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Grandmothers Call For Healing Water Prayers 28 February 14

The International Council of Thirteen Indigenous Grandmothers are calling women of all nations to join them in prayer for the healing waters that provide life to past, current and future generations. Water, like women, has the power to bring forth life, cleanse, and nurture, and so shares a close connection with the female spirit and Mother Earth.

This recognition of sisterhood, motherhood and womanhood will take place on World Water Day, March 22, at the sacred Montezuma Well, in Yavapai County, Arizona, in a sacred ceremony conducted by the women of the International Council of Thirteen Indigenous Grandmothers. The Montezuma Well is an ancient site, important to humankind for millennia, and is sanctuary to local indigenous peoples such as the Yavapai-Apache tribe, the Hopi tribe, and the Navajo tribe.

For those unable to attend in person, the practice can be conducted anywhere so long as prayers are made with feelings of gratitude and respect for the healing and life-giving powers of our waters.

View International Council of Thirteen Indigenous Grandmothers Statement
Visit In the Name of the Mother website
View International Council of 13 Indigenous Grandmothers Wikipedia page
View The Council of Canadians World Water Day page
Source: International Council of Thirteen Indigenous Grandmothers
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