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Arctic Circle (Click pictures for full bios)
 Rita Blumenstein
Traditional tribal Yup'ik doctor at the Alaska Medical Center. Doctor of traditional plant and energy medicine recognized by the Dalai Lama, Amazonian shamans and Finland Saami.
North America
 Mona Polacca
Hopi/Havasupai/Tewa elder. Currently working on her Ph.D. on the Hopi Prophecy at the Interdisciplinary Justice Studies department at Arizona State University. She has worked on issues of Native American alcoholism, domestic violence and mental health for elderly native people.
 Agnes Pilgrim
The oldest living member of her tribe, the Takelma Indians, originally from Southern Oregon. Agnes is a world renowned spiritual leader, member of the Historic Society and keeper of the Sacred Salmon Ceremony.
 Beatrice Long-Visitor Holy-Dance
Lakota keeper of the traditional ways, great grandmother, Native American Church elder, Sundancer, and healthworker for people with diabetes.
 Rita Long-Visitor Holy-Dance
Lakota keeper of the traditional ways, great grandmother, Native American Church elder, Sundancer, and beadworker.
 Margaret Behan
Cheyenne Arapaho elder, Native American Church water woman, and teacher of traditional beadwork, pottery, and moccasin-making. Keeper of traditional medicine ways of her people and initiate of Tibetan medicine, she is planning on opening a clinic that merges these two teachings.
Central America
 Flordemayo
Mayan elder and shaman, Flordemayo was born in a small village on the Nicaragua/Honduras border. Her father was also a shaman, and her mother was a midwife and healer. Currently she studies with Don Alejandro Oxlaj, a shaman and head of the Mayan Council of Elders, who convened the first Gathering of Indigenous Priests and Elders of North America in 1994.
 Juilieta Casamiro
A Mazatec elder from Huautla de Jimenez, Julieta carries the tradition of healing and ceremonies with the use of sacred plants, the pre-hispanic Teonanactl, Ninos Santos way.
South America
 Maria Alice Campos Freire
Madrinha of the Santo Daime Church in Mapia, she is a healer with Amazonian plant medicine. Founder of Centro Medicina da Floresta, and principal advocate for the preservation of the indigenous rain forest heritage.
 Clara Shinobu Iura
Born in Japan and moved to Brazil, she is an initiate in shamanic bio-energetic healing practices. Her studies of Santo Daime direct her work in the Santa Casa de Saude, a holistic healing center in the Amazon.
Africa
 Bernadette Rebienot
Mpongue Bwiti Master of the Omyene people of Gabon, Master of the Iboga, Master of Women’s Initiations and Master of Forest Spirits, she is a traditional plant medicine healer and seer.
Asia
 Aama Bombo
Buddhi Maya Lama, also known as Aama Bombo (mother and shaman), is a renowned shaman and healer in Nepal. Every morning at her home in Budknath, near Katmandu, she treats nearly a hundred patients who come to her locally and from India and Tibet. She treats all patients equally, regardless of status, from the poorest to the wealthiest royalty, with dedication and respect.
 Tsering Dolma Gyaltong
Tibetan grandmother who played a key role in resurrecting the Tibetan Women’s Association and getting it recognized by H.H. the Dalai Lama in 1984. She was pivotal in getting the TWA branch established in New York City in1991. In 1995, TQA sponsored her attendance at the NGO Women’s Conference in Beijing with other Tibetan women in exile.
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