About us
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Our Inspiration
Kola was first sparked through the quiet presence of *Sitting Deer*,
whose memory reminds us that sovereignty is not won through noise,
but through harmonics of truth.
Rooted in the ancestral wisdom of the Red Road and open to all paths that honor life,
Kola welcomes all who walk with respect, coherence, and peace — regardless of origin or belief.
OUR CORE PILLARS
*Presence over Possession*
We cherish being more than having.
*Clarity over Chaos*
We walk with coherence, not confusion.
*Private over Public*
We honor sacred trust, not public display.
*Sovereignty in Symbolism*
Our emblems and actions reflect living truth.
*Service through Fire*
We protect the sacred and illuminate the path for others.
The Root Flame: Tanahuachi and the Birth of Kola
Over thirty years ago, the Tanahuachi Kiva was founded by a Medicine Man from the Apache Chiricahua tradition. What began as a private ceremonial circle has grown over decades into a community-guided path of Native American spiritual practice, rooted in the values of balance, clarity, responsibility, and deep care for the Earth and all beings.
Tanahuachi is not a symbolic ideal — it is a real place, a living system, a circle of families, Elders, youth, and prayer.
It has remained active for over three decades thanks to the dedication of individuals who have offered their time, labor, and spirit to build the sacred grounds, maintain the fire, and protect the principles it teaches.
Its teachings are clear:
There is no guilt, no shame — only clarity.
There is no hierarchy — only the circle.
The divine is not above — it is within.
The Earth is not a resource — she is our Mother and holds us all.
Growth does not come through control — but through coherence and right relationship.
Tanahuachi remains an autonomous Kiva, and is governed through traditional lifeways — not as an institution, but as a spiritual body rooted in Indigenous sovereignty.
Kola Nation: A Manifestation of the Tanahuachi Foundation
Kola Nation was born through direct relationship with Tanahuachi and remains in alignment with its original flame.
It is not a breakaway or reinterpretation, but a structural extension: a Nation seeking to give form to the teachings received — through land protection, lawful structure, food independence, and spiritual clarity in the modern world.
We consider Tanahuachi to be the source circle from which Kola moves outward — a walking prayer shaped into practical infrastructure.
Kola does not represent Tanahuachi.
Kola honors it by walking its lessons forward.
The Path We Walk
We gather to care for the land.
We gather to pour the sacred waters in the Inipi — the womb of the Earth.
We gather to Dance for Peace, to dance for Gratitude,
To bring back the original breath of the human soul — pure, unbroken.
We gather to see through each other’s eyes.
To break the illusion of separation.
To live once more as a circle.
This is the birthplace of the Nation of Kola.
Not an institution.
Not a movement.
But an intent — the will to walk upright, to walk in beauty.
Kola Is the Footprint of That Flame
Kola is the footprint of clarity across a muddy field of confusion.
We are the attempt to build a living nation that embodies the principles preserved in ancestral knowledge.
We bring structure to the spirit.
We build trust structures that reflect natural law.
We protect land as sacred, not as real estate.
We use law as a tool of alignment, not of domination.
Kola does not claim authority. It claims remembrance.
We are not rebels — we are returners.
Where traditional knowledge preserved the sacred circle,
Kola draws the line forward.
Together, we are flame and footprint.
Fire and soil.
Memory and manifestation.
