Date: 2026/05/24. Speakers: Joanna Hill and Rev. Dr. Rin LaJoy. At Clouds in Water Zen Center.

Joanna Hill is from the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe in Minnesota. My clan is the Bullhead (Wawaazisii) which is one of the five original clans of the Anishinaabe People. The Wawaazisii clan people are mediators, teachers, scholars and healers. My Ojibwe name is Kiizhibaayaanimadookwe, which means Whirlwind Woman. I am an Indigenous Herbalist. I use and practice my ancestral wisdom when working with the plants. I've had lifelong relationships with plants but when I started to learn more deeply about my cultural teachings and ceremonies this opened a door for me and deepened my relationships with the plants. I am deeply grateful for my elders and spiritual teachers.

Rin LaJoy (he/him), PhD is a plant evolutionary biologist by training and receiv ...