We are an Oga Pogeh (Santa Fe) based Pueblo/Indigenous women-led grassroots organization
Three Sisters Collective engages in a land-based Rematriation praxis that restores wellness and uplifts traditional lifeways with an emphasis on art, advocacy, education, and community building. Since our inception in 2017, 3SC creates space for Indigenous women, femmes and families through community-based initiatives, mutual aid efforts, and art-based projects in O’ga P’ogeh Owingeh and beyond.
2023 Annual Report
LIBERATION FRAMEWORK
Fostering spaces of multigenerational relationship building and femme-centered healing around our shared vision of seed, language, art, and story rematriation.
CULTIVATING LAND BASED CONNECTION
Creating practices of community care through our ongoing cultivation of land-based connections and human and non-human relationships.
EXPLORING VISUAL NARRATIVE
Murals are a continuation of the visual narratives found on petroglyphs and sacred spaces that preserve our unwritten stories.
O’GA P’OGEH LAND
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
We would like to recognize that Santa Fe sits on unceded ancestral Tewa Land, specifically O’ga P’ogeh (White Shell Water Place). Even though O’ga P’ogeh is no longer the thriving Pueblo village it once was, their descendants, the modern day Tewa people still exist and live in Santa Fe and the local Pueblos of Nambe, Pojoaque, San Ildefonso, Ohkay Owingeh, Santa Clara and Tesuque.
Remembering and honoring place is one of the fundamental aspects of modern day Pueblo people. It is embedded in ceremonial dance, song, arts, oral tradition and within blood memory. The places Pueblo people honor include the living spirit of O’ga P’ogeh as well as all those who came before and who remain present today.
Land acknowledgement is important for non-Native people in New Mexico. It recognizes and respects Indigenous peoples as traditional stewards of the lands where we live, work and travel. It is one way to highlight continued Native presence and land rights in everyday life.
Dr. Matthew Martinez (Ohkay Owingeh)
“Honoring the Spirit of O’gha Po’oge” from Unsettled Landscapes, 2015
“Knowing that you love the earth changes you, activates you to defend and protect and celebrate. But when you feel that the earth loves you in return, that feeling transforms the relationship from a one-way street into a sacred bond.”
Robin Wall Kimmerer
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants
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