Teresa Heart, a Brave Heart grandmother, arrives in the afternoon and sizes up the girls. I must have been five. When I was older, they assigned me a little first grader and I had to teach her English. The Camp Circle Just before dusk, Marissa Joseph arrives to teach the girls how to make ceremonial food — dried buffalo meat jerky with buffalo berries.
Older Isnati girls return year-after-year to feed the younger girls and teach them ceremonial songs and beading. Throughout the days, the elders talk to the girls about modesty, courtship, pregnancy — and suicide, a serious problem on the reservations.
Sexual abuse and incest can pose a huge problem within families. Madonna Thunderhawk, an activist and long time American Indian Movement advocate, sits watching the girls as they learn how to bead their small leather medicine bags. At one time, all of this was underground. So we had to stand our ground to have these things out in the open again.
On the last day, each girl spends time with her mother or an auntie in the tipi. The older woman bathes the girl in sage water and talks to her about her birth, her young days — and her future. I guess we found each other. Close your eyes. Imagine that women from all around the world are coming together to be inspired and to take action. I know, you know, that women can bring amazing changes to their families, their communities, their countries, to the world. And yet, all too often, this doesn't happen.
Over time, we lose faith in our inner voice or maybe never developed it in the first place. We stop believing in the power within us. It can't be emphasized enough in order to transform the world, women must first find their personal voices and inner power. Only then will we have the strength and ability to make an impact on our communities and the world. We're launching a new online community that's been two years in the making.
This site, www. Through conversation, compassion, and community, BraveHeart Women empowers women of all ages to discover their own voices, expand their potential, and be the change they want for themselves, their family, community, and the world. Our community fosters personal growth and global change by first teaching women to raise their self-esteem, grow on a professional level, and enhance their personal prosperity. Let me tell you how I got to this place. I was born in Tehran. I grew up during the Iran-Iraq war, where nighttime bombings, warning sirens, underground bomb shelters, and rockets were all common fixtures in our daily lives.
As early as five, I did what many growing up in such an environment do: "I dreamed of coming to America. Get the item you ordered or get your money back.
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