Manitonquat (Medicine Story) is a storyteller, an elder and a keeper of the lore of the Assonet Band of the Wampanoag Nation of Massachusetts. Author of ten published books and a former columnist and poetry editor with the internationally acclaimed journal Akwesasne Notes, he has also edited Heritage, a journal of Native American liberation. He continues to develop tools for creating a more humane society based upon teachings of the elders of the First Nations and the explorations of his camps under the designation The Circle Way.<\/p>\n
Manitonquat has spoken to peace conferences and groups on 3 continents, was the keynote speaker at the United Nations observance of the 50th anniversary of Gandhi\u2019s assassination, directs prison programs for native spirituality, advises a nature school, and, with his wife Ellika, Circle Way workshops and annual international family camps in 10 European countries and the US.<\/p>\n
“The work that You have been engaged with over the many years—raising Communities in centered humanity–spirituality–is really at the Heart of the Sacred and the greater promise for the future. \u2026maintaining a People\u2019s History is both a fine art and an evocative response to the incoherence, tyranny, and cynicism of modernity.<\/p>\n
\u201cManitonquat is one of the Wampanoag Nation\u2019s leading national treasures.\u201d<\/p>\n
Return to Creation<\/a> \u2013 A Survival Manual for Native and Natural People Children of the Morning Light \u2013 Legends of the Wampanoag Grandfather Speaks Heritage \u2013 Journal of Native Liberation, Issue # 3 Tales of the Eastern Woodlands \u2013 Algonquin Is a Swedish writer of children\u2019s plays, who also directs them, creates scenography, posters, and puppets and has often performed them in Scandinavia. Earlier she toured many countries with a Swedish theater group, studied mime with Marcel Marceau in Paris, and worked in children\u2019s television in Stockholm. Since 1985 she has been a partner in marriage and in directing The Circle Way workshops and camps with Manitonquat.<\/p>\n Our work respectfully incorporates Native American wisdom with Re-evaluation Counseling, as well as other traditions, which honor our spiritual connections with all Creation.<\/p>\n We receive no outside funding, but are supported entirely by donations, lectures, seminars, sales of books<\/a> and CDs.<\/p>\n Each summer, Manitonquat and Ellika host a number of Circle Way week-long intensives: where participants can live and learn the Circle Way, on a daily basis, in rural settings of natural beauty.<\/p>\n These summer workshops are part of our on-going work, creating circles world-wide for healing, building community, and world change.<\/p>\n
\nEnding Violent Crime<\/a> \u2013 A report of a Prison Program that is Working
\nThe Circle Way (available through the order form (pdf)<\/a>) \u2013 How to Start and Use Circles for Many Purposes
\nThe Original Instructions<\/a> \u2013 Reflections of an Elder on the Teachings of the Elders
\nChanging the World<\/a> \u2013 A Vision for Achieving a Truly Human Society
\nHave You Lost Your Tribe?<\/a> \u2013 The Paradise on Earth Now Under Construction<\/p>\nFiction<\/h4>\n
\nGranddaughter of the Moon (available through the order form (pdf)<\/a>)
\nWampanoag Morning<\/a> \u2013 Stories of Life before the Invasion<\/p>\nOrder Manitonquat’s books here<\/a><\/h4>\n
Poetry<\/h4>\n
\nBirch Cottage<\/p>\nEditor<\/h4>\n
\nTalking Stick<\/a><\/p>\nRecordings<\/h4>\n
\nTales of the Eastern Woodlands \u2013 Iroquois
\nThe Song of Creation \u2013 Wampanoag
\nMaushop Tales \u2013 Wampanoag
\nThe Singing Stone \u2013 A Play by Ellika Linden
\nNative American Poetry<\/p>\nEllika Lind\u00e9n<\/h1>\n
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Ancient wisdom and practical tools
\nfor healthier relationships and communities<\/h3>\nThe Circle Way*<\/a>
\nis a non-profit learning center
\nand service organization.<\/h4>\nOur mission:
\nto foster a more human society,
\nbased on cooperation and equality,
\ncloseness and caring.<\/h4>\nSummer Workshop Camps<\/h2>\n