Identity

I am Shannondoah and I am Tsalagi.

As I return Home and learn the Old Ways; the Traditional Ways of my Indigenous Ancestors, I become whole again, honoring my holiness.

I identify as a woman of North American Indigenous descent. I am Tsalagi (Cherokee).

Spirituality is a Way of life for Indigenous people, versus an organized religion. When asked “What is your religion?”, I will now say “Earthkeeper”, as it is a contemporary word that most accurately describes my “religion”, which is a Faith in the Oneness and Inter-Connectedness of Mother Earth and All Our Relations.

I was not baptized and raised in a Christian religion, or any other ‘organized religion’. Although I was raised amongst Catholicism connected to my Irish family lineage. As well as Tsalagi from my mother, I am second generation Irish from County Cork, Ireland from my father.

I am of mixed ancestries; Tsalagi, Irish, Scottish, French and Scandinavian.

I Love and Respect all of my lineages, as well as all of the lineages of Mother Earth’s children. I believe We Are All Connected, All Our Relations, to the Divine Mother Father Creator within each of our Hearts’ Centers.

Regardless of our personal spiritual/religious choices, We are all connected to Mother Earth and to the Divine Creator within Each Other. We are All Connected.

As an Earthkeeper and Starseed Lightworker, I choose to believe in Universal Unity. I choose to walk the Beauty Way following the Holy Whole Heart’s Path.

I honor the Interconnectedness and Sacredness of All Life.

All Our Relations.

We Are One.

We Rise Together.