Dakota
I'm Dakota, an enrolled tribal member. My culture and spirituality are not just passions of mine—they are who I am. My studies are rooted in the Arts and Anthropology, and my path has included Cultural Resource Management work as well as cultural sharing through talks and presentations. Through my education, travels, and lived experience, life has continually guided me back to nature—where I find my deepest healing and connection. I also spent time as a professional photographer, a practice I now return to as a personal form of expression and joy. Nature has always been a teacher to me. There is profound healing in the natural world; Mother Earth reflects us back to ourselves when we take the time to listen. My intention is to help guide others back into that relationship—so we may reflect on our own journeys, reconnect with the land, and remember what it means to be in harmony with ourselves and the Earth.
Before spirituality became about belief, obedience, or salvation, it was about relationships. Early human societies did not understand themselves as separate from the world around them. Spirit was not distant or abstract, it was present in the land, the sky, the animals, the seasons, and the people themselves. To be...
In the earliest stages of humanity, it is unlikely that people across the world shared a belief in a distant, fear-based god hidden above the skies. What we do know is that ancient civilizations worked closely with the stars—using astronomy not only to mark time, but to guide movement across...
Across cultures and across time, moments of collective upheaval have never arrived without warning. Many people who consider themselves consciously awakened have been speaking for some time about a profound global shift that would be taking place. Indigenous nations have carried prophecies for countless generations, and mystics, psychics, mediums, and...
Exploring ceremony, spiritual initiation, ancestral lineage, star family, and guidance through lived experience. I didn’t seek out ceremony—I waited for Spirit to invite me. When the invitation finally came, it became a journey of remembrance, guidance, and alignment between Earth, stars, and thunder. A while ago, a stranger reached out...
Today, the astrological alignments are stirring old behaviors—patterns that no longer serve the paths we’re stepping into. For me, I’ve felt old anger and frustration rising from deep within my solar plexus. I began sensing it last week, but I didn’t ground myself in my practices, and now I feel...
