Our people have held special relations with many mountain ranges and their many inhabitants. Bobcats and mountain lions, their energies and archetypes, have aided us in many aspects. We’ve ancestrally covered ourselves with their fur, bones, and claws. We call upon their quiet stealth and highly efficient hunting skills when going into difficult situations.
White maiz represents our flesh - gente del maiz. And serves as a reminder that we are always guided and protected by our ancestors.
Despite not being native to our lands, cattle have given us their whole selves, from skin to bone, nourishing and caring for us. Our people depend on cattle and have formed strong connections to these animals. We honor their giving nature by carrying and acknowledging their lives as more than just sustenance, but as relatives. Their forced movement into the Americas mirrors our forced migration into other lands.
May our bodies and spirits move in the ancestral ways of mountain desert people, to overcome any obstacles we face in this ever-changing world as quickly and efficiently as an arrow.
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The number 3 represents the past, present, future. Ancestors, our current selves, and our children. A reminder that we are more than just a singular moment of time or being. We honor all that has come before us, all that we are now, and all who will come.
The number 4 represents the four elements and the four directions. A reminder that we are the center and the surroundings that make this reality, all at once. We are surrounded, guided, and molded by unseen forces.
The number 7 is a reminder that our conduct and choices will affect the next 7 generations directly. We are a product of the 7 generations before us, and our work directly impacts those ancestral energies as well.
Materials: Bobcat claws, white maiz, naturally dyed and hand-carved dyed cattle bone, brass beads, leather, and sinew.
Made with care.
Our people have held special relations with many mountain ranges and their many inhabitants. Bobcats and mountain lions, their energies and archetypes, have aided us in many aspects. We’ve ancestrally covered ourselves with their fur, bones, and claws. We call upon their quiet stealth and highly efficient hunting skills when going into difficult situations.
White maiz represents our flesh - gente del maiz. And serves as a reminder that we are always guided and protected by our ancestors.
Despite not being native to our lands, cattle have given us their whole selves, from skin to bone, nourishing and caring for us. Our people depend on cattle and have formed strong connections to these animals. We honor their giving nature by carrying and acknowledging their lives as more than just sustenance, but as relatives. Their forced movement into the Americas mirrors our forced migration into other lands.
May our bodies and spirits move in the ancestral ways of mountain desert people, to overcome any obstacles we face in this ever-changing world as quickly and efficiently as an arrow.
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The number 3 represents the past, present, future. Ancestors, our current selves, and our children. A reminder that we are more than just a singular moment of time or being. We honor all that has come before us, all that we are now, and all who will come.
The number 4 represents the four elements and the four directions. A reminder that we are the center and the surroundings that make this reality, all at once. We are surrounded, guided, and molded by unseen forces.
The number 7 is a reminder that our conduct and choices will affect the next 7 generations directly. We are a product of the 7 generations before us, and our work directly impacts those ancestral energies as well.
Materials: Bobcat claws, white maiz, naturally dyed and hand-carved dyed cattle bone, brass beads, leather, and sinew.
Made with care.
