ABOUT INDIGENOUS CULTURAL EDUCATION CENTER, INC.

Indigenous Cultural Education Center is a 501c3 not for profit organization founded by Linda and John Reed. We are based in Lebanon, CT on 13 acres of pristine farmland.

Indigenous People are the descendants of the original people inhabiting a particular region or country. Most of us, individually and collectively, have lost touch with our origins over the centuries; lost touch with the fact that we are all indigenous to somewhere and therefore all connected in this way. We originate from tribes, (in the true sense of the word, communities), from the Highlands of Scotland, Steps of Russia, Plains of Africa, Grasslands and Forests of the Americas, Outback of Australia, Ice Flows of the North and ultimately from the Creator. In this way we are all one People. We focus on inclusion not assimilation or exclusion. This is at the base of our purpose and resolve.

ICEC was organized to provide opportunity to experience the cultures and spiritual practices of Indigenous Peoples of the Americas and around the world, to become aware of the contributions of Indigenous People to the world’s culture, and to understand how the knowledge and wisdom of the Indigenous Peoples can be applied to alleviate many of the problems we face in the 21st century.

We host educational experiences, seminars, and experiential workshops lead by leaders of Tribal Communities from North and South America. We welcome individuals and groups to participate.

We host Indigenous People of North & South America who lead prayer ceremonies with the intention of healing ourselves; to create a consciousness that we all affect each other and the world.

Prayer ceremonies are open to those people who feel a commitment to the responsibility of becoming healthy in their thoughts and their actions in relation to the self and the collective whole. In honoring the relationship between humanity and planet earth we intend to bring awareness and heighten our consciousness as individuals. In so doing we awaken and elevate group consciousness. We believe that all things are alive and living and we believe in honoring those things that sustain us.