Bringing Grandma Home. Grandma just smiled and patted my hand. She had made up her mind—and nobody says no to Grandma. She is the matriarch of a huge family that includes great-great-grandchildren. She is also the chair of the International Council of 13 Indigenous Grandmothers, a world-traveling pack of tribal elders who consult with the Dalai Lama and have petitioned the pope on behalf of indigenous peoples and sacred places. The Siletz Reservation, where she was born, calls Grandma Aggie a “Living Treasure,” and the Oregon Council of the Arts calls her a “Living Cultural Legend.” Before she became a spiritual and environmental activist, she was a logger, a stock car racer, and a jail barber. She’s a force of nature who became a force for nature—and a source of inspiration for countless non-Natives like me. Nevertheless, only a few days earlier it seemed the strongest thing in her was pneumonia. - See more at: spiritualityhealth/articles/bringing-grandma-home#.dpuf
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