Arawaka Inc

ARAWAKA'S MAIN GOAL IS TO PROMOTE A BETTER RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HUMAN BEINGS AND OUR MOTHER EARTH. OUR PRAYER IS FOR THE FOLLOWING GENERATIONS: THAT THEY MAY INHERIT THE EARTH IN BETTER CONDITION THAN WE HAVE IT NOW. THE ONLY REAL PROBLEM WITH THE ECOLOGY OF THE PLANET RESIDES IN THE HUMAN BEINGS; THEREFORE OUR EFFORTS ARE DIRECTED TOWARDS DEVELOPING WAYS OF SPIRITUAL EDUCATION. WE INTEND TO INCREASE OUR AWARENESS AND TO AWAKEN OUR HEARTS TO THE LEVEL AT WHICH WE BECOME CAPABLE OF RECOGNIZING THE EARTH AS OUR MOTHER AND ALL THAT LIVE ON THE EARTH AS OUR RELATIVES AND OUR PARTNERS IN LIFE. OUR WORK FACES FOUR DIRECTIONS; INDIAN TRADITIONS; INDIVIDUAL HEALING; CHILDREN'S EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY LIFE.

INDIGENOUS SPIRITUAL TRADITIONS DURING THE 2022 SUMMER SEASON, WE OFFERED FIVE EVENTS. THESE EVENTS WERE ATTENDED BY PEOPLE COMING FROM AROUND NEW MEXICO, THE UNITED STATES, AND ALSO FROM OTHER COUNTRIES. THE LEARNING AND CEREMONIES WERE DEEP AND HAD A PROFOUND EFFECT ON THE PEOPLE THAT ATTENDED. IT WAS IMPORTANT IN THIS TIME OF PANDEMIC THAT WE WERE ABLE TO WELCOME SOME OF OUR INDIGENOUS RELATIVES FROM SOUTH AMERICA AND THEIR CULTURAL WAYS AND UNDERSTANDING AND PRACTICE OF RELATIONSHIP WITH MOTHER EARTH WAS A CRUCIAL PART OF THESE SUMMER EVENTS. ESTIMATED PARTICIPANTS: 180

CHILDREN'S PROGRAM OUR CHILDREN'S PROGRAM IS ONGOING THROUGH OUR EFFORTS DURING COMMUNITY WORK-AND-LEARN PROGRAMS AND DIFFERENT CEREMONIES, ESPECIALLY DURING THE SUMMER. CHILDREN HAVE ART, PLAYTIME, AND MEALS. THEY OFTEN WORK ALONGSIDE THE COMMUNITY IN OUR DIFFERENT PROJECTS LEARNING HOW TO BE IN GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH THE LAND AND EACH OTHER. ESTIMATED PARTICIPANTS: 15

EDUCATIONAL HEALING WE HOSTED FOUR EDUCATIONAL GROUPS THIS YEAR, OFFERING PEOPLE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DEEPEN THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH MOTHER EARTH AND RECONNECT IN COMMUNITY. WORKING YEARLY WITH GROUPS OF COMMUNITY LEADERS HELPS THE MISSION OF ARAWAKA FIND ITS WAY INTO THE WORLD AND HAS A POSITIVE RIPPLE EFFECT. WE ALSO HOSTED MULTIPLE SMALLER GROUPS OF 1-3 PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. ESTIMATED PARTICIPANTS: 75

COMMUNITY LIFE IN 2022 WE WERE ABLE TO BEGIN RETURNING TO OUR PRE-PANDEMIC OFFERINGS. WE HAD MORE COMMUNITY MEMBERS PARTICIPATE IN OUR WORK AND LEARN DAYS BOTH IN THE MAINTENANCE/REPAIR OF OUR NATURAL BUILDINGS AND LAND RESTORATION PROJECTS. WITH THE ARAWAKA WATER PROJECT, WE HAD THREE WORK-AND-LEARN SESSIONS- FEBRUARY, AUGUST, AND OCTOBER. WE BEGAN THINNING, PLANTING NATIVE SEEDS AND BRANCHING IN AN EFFORT TO HEAL JUNIPER ENCROACHMENT AND WE ALSO STARTED TO ESTABLISH A WILDLIFE AND POLLINATOR HABITAT WHICH BUILDS ON OUR PREVIOUS YEARS OF WORK IN THE UPLANDS AND IN THE ARROYO. ESTIMATED PARTICIPANTS: 50