Restoring Balance Collaborative

Pueblo women are rematriating their lands. Haudenosaunee communities are strengthening connections in water caretaking. Kūlana Kahuʻāina are developing ethical codes for caring for ancestral places and the knowledge systems tied to them. Māori wisdom keepers are upholding kawa, the sacred natural order of creation, through global learning and exchange.

At Sacred Waters 2026, leaders from these communities will come together for the Land & Water Stewards Panel: Upholding Ancestral Responsibilities in Practice.

Together, they will share stewardship practices shaped through lived experience, ancestral knowledge, and responsibility to land and water.

What barriers are communities navigating? What’s working? What can we learn to bring into our own communities and stewardship practices?

Their work reminds us what becomes possible when stewardship is led by those who carry the knowledge.

📍 June 25, 2026
📍 Sacred Waters | Albuquerque, New Mexico

We look forward to learning alongside you. Register here: https://cvent.me/xEMKWZ