Animal Medicine Ways

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Pre-selected individuals will share their animal medicine experiences and the facilitator will assist them in discovering any further messages or medicine from the animal encounters.

Animal Medicine Ways Series

Animal Medicine Ways an exploration of “Animal Medicine Ways.” This live presentation and workshop will explore Cultural appropriation and Native American understandings of animal medicine.

An exploration of three types of animal medicine and the cultural and religious aspects of understanding animal medicine.

Mark Ford is a native of Alamosa, Colorado and is of Chiricahua Apache, Tewa (Pueblo) and Spanish descent. Mark was a Roman Catholic priest for 16 years where he served as a pastor on the Navajo and Hopi Reservations in Arizona. Mark was later assigned to two churches in New Orleans, Louisiana where he co-founded a ministry for children with disabilities and their families.

After Hurricane Katrina, Mark was appointed by Louisiana Governor Kathleen Blanco to be the Assistant Director of Disability Affairs in 2006 to assist persons with disabilities in accessing resources and services after the hurricane. In 2008, he was then appointed by Governor Bobby Jindal as the Executive Director of the Governor’s Office of Indian Affairs assisting the Louisiana tribes after Hurricanes Gustav and Ike in their recovery efforts. 

In 2010 Mark moved to the Black Hills of South Dakota and began working at Partnership With Native Americans (PWNA) in Rapid City initiating PWNA’s Long-Term Solutions sustainable programs for tribal communities. 

Mark currently lives in Phoenix, Arizona and presently serves as the Director of Community Partnerships and Tribal Relations. Mark cultivates partner relationships with corporations, foundations, non-profit organizations, tribes, and philanthropists to support the work and mission of PWNA.