Interview with 2018 Eagle Feather Award Recipient, Mona Polacca

by Jan 23, 2019

“Your prayer is like an arrow. Walk behind it as it clears the way for you.” ~Mona Polacca

On her mother’s side, Mona is Havasupai, the people of the Blue Water. On her father’s side, she is Hopi from the Sun Clan and Tewa from the Tobacco Clan. An important foundation for Mona was her mother, “You’re not in this world for nothing”, are some of the words Mona lives by…..

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Mona Polacca

Mona Polacca

After sifting through many highly-qualified nominations, The Society for Shamanic Practice awarded the 2018 Eagle Feather Award to Mona Polacca of the International Council of Thirteen Indigenous Grandmothers – a group of spiritual elders, medicine women and wisdom keepers founded in 2004. Mona Polacca is a Native American spiritual elder from Arizona. She has worked to further social justice for indigenous people from an early age. She is an author in the field of social sciences, has held posts of responsibility as Treasurer for her tribe, served on several committees for Indigenous Peoples within the United Nations and is widely known for her leadership in the Native American revitalization movement.
After sifting through many highly-qualified nominations, The Society for Shamanic Practice awarded the 2018 Eagle Feather Award to Mona Polacca of the International Council of Thirteen Indigenous Grandmothers – a group of spiritual elders, medicine women and wisdom keepers founded in 2004. Mona Polacca is a Native American spiritual elder from Arizona. She has worked to further social justice for indigenous people from an early age. She is an author in the field of social sciences, has held posts of responsibility as Treasurer for her tribe, served on several committees for Indigenous Peoples within the United Nations and is widely known for her leadership in the Native American revitalization movement.
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  1. Julianne Riise

    What a wonderful interview …from both the speaker and his guest! I consider myself greatly honored to have been able to listen to the softly-spoken- yet-powerful words of Grandmother Mona as she shares her wisdom and personal history. It has forever been a dream of mine to sit with An Elder – and now it is fulfilled. I have always considered our beautiful First Peoples to be wise in the Ways of True Knowledge, and she is a living, breathing Gift from our Universe of Great Awareness.

    Thank you for the time and effort SSP has put forth in bringing her wisdom to us.

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