The Rising of Indigenous Women: Prophecy and the Path to Peace

The Rising of Indigenous Women: A Fulfillment of Prophecy and the Key to World Peace

As prophecies of our ancestors foretold, the time has come for the sacred feminine to rise, to bring balance where there has been imbalance, to restore harmony where there has been disharmony, and to guide humanity on the path of peace. In the mountains of Panama, within the heart of the Americas, the women of the Ngäbe-Buglé Nation, under the leadership of Mariana Montezuma, are at the forefront of a great movement—one that is spreading like the winds across all Indigenous nations of the Western Hemisphere.

This is no ordinary movement. This fulfills the ancient vision of the Condor, Hummingbird, Quetzal, and Eagle, the sacred union of Indigenous nations from the North, South, East, and West. Across every colonial nation-state in the Americas, Indigenous women are rising, reclaiming their rightful role as the spiritual leaders and caretakers of Mother Earth. They are uniting with their allies in an unprecedented and unstoppable wave of transformation.

For too long, the world has been guided by masculine spiritual qualities without the balancing wisdom of the feminine. This imbalance has led us down a path of destruction—wars, environmental devastation, and the disintegration of the sacred relationships that bind us together. But now, the wisdom of the feminine is awakening, and with it, the possibility of a new world founded upon love, compassion, unity, and respect.

This is not a call for men to be diminished, but rather for men to step back, listen, honor, and learn from the women. We must embrace the feminine spiritual qualities within ourselves—humility, empathy, patience, and nurturing wisdom—so that the two wings of the Eagle, the masculine and the feminine, may finally soar in harmony, carrying us to spiritual heights never before imagined.

The Indigenous women of the Americas, alongside their allies, are leading the way. They are rekindling the original instructions given to us by Wakan Tanka, the Maker of All Good Things. They breathe life into the ancient prophecies foretold when the world would either fall into destruction or rise together as one human family.

The choice is before us. The movement is already here. The time of prophecy is now.

Let us honor the leadership of Sister Mariana Montezuma and the Ngäbe-Buglé Nation and the countless Indigenous women, and their Allies stepping forward across the Americas and beyond. Let us stand beside them, not in front of them, and walk together toward the dawn of a new global civilization—an era of balance, justice, and peace for all life seen and unseen.

Unite Humanity, Restore Mother Earth!

Lala, Deksi, Ate, and Brother Phil -Mitákuye Oyás’iŋ. We are all related.

Šúŋkmanu Hé Miyédo! Čhaŋnúpa Sápa Hé Miyédo!

Ĥeȟáŋ Wičhášta/Delória Tiwašpaye, Iháŋktȟuŋwaŋ, and Chickasaw Nations

Hand-painted banner welcoming visitors to the II Intercultural Summit in Hato Chami, February 14-17, hosted by the General Coordinator of Ngäbe-Buglé and Campesino Women, above a green, white and red flag.

Two Ngäbe women in turquoise traditional dresses with colorful geometric trim sit side by side, one speaking with hands clasped over a handbag.

Four Indigenous women of different ages in red, black and navy traditional dresses with beaded collars sit in a row beneath a shelter.

A young girl in a yellow and blue dress and a woman in a red dress with zigzag trim sit on folding chairs in an open courtyard.

A row of women in traditional and everyday dress sit under a large metal-roofed pavilion, with a crowd of participants behind them.

A woman in a straw hat and cream embroidered dress reviews papers at a red-covered table, joined by a young woman in yellow and a staff member in a purple cap.

Older and younger women in pink and purple traditional dresses sit attentively at the front of a large crowd at the gathering.

A smiling selfie of four people, three women and a man, posing close together indoors.

A woman in a cream dress and straw hat stands on a misty courtyard among other women in traditional dress near a table and banner.

A little girl in a green floral dress with zigzag trim eats rice from a banana leaf at a blue table.

A large group of Indigenous women, children and allies in colorful traditional dress pose in front of the II Intercultural Summit banner, one holding a feathered staff.

Women in turquoise, blue, pink and red traditional dresses sit in black chairs before a large crowd under a covered pavilion.

Six women, some in traditional dress and some in staff attire, smile around a red table with forms and pamphlets beside a Ministry of Women banner.

A man in a white shirt with green and black geometric trim sits on a folding chair, glancing to the side.

A woman in a straw hat serves soup over rice into a gourd bowl from a blue bucket while a woman in an orange dress looks on.

Participants in traditional dress and casual clothes sit under a pavilion, with an orange service tent and crowd behind them.

Six women and a young boy pose together indoors at a café table, several wearing traditional embroidered dresses.

A woman in a coral polka-dot dress with black, white and green trim speaks into a microphone beside a red-covered table.

A young woman in a navy dress with a beaded collar and an elder in a red dress with a woven bag sit side by side.

A young girl in a black floral dress with white zigzag trim eats with a spoon from a large banana leaf at a blue table.

A young woman in a white sports shirt and an older woman in a red traditional dress stand close, smiling.

A woman in a straw hat signs a document at a red table as a staff member in a purple cap watches, beside Ministry of Women banners.