The Thirteen Original Clan Mothers

Jamie Sams, a member of the Wolf Clan Teaching Lodge, has spent many years reclaiming and reviving for new generations the wisdom and beauty of Native American Women's Medicine and the vibrant teachings of the Thirteen Original Clan Mothers. Representing various aspects of the feminine principle, the Clan Mothers serve as role models and Spirit Teachers on the personal journey of fulfillment for women and men, and as crucial pathways of healing for a planet dominated by destructive and divisive models. Here Sams combines the record of a rich oral tradition - passed on to her by two Kiowa Grandmothers, Cisi Laughing Crow and Berta Broken Bow - and the personal healing and guidance she has experienced through her female Elders. The result is an engaging method for honoring and incorporating native feminine wisdom into our daily lives. Each of the Clan Mothers, beautifully represented here in stunning full-color shields, reflects a particular teaching, relates to a cycle of the moon, and has special totems, talents, and gifts. Clan Mothers include;. Wisdom Keeper, the Protectress at Sacred Traditions. She teaches us the arts of self-development and expansion and shows us how to honor the truth. Listening Woman, the mother of stillness and inner-knowing, the keeper of discernment, the interpreter of messages from the spirit world. She teaches us how to hear the truth. Weaves the Web, the mother of creativity and the manifestor of dreams. She teaches us how to use our desire to create, bring our dreams into tangible forms, and work with the truth. Becomes Her Vision, the guardian of Transformation and Transmutation. She teaches us how to release the old self and step into the realized dream; how to be the truth. Through these 'grandmothers' we learn how to find our birth clan mother, develop rather than block our personal gifts, and cultivate rather than resist our innate talents.