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1947, Tlakaelel was commissioned by the Council of Anahuak with a spiritual
mission and was given the name and spiritual title of "Tlakaelel" which means
"Advisor to the Council". In each generation there is only one man who carries
this name. Tlakaelel is the first indigenous leader in the history of Mexico to
have achieved, with the aid of his organization, official governmental
recognition of In Kaltonal, the Native Religious Tradition. This has taken more
than 500 years to accomplish.
Tlakaelel is a most sought after speaker and has given
talks and workshops and conducted Ceremonies at many prestigious universities
and centers across the USA, his homeland Mexico, and around the world.
Along with Slow Turtle, Wildcat, Big Toe, Grandmother
Kitty, Santiago, Chief Windsong, and others, he developed the Four Colors
Ceremony, a unifying ceremony honoring the four directions and the four colors
of humanity. The Four Colors Ceremony was first performed in 1990 at Watuppa,
the Wampanoag reservation in Freetown, Massachussetts during the Peace camp held
there. He has since brought the ceremony to many parts of the U.S. and around
the world.
Tlakaelel was the inspiration for the Journeys of Peace
and dignity in 1992, a 15,000 mile relay run throughout the Americas where he
coordinated the Mexican portion of the run. He has been the inspiration for the
conception and founding of many Kalpullis in the US, Canada, Mexico, and Europe.
Tlakaelel has led the Sacred Sundance in Mexico for the past 25 years.
This year, he was named Grandfather of the Grandfathers
in Morelos, Mexico. He is also the founder of In Kaltonal (In the House of the
Sun), a Native Mexican Spiritual institution, the first to be recognized
officially by the government of Mexico in over 500 years.
In 1997, he was a participant along with the Dalai Lama,
Mary Thunder, and other Indigenous leaders and Elders in the "reencounter of the
traditions" and was instrumental in the founding of The circle of United
Traditions of the World.
Tlakaelel brings a wonderful and inspiring message of
Peace and the common origin and unity of the Four Colors of humanity, with a
common goal of preparing the future generations to live in a world, "inhabited
and habitable".
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