Lecture – Maria Rocha (Coahuiltecan) – Coahuiltecan Spirituality: Humanity’s Creation at the Sacred Springs- Native American Heritage Month
4:00pm – 5:30pm- Dunne Conference Center, Tschoepe Hall
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Maria Rocha, a member of the Miakan-Garza tribe that founded the nonprofit Indigenous Cultures Institute, offers a rare insight into the spiritual belief system of an Indigenous community. Through the creation story of her people, we journey with her to a 4,000-year-old rock shelter painting at the Texas border; learn about the origins of an ancient medicine ceremony still practiced today; and travel to the Coahuiltecan homeland in San Marcos, Texas, where humanity first emerged onto Mother Earth. Rocha informs about the world view of an Indigenous community and the significance of ancestral prophecies foretelling the future of humankind.