The Pyramid Lake Spiritual Healing Center

The Pyramid Lake Spiritual Healing Center, led by Dean Barlese, a Northern Paiute spiritual elder, is a vital hub for spiritual guidance and cultural preservation within the Indigenous community. Our priority project is clearing space and cultivating a walkable community medicine garden. The garden will include native plants, which will also provide an opportunity for people to visit and learn about the medicinal value and/or food available to us in the region and how to preserve harvests in a good way, while also connecting with the original caretakers of this land.

Once established, our goal would be to build a ceremonial house that Dean and members of the community can facilitate ceremony, gatherings, and workshops. We’d like to invite guests to tend to the garden, learn, and visit with Dean.

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