Wisdom Weavers of the World
Wisdom Weavers of the World is a collaborative project that brings together Elders and Earth activists to share Indigenous wisdom and sacred teachings. We host events to gather with one another and produce recordings to share messages that help shift consciousness and instructions for how to live in balance and harmony with the natural world.
As humanity stands at a crossroads, 13 Indigenous Elders from diverse cultures around the globe gather in Hawai’i to discuss the state of the world and invited the filming of their councils and ceremonies to co-create a message for humankind.
The message that was born may be critical for survival of the human race…
WWW Grand Council 2026
Presenters
Chiapas, Mexico-
Me nombran Abuela Lourdes Vizcaino
Guardiana de Tierra Corazón en las montañas de los altos de Chiapas México.
Hace casi 20 años recibo el gran regalo del Espíritu del Rayo, que me permitió salir y regresar a habitar esta Sagrada Tecnología como Ser Humano en la Madre Tierra
Desde entonces voy tejiendo, abrazando, caminando, escuchando en UNIDAD, Gratitud y Amor.
En este caminar nació la Red CORAGUA.
Una red donde vamos tejiendo a través del agua, el viento, el fuego y la Tierra.
En el camino voy escuchando la gran Madre Tierra y compartiendomé a través de la palabra y otras ceremonias y celebraciones.
Invitando a Caminar en Unidad con nuestra antena encendida.
Así es así es y hecho está.
EN AMOR
Arhuaco (Iku) | Colombia-
Mi nombre es Claribel Rodríguez Mejia
de la comunidad de Ati Gumake del pueblo arhuaco (iku) tengo 27 año actualmente estoy 5 Quinto semestre de la Universidad en la Licenciatura en Pedagogía de la Madre Tierra. También acompañando a los mamos y los mayores en diferente espacio de trabaja tradicional sobre el cuidado la protección de la naturaleza incluyendo las práctica y saberes ancestrales
Una mujer joven que se está formado como líder desde del un mismo territorio atreves de la escucha través del caminado, para luego seguir transmitiendo y compartiendo el conocimiento adquirido.
South Africa
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Rutendo Lerato Ngara is a transdisciplinary philosopher and Indigenous Knowledge Systems practitioner from Southern Africa whose work bridges science, healing, Indigenous cosmologies and ancestral knowledge. With degrees in both electrical engineering and biomedical engineering, her experience spans clinical engineering, healthcare technology management, socio-economic development and leadership.
Alongside her formal scientific grounding, she is initiated in African healing traditions and is a member of international intercultural organisations, including the Earth Elders (Grand Council of the Eagle and the Condor), which advance Indigenous knowledge, biocultural stewardship, and planetary responsibility.
Moving between Western and Indigenous ways of knowing, she is guided by relational pedagogies rooted in the intelligence of land, water, ritual and rhythm. As a speaker, thinker and systems weaver, Rutendo is committed to advancing knowledge pluralism, cultural diversity, ethics, nature-based ontologies and regenerative futures.
Larrakia, Warramangu & Karajarri | North Australia
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Nadine Birrimilungga Lee is of the Saltwater and Freshwater people in Australia’s tropical north.
A woman of Lore, medicine and art.
Born on Gulumerridjin Country and descended from the Larrakia, Warramangu, and Karajarri people, her totem is the Long Neck Turtle, and her name, Birrimilungga, means Larrakia Pearl Shell.
Deeply spiritual, Nadine practices traditional healing, smoking ceremonies, medicine and food gathering, and ancient cultural land management.
A defender of her Larrakia Country, she wants repatriation of cultural objects, and works towards healing, cultural education and the revival of language, storytelling, songlines and dance.
Yakut-Sakha/Evenki | Siberia
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Masha is a proud Yakut-Sakha/Evenki woman raised on the sacred Siberian land of Sakha-Yakutia, with its vast taiga forests and subarctic and arctic tundra.
Born of the ancient and noble Aahykay-Mannyattakh clan, she carries ancestral knowledge, and modern experience, of survival in one of the harshest environments on earth.
A deep connection to her ancestors fuels Masha’s spiritual journey into her people’s Shamanic traditions and tribal beliefs.
As co-director of indigenous led NGO ‘Elleyada’ she advocates for indigenous awakening and the protection of sacred sites on the world stage. With her elders and uncles she has installed traditional, ceremonial totem poles from Alaska, to California to Yucatan in Mexico, sharing indigenous wisdom in this time of change.
Oglala Lakota | South Dakota
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Basil Brave Heart is an Oglala Lakota Elder who lives in Pine Ridge, South Dakota. He is a Catholic boarding school survivor, retired school administrator, addiction counselor, and Korean War combat veteran who served as a paratrooper in the 1950s. As a young child in the 1930s, Basil’s Grandma Lucy told him about the 1890 Wounded Knee massacre. She counseled him to forgive the soldiers who perpetrated the massacre. A dream of his grandma later guided Basil to change the name of a peak in the Black Hills. In 2016, it was renamed “Black Elk Peak” at the federal level. Basil studies how quantum physics corroborates the wisdom woven throughout the Lakota language and other Indigenous languages. Over the last fifteen years, he has been facilitating truth, healing, and forgiveness across historical divides.
WWW Founders
Co-Founder, Wisdom Weavers of the World-
Co-Founder & Co-Organizer
Wisdom 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.
Unangan (Aleut) | Alaska
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Unangan (Aleut) I Alaska
Ilarion ‘Kuuyux’ Merculieff is the head of the Global Center for Indigenous Leadership and Lifeways and a spokesperson for the Wisdom Weavers of the World. He was raised in a traditional Unangan (Aleut) way on St. Paul Island. At age 18 he started his career in modern western society, both as an advocate for his tribe, and representing Native-American students at the University of Washington. Then, went on to head up many boards, councils, and organizations and visited and shared with many Indigenous cultures world-wide. He dropped out of his establishment roles and ever since then he has been living the legacy of his traditional name and role - Kuuyux, which is given to one person in each lifetime, meaning: a carrier of ancient knowledge into modern times, a messenger. He was given that name at age 4 by the last Kuuyux that was alive at the time.
Our Mission
In a time where humanity is seeking answers, Wisdom Weavers has set out to remind you to look within.
We are a multicultural council of Elders and Earth activists sharing Indigenous wisdom and sacred teachings. We love this Earth as our home, so we gather with trust and urgency in this time to pray and discuss how we may respond rather than react to the changes occurring.
We gather to guide each other back home into the heart. We connect, as people of all colors, creeds, and origins, weaving a web of living, breathing wisdom around the world. This web unites us in awareness, awakens our collective memory, and activates the unique gifts that we call upon to create the world we wish to see.
Together, we rise through this shift.
Together, we let illusion fall away.
Together, we remember who we truly are.
Together, we may find the keys to unlocking this great mystery…
Our Origins
It all began with a vision.
Imagine: It’s 2017 and Earth’s temperature is rising. Ilarion Merculieff, “Kuuyux,” Alaskan Unangan traditional and environmental leader, receives a message from spirit to gather 13 Elders from all four directions around the world to council on two questions:
"How do you see the current state of the Earth?
And
What do we need to do, now?"
Through four sacred days and nights on the fertile island of Kauai, diverse ancient teachings came together. Daily councils, ceremonies, and discussions revealed the presence of outstanding overlapping themes amongst every cultural heritage… and yet, profoundly, each Elder held a different piece of the puzzle.
And, like the emergence of light after a long, dark night of the soul, a unified message for humanity was born: Drop into your heart.
This is the message of the Wisdom Weavers of the World. Journey with us to uncover the meaning for yourself and add your voice to our ever-evolving collective story.
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From time to time, we offer talking circles with a variety of Elders.
Talking circles are a traditional indigenous form of community connection and sharing. These circles differ from the usual speaker-audience format of many webinars, as here, attendees are often active participants.
The tone of the space created in these groups is open-heartedness and authentic self-sharing, in which we speak and listen from the heart rather than the mind. We feel ourselves as a collective field, and allow a deeper current to arise and express through us. We share our vulnerable emotions, our dreams, our truth, our heart-essence. In a short time, we realize that strangers have become friends.
These events are facilitated by the Wisdom Weavers team to cultivate global connection, and often feature elders who open and support the circle by presenting core themes and reflections.
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In dedication to building bridges for connection between Indigenous Elders and people around the planet, we offer monthly Elders' Wisdom Shares.
Indigenous elders hold ancient wisdom that is crucial for the healing and evolution of humanity and for the world we are learning to live in. They are ready and willing to share this wisdom with the world.
Elders' Wisdom Shares are virtual events in which one or more elders is featured as the main speaker(s) of that event. The elders discuss themes with each other and with Wisdom Weavers facilitators. You will come away from these events learning more about the elder, their culture, and the personal messages they have for all people across all cultures.
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2023
December 21: Solstice Elders Council (Watch Here)
2022
April 9th: “Voices of the Wisdom Keepers” Premiere (More Details Here)
2021
November 18th-21st: Into the Heart: Indigenous Pathways to Love
11.18 Opening Ceremony (Watch Here)
11.18 Elder’s Circle (Watch Here) and (Watch Here)
11.18 Music Performances & Sharing Circle (Watch Here)
11.19 Eclipse North & South Elder’s Circle (Watch Here)
11.19 DeAnna L’am: World Womb Workshop (Watch Here)
11.19 Musical Performance by Libby Roderick (More Details Here)
11.20 Elder’s Talking Circle on Brave Compassion (Watch Here)
11.20 DeAnna L’am: Healing the Inner Child Workshop (Watch Here)
11.20 Evening Sharing Circle (Watch Here)
11.21 Elder’s ‘Fruits & Seeds’ Offering Circle (Watch Here)
11.21 Closing Ceremony
October 21st: Acknowledge the Wound: Beginning Pathways to Forgiveness and Peace (Watch Here)
September 21st: Pathways to Love: Into the Heart with Elders (Watch Here)
2018
June 19th-22nd: Summer Solstice Prayers for Global Peace, Kauai
2017
November 1st-4th: WWW Council Gathering, Kauai (More Details Here)
Sacred Teachings & Transmissions
