teachings based on a respect for all of life.
Photographs by Marisol Villanueva, courtesy of the International Council of 13 Indigenous Grandmothers
The first council gathering was a time of hope and inspiration. The grandmothers are both women of prayer and women of action. Their traditional ways link them with the forces of the earth. Their solidarity with one another creates a web to rebalance the injustices wrought from an imbalanced world; a world disconnected from the fundamental laws of nature and the original teachings based on a respect for all of life.
Photographs by Marisol Villanueva, courtesy of the International Council of 13 Indigenous Grandmothers
