It is with a sense of great loss that we share the loss of our beloved elder, grandmother, and teacher Josephine Mandamin. Please read some of her life of service to the people, watch and listen to her words in videos, and the many tributes shared by all who loved, respected and will clearly miss the absence of Grandmother Josephine by scrolling down this page. Her teachings and stellar example of what it is to truly care for Mother Earth and all her children -as she showed us, with her example, how to walk our talk and leave a better place for the Seven Generations to follow.

Grandmother Josephine above at the 16th Indigenous Environmental Network’s Protecting Mother Earth Gathering on Ft. Berthold, ND photo and article below: “Meet Josephine Mandamin…” below, by Ayse Gursoz