International Council of Thirteen Indigenous Grandmothers

May 3 2017

Only a Few Spaces Remaining for Healing, Storytelling & Plant Medicine with Dr. Rita Pitka Blumenstein and Marie Meade, May 13-14

Events Dr. Rita Pitka Blumenstein, Healing, International Council of Thirteen Indigenous Grandmothers, Marie Meade, Plant Medicine, Storytelling

“When I was a young girl and visiting with my grandmother, a traditional Yu’pik healer, she handed me a cloth packet containing 13 stones and 13 feathers. She told me someday I would belong to an important group of 13 women.” – Rita Blumenstein In 2004, Grandmother Rita became one of the International Council …

October 1 2015

October 2015 e-Newsletter

Monthly Newsletter 14th Dalai Lama, 17th Gyalwang Karmapa, International Council of Thirteen Indigenous Grandmothers, Mindfulness Meditation, Parliament of World Religions

Hello Friends, It was ten years ago that I began my ministry training and service with the International Council of Thirteen Indigenous Grandmothers, traveling all over the world to their homelands and communities. We began with a trip to Dharamsala, India for a visitation with his Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama and the with the 17th Gyalwang Karmapa …

January 23 2013

Dr. Nelson Invites you to Travel the World with Thirteen Indigenous Grandmothers on January 25

Events 12th Council gathering in Nepal, Dr. Melissa Nelson, Grandmother Aama Bombo, International Council of Thirteen Indigenous Grandmothers

Dr. Melissa Nelson recently returned from a trip to Kathmandu, accompanying the International Council of Thirteen Indigenous Grandmothers, honoring their 12th Council gathering in Nepal, the homeland of Grandmother Aama Bombo. Grandmothers around the world are stepping up to the fight. Whether it’s for the environment, human rights, education, health or cultural preservation, a new …