California's wildfires are being experienced at a whole new level, tearing through communities in Los Angeles and leaving 1,000's with no home. The effects are unfathomable and it is important more than ever to come together as a community.  

Join Magdalena in a nourishing conversation to inspire hope, healing and tend to grief with artist and druid monk, Elizabeth Murray. As a professional artist, teacher and lecturer Elizabeth's work has toured the world with Claude Monet's exhibits, teaching anyone who will listen how to be in kinship with gardens, forests and nature as a way of life. 

Our conversation is an invitation to join Elizabeth for a weekend of community workshops to nourish the soul and tend to the grief of change with song, music and art at the Pacific Grove Art Center on January 25th 2-4pm and the 26th 1-4pm.

All are welcome to join locally and enjoy the podcast as a taste of her free gathering welcome to all. 

with kindness, 

Magdalena 

 Alex White Plume is Oglala Lakota and the husband of Deborah White Plume, a well known Water Protector and Activist. The Oglala Lakota are the tribe that is supporting the Trail of Truth Ride with the horsemanship and support that Muwekma Tribe needed to get across the country.  

Alex speaks about returning the ceremonies to the Lakota People after generations of religious occupation with residential schools when their ceremonies were illegal on Pine Ridge Reservation. We also speak about the the current status of building a hemp crop and industry on Pine Ridge where the unemployment rate is 85%. 

There are some fun synchronicities within his connections to Germany and the hemp world, Alex is kind, jovial and wonderful to listen to. I hope you enjoy this episode. 

The Bay Area Muwekma Ohlone Tribe is not a horse nation, so how is it they came to ride across the US for their Trail of Truth? Joey Fist of Hearts explains the story of how he came to ask the Oglala Lakota to support him in his tribes prayer for federal recognition with two trailers full of horses and a family members to take them from San Francisco to Washington DC.

https://www.muwekma.org/

On my birthday, August 4th, the native tribe of the San Francisco Bay Area, the Muwekma Ohlone people embarked on a journey of justice to gain Federal Recognition of their tribe as first nations people. I had a chance to interview the tribal Chairwoman Charlene Nijmeh a few days before they took off on their journey across the US from San Francisco to Washington DC on HORSEBACK! I was honored to gather with them in Solidarity for their spring ceremony but I did not expect to be shutting down the golden gate bridge with a protest. 

https://www.muwekma.org/