Marshall “Golden Eagle” Jack is a Native American elder, spiritual leader, ceremonial leader, practitioner, prophecy worker from Paiute and Washoe tribes of California and Nevada.
Marshall grew up in the Sierra Nevada mountains with his grandmother in the old ways. He has generously offered traditional and cross-cultural ceremonies on behalf of Mother Earth for more than 50 years. He is dedicated to working with the Grandmothers to heal the waters and has created and inspired the creation of Water Wheel altars across the world.
Workshop title: Indigenous Bigfoot Stories and Songs
Hear stories, personal experiences, and Bigfoot songs from an indigenous elder from the Paiute and Washoe tribes
Ilarion “Kuuyux” Merculieff’s first work as “Kuuyux” was to carry messages of the Hopi and Maori they felt the world needed to hear. He was invited by Indigenous spiritual leaders from traditional lands such as the Tarahumaras of NW Mexico, the Mapuche in Patagonia, the Morley Reserve in Alberta, the Olone lands in California, and on and on.
He has chaired and facilitated many conferences, such as the 2009 North American Conference on the Healing of Mother Earth in Merida, Mexico; the 2010 Global Conference of Indigenous Peoples on Climate Change, where he chaired the Indigenous Knowledge sessions attended by representatives from 80 countries; facilitated the 2010 gathering of the International Council of the Thirteen Indigenous Grandmothers; conducted ceremonies in Israel in 2018, in 2019 emceed Marie Mead’s First peoples Foundation Laureateship ceremony, and gave workshops in Israel and Sweden, and many more throughout the years throughout the USA.
In 2017 he gathered 13 Indigenous Elders from peoples around the world on the island of Kaua’I to co-create a message for humankind. The Elders agreed for everything to be filmed; even ceremonies, which is unprecedented. https://www.wisdomweavers.world/
In 2017 he was awarded the Wisdom Fellowship Award for wisdom carriers and tradition bearers.
Workshop title: Indigenous Teachings on Earth Restoration
Ilarion will share with us indigenous spiritual teachings
Catherine hails from the Te Rarawa and Ngati Kuri Maori peoples of Aotearoa (commonly known by its colonial name, New Zealand). With a Master of Laws, and as a 2005 UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights Indigenous Fellow (representing the Pacific Region), Catherine has been an Indigenous activist most of Her adult life working on human rights (including environmental, social, economic and climate justice) in Aotearoa and internationally. She’s held numerous positions such as the Senior Indigenous and Minorities Fellow at UN Pacific Field Office, Suva (2020-2021), as a Negotiator for the Ngāti Kurī Historical Treaty Claims settlement with the New Zealand Government (2008-15), and represented Her Peoples in numerous UN indigenous human rights meetings (including in senior roles such as the Co-Chair of the Pacific Caucus for the 2014 Global Preparatory Conference, Norway, for the UN World Conference on Indigenous Peoples). She is also a founding member of the Pacific Indigenous Women’s Network, Te Waka Hourua (Māori climate justice activists and their mainstream allies in Aotearoa), and the Climate Change Tai Tokerau Northland Trust.
An aspiring author, Catherine is presently a consultant in the field of research and policy writing, having worked for different UN Agencies and mechanisms specializing on Indigenous human rights rights matters. Lately, Her attention has been drawn to the area of metaphysics – particularly Indigenous technical, expert and traditional spiritual knowledge, wisdom and practices for healing people and the planet. She is married with one son.
Workshop title: Metaphysical Activism
Humanity faces an unprecedented number of converging crises, many of which experts warn will be catastrophic if not existential for Us – and innumerable other Earthlings. The orthodox response is physical world activism – campaigning, civic engagement with governments, education, protests, provocative art, instigating legal proceedings, non-violent direct action and the like. However, to do this – and to do so radically and effectively – inevitably requires a degree of courage, fortitude and wisdom, all assets which seem relatively scarce right now. Contemporaneously, stress and anxiety are increasing among the general population (as evidenced by the rise in financial hardship among the poor, working and even lower-middle classes, mental ill-health and other indicators). Under such circumstances, it’s unreasonable to expect ordinary folks to overcome their fears associated with conventional (let alone radical) activism, and mobilize under an urgent citizen-based call to action.
A critical analysis of these converging crises also uncovers that they are actually symptomatic of a shared root cause – a crisis of human consciousness. So, it is revealed that this metaphysical crisis is simultaneously the underlying cause, and a barrier to society’s mobilization of an effective remedial response. In other words, as activists and defenders, it’s High Time that We shifted more of Our attention to metaphysical activism that builds internal strength of and coherence between the heart-brain-gut mind/body complex, increases Our spiritual power, sparks an awareness of Our identity as Divine Beings, and embeds Our sense of epic purpose on Earth in this moment. In this workshop, and grounded in a multitude of experience and knowledge accumulated over Her lifetime, Catherine will: