As long as our ceremonies live, as long as one of us beats the drum, as long as one of us listens, as long as one of us speaks, our culture, our people, will survive.

Ceremony is at the heart of Indigenous spirituality and the survival of our cultures. For all urban people of indigenous descent, ceremony is a crucial connection to our history, our culture, our land and our identity. Through ceremony we keep the world – and ourselves – in Balance.

Leon Secatero, leader of the Spiritual Elders of Mother Earth has said "We are the care takers of Mother Earth, if we neglect our sacred duties, we will destroy ourselves."

"It is time to remember our sacred ways, with a drum stick in one hand and the sacred tobacco in the other, let the holy ones hear us sing again."

For fifteen years the Aztlan Mexica Nation Harmony Circle – the Harmony Keepers – have protected our culture and our people. And now we need your help.

We are a warrior society – and our task is to safeguard the ceremonies, traditions, actions and cultural integrity of our Peoples.

Our outlook is indigenous, our leadership is indigenous and our practices are indigenous. We consciously and at a very practical and direct level follow the leadership of indigenous elders and of the traditions that have been maintained in the face of over 500 years of genocide aimed at destroying those traditions.

All indigenous ceremony is focused on Harmony. Our task is simple – to assure that the balance and power in the ceremony – as led by the spiritual guardians of this land - remains undisturbed. We do so by keeping harmony in the environment in which the ceremony is taking place.

Our path as Harmony Keepers is participating in ceremonies, sweat lodges, martial arts training, and classes in history and culture. Our school offers free services to anyone who would like to participate. This is a gathering place where families come to learn their native ways, where cultural events and song and drum circles are held, and where community activists meet, is open to all - free of charge.

With the targeting of our People, the increasing urgency of the crisis impacting our Mother Earth and the urgent importance of ceremony at this crucial juncture, the Harmony Keepers must grow to keep pace with the demands being placed on us.

Your help is essential. Please become a sustaining supporter of our work at the $100, $75, or $50 level, or at the basic sustainer level of $25 a month. But any donation will be appreciated. In addition, we are in the process of setting up a program to provide “gifts” for your financial support.

$10.00- 2 passes to Community Event

$25.00- Small Gift Box or CD

$50.00 - 2 CD Package

$75.00 - Shirt + Gift Basket

$100.00- Shirt + Gift Basket + CD’s

$200.00- Book/CD’s +Shirt + Basket +4 passes to Noche De Cultura

$500.00- Plaque + Honors + Shirt + 8 passes to Noche De Cultura +Book/CD’s + Gift Basket

Make your check payable to Xochitl Ramos on behalf of the Harmony Keepers, and mail it to 6320 E. Florence Ave., Unit F, Bell Gardens, CA 90201. You can also email us at xochitlollin@yahoo.com.

Many thanks for your prayers, love, and support, and for honoring our work with your help.

Tlazocamati,

Hector Perez Pacheco

Harmony Speaker

Aztlan Mexica Nation Harmony Circle

For fifteen years the indigenous community of Los Angeles

and our relations across the continent have counted on the Harmony Keepers to be there.

We are being called from many quarters for help, even as we face spiraling rent at our center and an accelerating pace of work and training of new warriors for our people.

Now we’re calling on all those who’ve passed through our doors and hearts to join us in a special campaign to make – and keep – the Harmony Keepers financially viable, stable and strong.

One way you can help is by becoming a sustaining supporter of our work. By making a modest donation each month, you can enable us to focus our energies on the urgent work at hand, on reaching youth with a new sense of purpose, and on protecting the sacred traditions of our people.