Ancient Ritual Postures by Belinda Gore

As summer comes gliding into our lives, I'm spending more time with the Great Circle Alliance, a nonprofit offering programs encouraging and amplifying the contemporary human voice in the ancient monumental indigenous sites of Ohio. The Great Circle is a portion of the Newark Earthworks, probably the largest geometric earthwork complex in the world. Right here in central Ohio. Check out

Home - Great Circle Alliance The Great Circle Alliance (GCA) is an independent nonprofit organization with the goal of raising awareness and encourage contemporary Native voices – artists, scholars, archeologists, and local communities – bringing human presence back into what was once a vibrant sophisticated culture. We ope...

I’m excited to share with you about a new venture in my life. Isn’t it interesting how one thing leads to another under when we follow our inner guidance? This new project, The Great Circle Alliance, is a natural evolution of working with ritual postures all these years. They have taught me to appreciate the wisdom our indigenous ancestors passed along to us - if we only have the eyes to see and the ears to hear.

My Journey of Discovery: The Hopewell Earthworks I grew up in Ohio and was educated here from first grade through my doctoral program at The Ohio State University. All I knew about earthworks was that the Serpent Mound in southwestern Ohio was famous; I had visited once when I was in grade school. When I learned about the Hopewell culture and the