An Exceptional, Interactive Opportunity to Learn from Native American Wisdom Keepers, Through Ceremonies, Music, Art and Talking Circles.

Week of April 22, 2023

An exceptional, interactive opportunity to learn from Native American Wisdom Keepers, through ceremonies, music, art and talking circles.

 

Austin G. Nunez is a member of the Wa:k Community (San Xavier District) of the Tohono O’odham Nation (formerly known as the Papago Tribe of AZ). He has been the leader of Wa:k for the past 35 years for a community of 2300 citizens on a 72,000-acre reservation southwest of, and adjacent to the City of Tucson.

Austin participates in his community’s O’odham ceremonies that are conducted throughout the year. He conducts sweat lodge ceremonies and he is often requested to conduct blessings at various functions in his community, and in the greater Tucson area.

He has three adult children and six wonderful grandchildren.

 

Mona Polacca – Havasupai/Hopi/Tewa Tribal lineage
Mona is a social, spiritual leader and activist, working to protect nature and water, peace, and the consciousness of oneness.

Mona is a founding member of the International Council of Thirteen Indigenous Grandmothers, which is an alliance of indigenous women from around the world who are upholding, preserving, and protecting earth-based medicine, indigenous practices, and beliefs. She is a water woman and serves as the Treasurer of the Native American Church of Southern Arizona.  The focus of her spiritual work is based on the concept of “We are all related.”