narratives & photo journals of the pilgrimage
Sacred Waters Pilgrimage 2020
The Headwaters
On Saturday, June 20, the day of the Summer Solstice, Wind & Warrior joined in ceremony with Anishinaabe water and wisdom keepers at the headwaters of the Mississippi River for the beginning of the Sacred Waters Pilgrimage.
Our Sacred Waters Pilgrimage opened at the headwaters of the Mississippi River on the day of the Summer Solstice, in community with Ojibwe elder water and wisdom keepers, women of all ages, children and beautiful babies. We of The Wind & The Warrior, and our extended family, are grateful for the permission and the welcoming we received. We are grateful and nourished from the sharing and the exchange of song, dance, food, knowledge, and practices that opened this pilgrimage.
The purpose of this journey is to join in sacred water ceremony and in courageous conversations for healing & for the shifts being called for in these times: healing the lands and waters, healing the generational & historical wounds of Black and Native peoples on these lands under Settler Colonialism, and healing the historical relationships of Black and Native peoples with each other. The intentions for the pilgrimage are to honor the sacred water work that has come before us, to share indigenous practices in ceremony between Black and local Native water keepers, healers, and culture-bearers, and to co-create practices and conversations toward a stronger solidarity and shared vision for liberation of and on these lands.
