BIG PINE PAIUTE TRIBE COMMUNITY GARDEN By Alan Bacock The Big Pine Paiute Tribe has been tending a garden over the past 7 years with help from various people including those from 3 Creeks, Beyond Boundaries, School of Lost Borders and Weaving Earth.  The Tribe has been placing water on

PATSIATA UPDATE By Kathy Bancroft Winter is the time for stories and remembering.  With the break in the projects throughout Payahuunadü because of the weather, it also gives me the time to think about what I could do better.  Am I thinking for the land? Am I thinking for the

AGUA É VIDA - PILGRIMAGE IN PORTUGAL by Emily Coralyne Breathe in, two steps. Breathe out, two steps. Breath in twice two steps, long breath out, three. I watch my feet move, and my heart beat moving the blood through my body. Look up, I remind myself. Look out. When

CHARTING A YEAR'S PILGRIMAGE by Claire Peaslee and Black Mountain Circle How can you draw a map of “pilgrimage redefined”—a multi-dimensional record of this year’s quest to experience “the sacred in the land?” Such a map would show a non-linear network of seasonal hikes and deepening council; of story, music

Payahuunadü – Land of the Flowing Water by Teri Red Owl Payahuunadü – Land of the Flowing Water, is the place we call home.  Nüümü – the People (Owens Valley Paiute), have lived here in our homelands since time immemorial.  We were placed here to care for the land and

WALKING FOR WATER AND ALL LIFE by Geoff Dalglish The dream of a modern source-to-sea pilgrimage walk along South Africa’s Eerste River will become a reality during September 2020 when a diverse group of people will come together to honour the sanctity and preciousness of water and all the life

2019 HUMANITARIAN YOUTH AWARD: THE LEGACY CONTINUES by We the Youth of Detroit Crystal Stewart, a Detroit-native, is this year’s recipient of the Dr. Chrystal G. Tibbs Humanitarian Youth Award! An award created to honor the legacy of an educator, activist, and former board member of the United Nations Association of Greater

REFLECTIONS ON A PILGRIMAGE by Emmett Brennan During those first days in the desert I remember a certain timidness. There was a fear in me to meet the intensity of the landscape, the intensity of the story there, the people, the prayers, the circles and songs. The water... — The

RUN4SALMON INTERVIEW WITH DESIRAE HARP AND MICHAEL PRESTON (POM) OF RUN4SALMON   Desirae Harp  a member of the Mishewal Wappo (Ona*tsátis) nation from the central coast of California and a descendant of the Diné Nation. She is a singer/songerwriter, educator, and community organizer. She performs across the country and gives workshops on expressive

INTERVIEW WITH LIZ CROSSON Liz Crosson joined Mayor Eric Garcetti's Sustainability Team as Water Policy Advisor after serving as the Executive Director of Los Angeles Waterkeeper for five years. Liz led Waterkeeper’s efforts to protect, conserve and restore Los Angeles' waterways through advocacy, community education and litigation. She previously worked