Grandmothers Wisdom is a vibrant tribute to the lives of the International Council of Thirteen Indigenous Grandmothers an unprecedented global alliance of elders who came together in 2004 to protect our planet in crisis and envision a future for the next seven generations.ampamp160With a foreword by Vandana Shiva and tributes to the grandmothers who have passed on this special work is a living portrayal of the grandmothersampamp8217 upbringing their encounters with the violence of colonialism and forced assimilation their awakening to fierce activism and the ceremonial practices they carry forward from their lineages with tenacity grace and devotion.The thirteen remarkable women portrayed in Grandmothersampamp8217 Wisdom are keepers of traditional medicine and Indigenous spirituality preserving ancient wisdom traditions and traditional ecological knowledge that have served our planet earth for millennia. Their stories come from the Amazon rainforest the Central American highlands the Sierra Madre of Oaxaca the plains deserts and canyons of North America the Himalayan mountains of Tibet and Nepal and the forests of Central Africa. The awardwinning photography depicts the grandmothers making offerings to all of creation and stewarding earthbased medicines through their practices of divination energetic cleansing gathering herbs and performing initiations with plant medicines.The grandmothers have gathered each year for two decades to pray together in their homelands promoting deep peace and interconnection through Indigenous ancestral knowledge cultural preservation and a reverence for the four elements earth air fire and water.