Circle of Ancestors

Reconnecting With Our Own Ancestral Traditions
Deep Genealogy

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Summer 2008 Evening Presentation, Presenters TBA
September 2008 A Year-long Remembrance Journey

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Circle of Ancestors is a non-profit founded by Marcela Sabin, Atava Garcia Swiecicki and Heidi Guttmann. We are graduates of a Master's program in Indigenous Mind, a remembrance process founded by Native American Elder, Dr. Apela Colorado. We are an inter-cultural community that connects people with their own ancestral traditions through educational programs, experiential learning, ceremonies and other activities.

This reconnection heals and balances, encourages respect for differences and recognition of similarities, deepens community and environmental bonds and promotes peace.

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Atava Garcia Swiecicki on Jul 31, 2008 10:54PM

The Buffalo Return Home

Someone sent me a link to this video a few months back. It documents the return of a herd of buffalo from the Catalina Islands to their homeland in South Dakota and to the Lakota people. Buffalo are very sacred...

Marcela Sabin on Jul 30, 2008 12:33AM

7 Steps to Inner Peace from the "Trail of Dreams Peace Walkers"

7 Steps to Inner Peace 1. Establish a healthy relationship with self 2. Develop a spiritual practice 3. Spend at least 20 minutes a day in nature4. Build ?Supportive Relationships? 5. Help Somebody 6. Enroll in a program or activity...

Heidi Guttmann on Jul 22, 2008 11:07AM

Pretty Bird Woman House

Pretty Bird Woman House is a shelter that serves the women of Standing Rock Indian reservation in South Dakota, USA. Two women who work at the house presented on a panel I attended at Netroots Nation 2008 last Friday, July...

Heidi Guttmann on Jun 20, 2008 08:26AM

Our Solstice Newsletter

As we move towards the Summer Solstice (and gratefully out of Mercury retrograde!) we'd like to share some updates for Circle of Ancestors. The Polish Ancestral Healing Project (PAHP) which is fiscally sponsored by COA, now has a new website:...

Heidi Guttmann on Jun 03, 2008 06:38PM

Footbinding, Part 2--The Women in my Family

Although I?d always heard that Chinese women had bound feet in the ?olden days?, for some reason it had never occurred to me that any of my female ancestors had them. It wasn?t until after all my maternal ancestors had...

Watch our video of Dr. Apela Colorado at our November 2nd, 2007 presentation on the March 22nd Sacred Fire ceremony that reawakens the European Indigenous Mind

Deep Genealogy goes beyond statistical research and reconnects you to the spirit of your ancestors. The ancestors are an integral part of the research; their spirits are guiding and informing the process.

Deep Genealogy is based on the principles of indigenous science. Research methods are holistic and include information from the spiritual, natural and dream worlds.

As in the world's most ancient traditions, Deep Genealogy honors the ancestors. It resacralizes the research process; transforming it from the dry and statistical into a spiritual journey.