A Hopi Messenger — Prophecy or Prediction?
Hopi elder Thomas Banyacya found many words to foretell the fate of human beings who abuse Mother Earth. Was it prophecy or prediction?
Salmon People
Winnemem Wintu Chief Caleen Sisk and Ohlone leader Corrina Gould lead the second annual Run4Salmon, a prayerful journey from San Francisco Bay to Mt. Shasta.
Run4Salmon
Images from the Winnemem Wintu Tribe’s recently completed two-week prayer journey from San Francisco Bay to the McCloud River, calling back their beloved Chinook Salmon—and reminding us that water is life.
Crystal Power in Chaco Canyon
National Park Service curator Wendy Bustard spent a day with us, displaying an array of New Age offerings and reflecting on why they are considered offensive by native people. Here is a scene we weren’t able to include in the film.
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Berkeley Sacred Site Threatened
When a developer proposed a 5-story condo-commercial complex on the site of a 5,000-year-old Ohlone village site known as the “West Berkeley Shellmound,” fierce opposition grew in support of local leader Corrina Gould.
A Report From Standing Rock
Indigenous women and youth sparked something magical at Standing Rock, drawing thousands of supporters and donations from around the world with a compelling message: water is sacred.
The Crystal Clear New Age Dilemma
How can well-meaning people reconnect to nature in an authentic way that does no harm to indigenous cultures and their sacred places? It may be one of the key questions of our time. At the very start…
The Ancestors Call from the Berkeley Shellmound
The first Ohlone skeleton disturbed by Berkeley construction workers on March 29 was alarming. But of course the work was allowed to continue because few pay attention and money talks. The second…
The Tempest Over Terry
I had the honor of screening films and guest lecturing twice with Terry Tempest Williams at her awesome “Arts, Advocacy and Landscape” class at the University of Utah. It is very sad that Terry’s…
Ohlone Burial Disturbed in Berkeley
It was a sad, sunless Sunday at the corner of 4th Street and Hearst. Few shoppers—or Berkeley residents for that matter—are aware that an ancient Ohlone village once graced this sprawling site around…