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Talking Feather at the Rio+20 People’s Summit—13 Grandmothers Mona Polacca & Maria A.C. Friere

Introduction to the Talking Feather Ceremony held at the June 2012 People’s Summit at Rio+20 - Cupula dos Povos na Rio+20 in Rio de Janiero, Brazil. See more...

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Blessings and Songs from Grandmothers - Maria Alice Freire and Mona Polacca

Grandmothers Mona Polacca and Maria Alice Freire from the The International Council of Thirteen Indigenous Grandmothers offer blessings and songs for Water, the World Water Law and World Water Year 2021.

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Interview with Mona Polacca and Jose Stevens, PhD

Jose Stevens interviews 2018 Eagle Feather Recipient, Mona Polacca.

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Mona Polacca of the Thirteen Grandmothers Speaks About Taking Action

This video is an excerpt from the upcoming documentary ECO WARRIORS, which is a film about the issue of labeling environmental activists as 'terrorists'.

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Grandmother Mona Polacca Blue Water: Hopi /Tewa and Havasupai - Traditional Knowledge

Grandmother Mona Polacca believes that her origins are as important as her name, Polacca, which means butterfly in the Hopi language. On her father's side, she a Hopi-Tewa from the Sun and the Tobacco Clans. It was her paternal grandfather who named her.

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Mona Polacca + Marina Abramović: Rites and Rituals

Our world is shaped by ritual. Hopi/Havasupai/Tewa Grandmother Mona Polacca meets with the “grandmother of performance art” Marina Abramović to talk about the essential role that ritual, repetition, and durational experiences play in reminding of us of our relationships to all things.

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Grandmother Mona Polacca: Ancestral Voices in Defense of Biodiversity

Mona Polacca is a Hopi-Tewa/Havasupai elder and member of the International Council of 13 Indigenous Grandmothers. Grandmother Mona has a Masters degree in Social Work and serves in several United Nations indigenous issues committees.

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For the Next 7 Generations: The Grandmothers Speak

13 Indigenous women elders, shamans and medicine women from around the world, have been called together to share their sacred wisdom and practices.

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Rev. Angel Kyodo Williams: Why Contemplation/Awareness Matters to Change...And How

Leading a series of sessions on meditation at the 2013 Climate, Mind & Behavior Symposium, Zen priest and writer Rev. angel Kyodo williams articulates the importance of contemplation in understanding and addressing today's most pressing social and environmental problems.

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