Sacred Wisdom Sacred Earth

In 2021, Loka co-hosted the Sacred Wisdom Sacred Earth convening with the International Mayan League. With close to 1,000 registered participants, the 3-day online convening focused on 5 themes: Food, Water, Medicine, Sovereignty and Spirit and was entirely Indigenous-led, with the goal of sharing Indigenous ecological and spiritual knowledge as means of sustenance for all Indigenous peoples around the world. In 2022, guided by our Indigenous Advisory Council, Loka pledged to executive produce a documentary that focuses on Indigenous resilience in the Great Lakes area. At this crucial time in our Earth’s history, we believe that Indigenous wisdom holds the wisdom needed to shift our way of being and living in relation to the Earth and to address the environmental and climate crisis. The film shows us how to listen to and learn from elders and knowledge holders on how to center our relationship with Mother Earth as the most important aspect of building kinship and reciprocity in our lives and our movements.