The mission of the 28 Grandfathers Council is to build upon a foundation of Indigenous values to establish a sustainable future for all. Our role is to guide present and future generations to achieve honor and strength in their sacred duty to love themselves, their families, Mother Earth, and all their relations.
Why Our Work Is Important
We are a union of many different cultures and honor that diversity, which gives us strength and a solid foundation to build toward a more conscious sustainable future. Our distinct individual ceremonies are incorporated in many different ways while respecting each other’s cultural uniqueness. Through integrating the strength and beauty of different cultures and their traditional wisdom, we are helping to build a more compassionate and nurturing future for all our relations. We are working toward a future where “self” becomes “us” and the responsibility to take action for connection to the whole is realized by ALL.
How We Are Doing It
We accomplish our mission by being an example to ALL. The way we walk in beauty inspiring joy into the lives of all; by helping others to re-member so that we all recognize that we are all connected as strands in the web of life; by leading ceremonies, medicine circles and sharing pertinent stories that carry the message of LOVE.
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Grandfather that will visit UK this Summer
Grandfather Keya Wright (Cherokee) Keya Wright, Mani Wakan Wicasa Keya (Walks Holy Turtle Man) is Cherokee and Portuguese, raised with the Narragansett tribe in Rhode Island. His father (Cherokee) was "the last free man" as Keya says. When Keya was a child the Elders chose him as a vessel in which they could pour their knowledge and wisdom. Thanks to his blue eyes and fair complexion, Keya walked in two worlds; the world of the white man and the world of Native Americans, which greatly enhanced his understanding of the reality. Keya worked in many areas. For thirty years he was a navigator and a fisherman on Atlantic Ocean, working from a small boat that he and his friends built in the backyard. For twenty years he was a union representative for AFSCME in Rhode Island as well justice of the peace for five years before he retired in 1999. He is a veteran of war, having served four years in the US Navy (1963-1967). He also marched with Martin Luther King in the civil rights movement. Keya is a healer of broken hearts and souls; his present life is devoted to ceremony; he has facilitated many women and men circles in the United States and Europe. He travels the world, sharing the wisdom of his ancestors.
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| Photo by Herbert Orlikowski from Manukacollective |
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