"It is in the world's own enlightened self-interest that we support the destinies and ways of life of its Indigenous Nations. They hold a universal message in sustainable and compassionate thinking and living for us all in these challenging contemporary times. Native Peoples are our elder guides into a way of life that must be restored lest we take the whole of creation with us in our downward spiral of confusion and suffering."

[Statement of support of Sacred Mountains Foundation, Inc. from Peter Gold anthropologist, author of Navaho and Tibetan Sacred Wisdom and director of Ancient Ways Project]