Mona Polacca

Mona Polacca M.S.W. is a citizen of the Colorado River Indian Tribes of Parker, Arizona Her tribal lineage is of the Havasupai, Hopi, and Tewa tribes. Grandmother Mona is a leader in many Indigenous groups and organizations. She is a social, spiritual leader and activist, working to protect nature and water, peace, and the consciousness of oneness. She is a water woman and serves as the Treasurer of the Native American Church of Southern Arizona. She is a founding member of the International Council of 13 Indigenous Grandmothers – whose mission is to preserve and protect Indigenous earth-based medicine. She is the President of The Turtle Island Project, founded by Western practitioners and Native American healers who share a vision of health that blends the science of psychoneuroimmunology with Indigenous wisdom and practices.  Mona currently works with the Indigenous Environmental Network – Indigenous Water Ethics Initiative. She serves on the Advisory Board of Notre Dame University, Law School – Religious Liberties Initiative, the Indigenous Medicine Conservation initiative, and Elder Advisor to Indigenous Alliance Without Borders. She is the President of The Turtle Island Project, founded by Western practitioners and Native American healers who share a vision of health that blends the science of psychoneuroimmunology with Indigenous wisdom and practices. Mona currently works with the Indigenous Environmental Network – Indigenous Water Ethics Initiative. She serves on the Advisory Board of Notre Dame University, Law School – Religious Liberties Initiative, the Indigenous Medicine Conservation initiative, and Elder Advisor to Indigenous Alliance Without Borders.