Pt. 2 - Abril Mondragon, Taos Mountain Grandmothers

Grandmother Abril Mondragon will be joining us about 1/2 hour into the program after we play "Hopi Cry Of The Earth."

Taos Valley, New Mexico

Don Alejandro Cirilo Perez, Don Patricio Dominguez, Sequoyah Trueblood, Mike Two Bears Andrews and other men went into prayer together and received the ceremonial vision for the Passing of the Staff of Authority to the Feminine side. Part of this vision was for this “new/old ceremony” to go worldwide, to support and nourish the Grandmothers whom are called to the teaching, healing, caregiving of the Wise Ways and Life Ways of the Feminine.

We are grateful for their untiring dedication throughout their lives to prepare and educate the world for the Feminine’s return.

In February 2013, Grandmother Abril Mondragon was asked by Don Patricio if she would gather a group of grandmothers who would accept this ceremony along with her. Invitations were sent out, not necessarily based on who is most “visible” in our community.

The Vision is inclusive of Grandmothers from All Nations. The Ceremony is now passed to other Grandmothers by the Grandmothers who have have received this Ceremony.

Throughout the year of 2013 the Taos Mountain Grandmothers have gathered in Ceremony and Council in response to the call by Indigenous Grandmothers internationally to re-weave and nourish our Feminine Wise Ways and Life Ways locally and globally. 

Throughout the last 5125 years, Staffs of the Feminine that were passed with the cultural knowledge and power of the feminine were destroyed due to colonization. Many Wumyn have re-created other types of Staffs. May these Staff’s of Authority be nourished once again and be passed from generation to generation through the matrilineal birth-lines.