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Deep Ancestral Roots & A Calling

A Note on Authenticity & Cultural Appropriation

We face a rampant, worldwide cultural theft of indigenous traditions by people who co-opt these traditions as their own. As you discover in Deanna's story you'll see that shamans, medicine carriers, wisdom holders and spiritual leaders have recognized the calling Deanna received. It wasn't something she decided would be "neat" to do.  As Deanna specifically says of her Huichol calling, “My life was invaded by the Huichol gods and Huichol leaders determined that she is part of a their prophecy to now share their wisdom.”

 

Deanna was invited to learn traditional medicine ways

from traditional elders to help our people

She honored their invitation

 

The annihilation of ancient indigenous traditions throughout the world threatens every human being's existence. Unbroken lineages hold the key to restoring balance. Ancestral knowledge and wisdom is the seed for the future. The annihilation of traditions is an afront and threat to our ecosystem.  Deanna became ordained as an Animist Minister in 2024 to be an emissary for mother earth.

 

Join Deanna in her talks as an Animist Minister

Webinars • Podcasts • Events

 

Spiritual leaders and healers of certain traditions have recognized Deanna's calling to be a bridge between the world of traditional earth based knowledge and the modern world. They have welcomed her, mentored and apprenticed her giving her the responsibility as a tradition holder. Her work in this lifetime is to be one to keep alive the earth honoring and traditional ways through healing ceremonies and rituals.  

 

  Through the traditional work of many,

we may save ourselves from our own destruction.

 My teachers were First Nation's People. I was born and raised among the Confederated Salish Flathead and Kootenai people. I grew up as a wild child, in a wild land with Big Medicine white buffalo.  I still live with wild land and my medicine hails from these lands, grounded in learning from my teachers of ancestral traditions of the Americas. 

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