CULTURAL REPRESENTATIVES AND TRADITIONAL ELDERS

The following Wisdom Keepers have reached out to share their messages with the world. Some of them are featured in this website. We look forward to bringing out more of their videos and photographs in the near future.

They offer their art; their practical, age-old methods of healing; and their ways of growing, gathering and preparing healthy food. They teach us to live with respect for all living things, how to play, and how to overcome fear. They speak about the importance of kindness and listening, acceptance, love and forgiveness. They teach us how to honor the elderly and care for the young. Some share visions about the future, others speak about ancient prophesies. All speak about the importance of creating sustainable peace on Earth.

These courageous warriors, highly-skilled artisans, teachers, ceremonial leaders, caretakers and medicine people have given much and are still giving. We all benefit from the bounty of their gifts.  If we listen very carefully to what they have to say, we may finally understand how to create sustainable peace in our world.

We are honored to help them bring out their valuable messages.   - John Veltri and Marguerite Lorimer

Although not immune to the negative global effects of consumerism and industrialization, the Wisdom Keepers of aboriginal cultures continue to look to the values and teachings they received from nature and their elders.

Life for them is sacred and often celebratory. Holding values and knowledge that has been passed down for generations from their ancestors, contemporary Wisdom Keepers teach us to learn from, honor and care for the Earth. 

Each indigenous cultural representative, ceremonial leader and wisdom elder carries a specific, regional and global awareness. As wise interpreters of Natural Law and accurate record keepers of events, methods and traditions that have been passed down for generations through stories, song, dance, art, ceremony and environmental practices, these people hold a special key to the health and survival of humanity.

In response to growing human and environmental crises, more and more indigenous teachers, elders and leaders are reaching out, sharing their wisdom and offering solutions to individual, community and global problems.

PICURIS - UTE (medicine man / traditional sound healer) Joseph Rael

AUSTRALIA (Wiradjural Aboriginal traditional sacred firekeeper) Isabel Coe

KARUK (medicine man / ceremonial leader) Charles Thom Sr

WINTU (medicine woman / teachings / prophesy) Florence Jones

Aotearoa - New Zealand (indigenous Maori artist) Shane Eagleton

MIWOK (ceremonial dancers) Lanny Pinole

AUSTRALIA (Bunjalung Aboriginal medicine woman / prophecy) Lorraine Mafi-Williams

JAPAN (Japanese Zen Shiatsu healer / teachings) Shizuto Masunaga

TIBET (Tibetan Buddhist Rinpoche / teachings) H.E. Khempo Tinly Rinpoche

SIBERIAN ESKIMO (traditional Eskimo ivory carver / sacred songs) Peter Synecki

KOREA (traditional Mudang Trance Dancer) Hi-Ah Park

ZIMBABWE (traditional Shona sculptor) Stalin Tafura

HOOPA (medicine woman / coming-of age ceremony) Thelma Thom

KARUK (medicine woman / ceremonial leader) Elizabeth Case

NAVAHO (teachings / sacred sites) Melvin Betsellie

AZTEC (traditional ceremonial dancers) Aztec Dancers

GREECE (portraits / music / Greek poetry) Rural Greek Families

DAKOTA (medicine man / teachings) Galen Drapo

ECUADOR (Shuar shaman / ceremonial leader) Anank Nunink Nunkai

LAKOTA - DAKOTA (traditional storyteller teacher) Robert Woableza LaBatte

APACHE (ceremonial leader / teachings) Oceana FastWolf

POTAWATOMI (medicine man - ceremonial leader / teachings) Don Perrot

KARUK (Native American Christian minister / stories) Theresa Sergeant

YUROK (medicine woman / teachings) Tela Lake

HAWAII (traditional Hula) Shawna Alapa’i Hula Na Pua O Ka La’akea

GHANA (West Africa Ga medicine man / drumming / teachings) Kokomon Clottey

BURKINA FASO (Dogon Kemetic priest / healer) Master Naba Lamoussa Morodenibig

ITALY (Roma percussionist / singer / ceremonial leader) Alessandra Belloni