🌺 Indigenous Matriarchy: Wisdom of the Women
Honoring the Role of Women in Cultural Preservation and Community Leadership
🗓 Date: Tuesday, February 18, 2025
🕖 Time: 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM EST
📍 Location: Zoom (Free – Registration Required)

🌿 Celebrating Generational Strength, Leadership, and Ancestral Knowledge
Across generations, Indigenous women have served as knowledge keepers, healers, caretakers, decision-makers, and cultural anchors within their communities. This educational event offers a powerful exploration into the role of women in the Shanenawá Tribe and other Indigenous societies, celebrating their resilience, leadership, and wisdom.

Timed to align with Black History Month and in anticipation of International Women’s Day, this session highlights the unique voices of Indigenous women and their ongoing contributions to cultural preservation and community life.

🌱 What You’ll Learn:
The role of women in Indigenous governance, education, and family life

How matriarchal traditions guide cultural continuity and decision-making

The relationship between women, the land, and community health

Stories of strength, protection, and nurturing passed through generations

Perspectives from Shanenawá women on sustaining identity through tradition

🧭 Event Format:
Opening welcome and acknowledgment

Story-based presentations from Indigenous women leaders

Panel discussion moderated by an Indigenous Foundation facilitator

Audience Q&A and cultural reflection activity

This event is part of the Indigenous Foundation’s cultural education series and is designed to amplify Indigenous women’s voices, promote intergenerational understanding, and celebrate their essential role in sustaining identity, knowledge, and care across time.