We have the power and answers within us. We just need to know how to recognize and use our ancestral knowledge in that power to get through difficult times.
Related knowledge
Movement
Physical Activity
Ceremony, Plants, Grief
Copal
Health Benefit:
Community Wellness
Lorenzo's story
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Reclaiming Healing Traditions
In explaining the significance of reclaiming healing traditions, Lorenzo describes the active efforts to support preserving oral histories, including elders returning to Indigenous healing traditions and diets.
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Folklorico Dance
Lorenzo discusses the importance of movement through Folklorico dance. He emphasizes the African and Indigenous history and origins of this form of movement.
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Copal Burning Ceremony
Lorenzo discusses the ceremonial practice of burning copal to support grief and healing.
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Chicken Mole
In describing food as medicine, Lorenzo reflects on the ways his family often gathered in the kitchen. He also shares the Indigenous origins of foods such as mole that many people do not know due to the impacts of colonization.
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