Tata Erick Gonzalez

OmeAkaEhekatl Erick Gonzalez was initiated into Native sacred rites over a thirty year period with direct participation, teachings, and guidance from various Native spiritual elders from Mexico, North America, Colombia, Peru, and Guatemala. He has worked with Native Elders and Youth Councils throughout the Americas supporting the work of international sharing and preservation of sacred wisdom teachings since 1979, promoting increased cooperation and unity between diverse communities throughout the world.

Born in Guatemala, OmeAkaEhekatl Erick Gonzalez moved to the U.S. with his parents when he was 11 years old. In 1978 he was adopted by the Mexiko Teotlkalli Kalpull Koatlkalko and the teacher Tlakaelel and given the name OmeAkaEhekatl in 1978. He was made an Aj Q’ij (Mayan Spiritual Guide and Daykeeper) in 1994. In 2005, he was adopted into the Ts’aalth Clan, the five finned killer whale people of the Eagle Clan of the Haida, and given the name Gaada, meaning supernatural light.

Erick is a member and representative of various councils of Indigenous elders, youth, and spiritual guides. He is the Founder and Spiritual Leader of Tinamit Junan Uleu – Earth Peoples United, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit public charity church dedicated to preserving indigenous wisdom and traditional practices, and renewing our custodial relationship with the Mother Earth and all her Beings.

OmeAkaEhekatl is working to create two models of spiritual land stewardship: Patziapa in Guatemala on the shores of Lake Atitlan, and Deer Mountain, north of Mt. Shasta in Northern California. These are being created to demonstrate how to live in harmony with and appreciate the natural and spiritual worlds, restore land and create natural food and medicine gardens, and be places for indigenous wisdom keepers to come together to share their wisdom and ceremonies.

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