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Available in the following languages: English, Czech, Spanish, Portuguese, French, German, Italian.
The Vision
Our vision for the 12-film Wisdom of the Ancestors documentary series is to honor Indigenous resilience, illuminate sacred wisdom held for humanity and Earth, and invite healing across communities facing trauma and colonial erasure.
PREMIERE DATE
DECEMBER 9, 2025
ABOUT THE FILM
Patricia June Vickers, her brother Roy Henry Vickers, and other Indigenous Elders, healers, and activists from the Esk’etemc, Gitxsan, and Wet’suwet’en territories open their hearts and histories in this deeply human story of healing.
Born into a world shaped by the violence of forced assimilation, they carry the intergenerational impact of residential schools, scars that ripple through memory, body, and lineage.
Through trauma healing work, ceremony, land, and language, they navigate the deep echoes of intergenerational trauma, transforming disconnection, substance use, and cultural grief into profound pathways of healing and deep remembrance.
The Guardians
Guest Speakers & Indigenous Wisdom Keepers
If An Owl Calls Your Name Global Gathering Schedule
A journey of remembering, healing, and reimagining
DAY 1
w/ Zaya & Maurizio Benazzo
w/ Patricia Vickers, Indigenous Trauma Therapist & Artist
w/ Hìm̓às Tlakwagila, Gaylene Morris for Chief Na’Moks
w/ Hìm̓àsTlakwagila
DAY 2
w/ Wet’suwet’en Chief Na’Moks
We will explore in community:
- Acting in accordance with ancestral law and land-based governance
- Standing with Yintah
- Carrying forward what must never be forgotten
w/ Gaylene Morris,”WeKēs, Wet’suwet’en First Nation
w/ Kolin Sutherland, Gitxsan – Fireweed Clan Anspayaxw
We will explore in community:
- The land is protected where our bodies stand
- Sovereignty lives in action, not just in claim
- The wound ends with me
w/ Patricia Vickers, Indigenous Trauma Therapist & Artist
DAY 3
w/ Dave Belleau, Elder, ICAD Counselor, Secwépemc, Esk’etemc First Nation speaking in Secwépemc, translation provided by Frederick Sandy Johnson. Facilitated by Patricia June Vickers
We will explore in community:
- Surviving residential schools
- Healing from abuse and addiction
- The language is the wisdom
w/ Frederick Johnson, Elder, ICAD Counselor, Secwépemc, Esk’etemc First Nation, speaking in Secwépemc, translation provided by Dave Belleau. Facilitated by Rick Favelle
We will explore in community:
- Residential schools tried to make us forget
- Intergenerational Trauma & Healing
- Finding home through culture
DAY 4
w/ Patricia Vickers, Indigenous Trauma Therapist & Artist
w/ Patricia June Vickers, Rebekah Beaton. Hosted by Zaya and Maurizio Benazzo
We will explore in community:
- The impact of the curse of incest and colonialism
- Intervention and the cycle of suffering
- Transformation of betrayal and loss
w/ Roy Henry Vickers, Indigenous Elder, Artist & Hereditary Chief of the House of Walkus, Wuikinuxv
We will explore in community:
- How can we reconcile what was never whole?
- What if the truth isn’t a path back, but a fire we must stand in?
- What does it mean to forgive?
w/ Roy Henry Vickers, Indigenous Elder, Artist & Hereditary Chief of the House of Walkus, Wuikinuxv
DAY 5
w/ Rick Favelle, Dave Belleau, Frederick Johnson, Patricia June Vickers
We will explore in community:
- Ancestral teachings and healing from a history of atrocities
- Ceremony, language, and supernatural guidance coupled with healing methods
- How spiritual balance emerges through practice, truth-telling, and retrieving sacred self
w/ Gabor Maté, Patricia June Vickers, Roy Henry Vickers
We will explore in community:
- How colonial trauma travels through generations
- How these wounds live in our bodies, families, and Nations
- What helps transform inherited pain into healing
w/ Kolin Sutherland-Wilson, Frederick Johnson, Dave Belleau, Patricia June Vickers, Roy Henry Vickers, Gaylene Morris
w/ Maurizio & Zaya Benazzo
WISDOM OF THE ANCESTORS 12–FILM SERIES
The Eternal Song
The Eternal Song
LAND: EARTH
92 Minutes • WATCH NOW
Mauri
LAND: AOTEAROA (NEW ZEALAND)
70 Minutes • WATCH NOW
If an Owl
Calls Your Name
LAND: Esk’etemc, Gitxsan, and Wet’suwet’en (CANADA)
92 MINUTES • WATCH NOW
In the Circle
of Life
LAND: BUNDJALUNG & WIRADJURI (AUSTRALIA)
75 Minutes • WATCH NOW
Katô: Dreams
of Dark Earth
LAND: DAJE KAPAP EYPI (BRAZIL)
COMING March 18 – 20, 2026
Little Singer
LAND: DINÉ BIKÉYAH (ARIZONA)
Sila
LAND: KALAALLIT NUNAAT (GREENLAND)
COMING 2026
‘Āina
LAND: MOKUPUNI HAWAI’I
COMING 2026
Guarani-Kaiowá
LAND: MATO GROSSO DO SUL (BRAZIL)
COMING 2026
Maasai
LAND: OLOSHO LE MAA (KENYA)
COMING 2027
Haida
LAND: HAIDA GWAII (CANADA)
COMING 2027
Ifá
LAND: TSENACOMOCO (VIRGINIA)
COMING 2027
The Eternal Song
LAND: EARTH
Mauri
LAND: AOTEAROA (NEW ZEALAND)
If an Owl Calls
Your Name
LAND: UNIST’OT’EN YIN’TAH (CANADA)
In the
Circle of Life
LAND: BUNDJALUNG & WIRADJURI (AUSTRALIA)
Katô:
Dreams of Dark Earth
LAND: DAJE KAPAP EYPI (BRAZIL)
Sila
LAND: KALAALLIT NUNAAT (GREENLAND)
Little Singer
LAND: DINÉ BIKÉYAH (ARIZONA)
‘Āina
LAND: MOKUPUNI HAWAI’I
Guarani-Kaiowá
LAND: MATO GROSSO DO SUL (BRAZIL)
Maasai
LAND: OLOSHO LE MAA (KENYA)
Haida
LAND: HAIDA GWAII (CANADA)
Ifá
LAND: TSENACOMOCO (VIRGINIA)
Enter your email to view the FULL film. You’ll be invited to make a donation of any amount (even$0), with the option to upgrade to the 12-film journey and talk series.
SAND is a nonprofit organization under section 501.c.3 of the US tax code. Its headquarters are on the unceded ancestral territories of Coastal Miwok and Southern Pomo Land in Sebastopol, CA. We thank the past, current, and future Indigenous stewards of this territory.
