Walking In Beauty, Life As Ceremony

Walking in Beauty, Life As Ceremony
7 Peaks for 7 Sister, MMIW

November 8 – November 30, 2025

Opening Reception: Saturday, Nov. 8,  4pm to 8pm

Organizer/Curators: Artivists Way of the Sacred Mountain organization, Teyana Viscarra and Norm Sands

Indigenous Cultures Educator, Heather Gallana

Walking In Beauty, Life as Ceremony is a new exhibition at the Bonita Museum and Cultural Center, about MMIW, missing and murdered indigenous warriors. Organized and curated by Artivists Way of the Sacred Mountain organization, Teyana Viscarra and Norm Sands with Heather Gallana, Indigenous Cultures Educator at the museum. The Honoring Ceremonies with blessings will take place on Saturday, November 8, 2025 from 4pm – 8pm.

Way of the Sacred Mountain is an Indigenous-led, grassroots partnership that breaks the silence on the brutal truths of the past and the continuing injustices of the present through their ongoing efforts to raise awareness of crucial issues impacting Indian Country, especially the crisis of MMIW, Missing and Murdered Indigenous Warriors. They provide a safe space and a call for healing through prayer, action and remembrance.

Walking in Beauty is act of remembrance, reclamation of Indigenous Womanhood and resistance against colonial erasure. It offers space for grief to breathe and healing to begin, centering the voices of families and survivors who are too often silenced. The hope is to honor the enduring strength, beauty, and sacredness of our people. This exhibit is a bold affirmation: “We Are Still Here – and still BEAUTIFUL. – Teyana Viscarra, curator

Red Tipi honoring ceremony

 

Curator Teyana with friends in the exhibit

 

Walking in Beauty, Life as Ceremony opening