Our Team
President & Founder, Global Center for Indigenous Leadership & Lifeways
Co-Founder, Wisdom Weavers of the World-
Founder & President of GCILLCo-Founder & Visionary of WWW
Unangan Elder
My traditional name is Kuuyux, given to me by the last Kuuyux amongst my people, the Unangan, (Aleut), when I was 4. It means something like: an arm extended out from the body, a carrier of ancient knowledge, a messenger. Now, I am living that legacy and I carry messages from Indigenous Elders from many cultures. It is my mission, it is my passion, it is who I am.
In 2017, I had a vision: bring together Indigenous Elders from throughout the world to answer two questions: what is the state of the world as we see it now? What must we be doing now?
This vision became a reality within six months and we gathered at the Birthplace of the Souls, in Kauai, Hawaii in November of 2017. Now we are working to get the messages to the world that is needed now.
Initiative Leaders
Founder & Co-Creator, Wombs of Peace-
Founder and Co-Creatorرحم السلام Wombs of Peace רחם של שלום
Jewish-Israeli ancestry with Yemen, Syrian, Lithuanian & German roots.
In 2016 Yael was a struggling single mom in Israel. She was an alternative educator by day, and a TED volunteer-translator by night, when she saw a video of a man talking about things she felt when she gave birth.
It was Ilarion 'Kuuyux' Merculieff, a traditional messenger of the Indigenous Unangan (Aleut) people in Alaska. Yael contacted him to ask his permission to translate, and... today they are married in Alaska, raising the two girls together.
Alongside him Yael works and learns from Indigenous Elders. She also co-creates what she calls ‘Wombs of Peace’ and other circles in the Middle East and beyond.
Co-Founder, Wisdom Weavers of the World-
Co-Founder & Co-OrganizerWisdom Weavers of the World
Aloha! I am honored to be in the loving collaborative journey with the heart council for WWW. My personal passion is exploring how to fully embody as a conscious co-creator with Gaia through living intimately in relationship with the living earth elements and beings who grace my life. I was called into awakening the dreaming of WWW to gather Elders from around the world to assist in the remembering of our shared human wisdom and connection to the source of creation. I am learning how to stand like a grandmother tree listening to and honoring the creative tones of magic and mystery that create all of life.
I invite us all to live from the questions of curiosity that are calling us to experience the fullness of our potential as human beings in the bountiful beautiful garden of Gaia.
Central Council, Wisdom Weavers of the World
Central Council, Wisdom Weavers of the World
Central Council, Wisdom Weavers of the World