An Indigenous-led nonprofit and independent intertribal Native American church in Texas dedicated to restoring Indigenous spirituality, sacred land stewardship, and intergenerational healing. We create safe ceremonial and creative spaces for our Indigenous, Two-Spirit, & Veteran relatives across Turtle Island to reconnect with land, language, and ancestral medicine, reclaiming the sacred relationship between land, spirit, and community. Nopal & Mesquite Sacred Pathways A 501c3 Non-Profit organization and independent intertribal Native American church in Texas dedicated to the restoration of Indigenous spirituality, sacred land stewardship, and intergenerational healing. Our work began with a vision to create safe ceremonial and creative spaces for our Indigenous Two-Spirit relatives across Turtle Island to reconnect with land, language, and ceremony. Today, that vision continues to guide everything we do—from community gatherings to ecological restoration. We are reclaiming the sacred relationship between land, spirit, and community through ceremony, prayer, and our traditional ancestral teachings. Follow us on Instagram @nopalandmesquite Load more About Us Nopal & Mesquite Sacred Pathways a 501c3 and Independent Intertribal 2-Spirit Native American Church rooted in the cultural and spiritual traditions of our Native Ancestors from this land. Guided by ceremony, prayer, and the sacred responsibility of stewardship, we serve our indigenous community of faith and are committed to the healing of our peoples, our lands, and our spirits. Our Members and Spiritual Council are 100% composed of Indigenous Leadership, Native Elders, and Texas Intertribal community members who guide our ceremonies, teachings, and community work. At Nopal & Mesquite Sacred Pathway we weave together ancestral teachings, ceremony, and community service. Each pathway reflects a living prayer — honoring our relationship with the Creator, the Land, our Ancestors, and all our Relations. Sacred Land & Food Stewardship We tend to Mother Earth as a sacred relative. Through traditional Indigenous foodways and regenerative agriculture, we restore harmony between people, plants, and soil. Our ministry recognizes that food is medicine and cultivates native foods such as nopal, mesquite, and other sacred plants, teaching that each seed is a prayer for future generations. This sacred work supports food sovereignty, ecological healing, and the spiritual renewal of our communities. Language & Ancestral Knowledge Language is ceremony — each word carries the spirit of our ancestors. Through our language circles, storytelling gatherings, and cultural teachings, we revitalize the spoken prayers and songs of our different nations. These programs serve as sacred classrooms where elders and youth come together to ensure that our ancestral tongues continue to live and breathe in community. Animal Therapy We integrate traditional healing by connecting people with sacred animals like horses, dogs, & buffalo to support the emotional, mental, and spiritual well-being of Indigenous communities and veterans. We create healing spaces that foster connection, resilience, and renewal. Additionally, we facilitate service animal placement for Veterans and Community Members with Disabilities ensuring trained animals provide ongoing support for those in need. Art as Ceremony Healing Through Art + Indigenous Artist Residency Art is prayer made visible. Through creative expression, storytelling, skill share, and traditional craft circles we celebrate artistic creation as a form of ceremony. Our Indigenous Artist Residency Program provides Native artists sacred space, resources, and mentorship to create works that honor their lineage and teachings. Ceremonial & Spiritual Connections Ceremony is the heart of Nopal & Mesquite. Through prayer, song, sweats, and sacred fire, we gather to give thanks, to heal, and to restore balance. Our ceremonial practices are rooted in Indigenous traditions that honor Mother Earth, our Ancestors, and the sacred cycles of life in a spirit of prayer, reverence and respect we walk the sacred pathways of the great red road. Sacred Ceremonial Land Campaign Building a Home for the Future We are sending prayers to creator to raise capital to establish a permanent ceremonial homesite in the Capital of Texas — a place of prayer, worship, and community healing for Native People in Texas. This land will serve as the heart of Nopal & Mesquite Sacred Pathways, uniting our ministries into a living community space for future generations. Your offerings help us create a sacred space where Indigenous spiritual renewal can flourish. Ways to Donate Venmo Email: Council@NopalandMesquite.org Instagram: @nopalandmesquite Member Portal is a Private Member Only protected site. Request Access via Email: Council@nopalandmesquite.org Meet Our Spiritual Council Partnerships Volunteer

Our Spiritual Council Nopal & Mesquite Sacred Pathways Board of Directors Austin, Texas Board of Directors Indigenous-Led, Indigenous-Centered Nopal and Mesquite Sacred Pathways is a 100% Indigenous-led organization, guided and stewarded entirely by Indigenous leadership and community members. Every aspect of our work—from ceremony and land stewardship to education and community organizing—is shaped by Indigenous knowledge, responsibility, and lived experience. Our members and leaders come from the peoples whose lands, waters, and cultures we serve. This ensures that decisions are made with accountability to community, ancestors, and future generations, rather than outside interests. We believe sovereignty begins with self-determination, and that Indigenous communities are best positioned to lead their own pathways of healing, restoration, and cultural continuity. Libre Rocha Director Libre Rocha (Lipan Apache / Coahuiltecan) is a Two-Spirit Navy Veteran in Austin, Texas, and a founding Member of Nopal & Mesquite Sacred Pathways. Libre’s work bridges traditional lifeways with community resilience. They bring a strong background in Indigenous land-based healing, conservation, and cultural revitalization, grounded in the belief that healing the land and healing the people are one and the same. Libre studied Apache language at Tohono O’odham College and is deeply committed to language preservation and intergenerational education. Libre also currently serves as the Deputy Director of the Indigenous Peyote Conservation Initiate and previously served through Americorps Vista as Volunteer Manager for Texas Tribal Buffalo Project, a Lipan Apache matriarchal-led “Iyanne” buffalo conservation herd restoring the buffalo to the South Texas prairie. Drawing from a wide range of experience—including work as a tattoo artist and Aveda stylist in Brooklyn, traditional adobe construction, urban farming, and designing off-grid tiny homes in Atlanta—Libre integrates art, design, and traditional ecological knowledge into each aspect of Nopal & Mesquite’s work. Their vision is to nurture pathways of reconnection between people, land, and spirit—cultivating a future rooted in balance, beauty, and collective healing. Eagle Bear Alvarado Deputy Director Eagle Bear Alvarado (Lipan Apache / Nahua ) is a father, husband, culinary artist, community organizer, and cultural practitioner in Corpus Christi Texas whose work centers around food sovereignty, climate justice, community representation, and Indigenous cultural preservation. Born between the Oso Creek and Bays of now called Corpus Christi, Texas, he carries forward teachings from his elders while actively representing Indigenous presence in public, educational, and community spaces. He is the founder of Four Elements Indigenous Cuisine, where he bridges ancestral foodways, with contemporary practice advancing food sovereignty by centering Indigenous knowledge as living, shared wisdom and by creating food experiences that nourish physical health, cultural identity, and community belonging. Eagle Bear has served as a Bison Meat Distribution Coordinator for Texas Tribal Buffalo Project through AmeriCorps VISTA, advancing Native food security and health outcomes, and has been recognized by the Gulf of Mexico Youth Climate Summit for leadership in youth and climate advocacy. In 2023, he was a key organizer in planning the Corpus Christi Turtle Bay Pow Wow, supporting cultural visibility, community gathering and environmenal awareness. He is an active member of Kalpulli Ollin Papalotl, part of the Conformidad Ollinkan from Tenochtitlan (present day Mexico City) where he participates in ceremony and teachings that sustain cultural continuity and has shared the traditional Mesoamerican ballgame ulama in cultural exchanges including in Canada. His work is grounded in reciprocity and Indigenous teachings that understand "Food is Medicine", supporting community well-being and cultural resilience. Ehecatl Cortes Cultural Ambassador of Mexico Ehecatl Cortes (Chalca / Matlazinca / Mazahua) was born and raised in the Anahuac Valley of Mexico and has dedicated his life to ecological restoration and cultural preservation, with water at the center of his work—its retention, capture, purification, and protection. His practice bridges bioconstruction, ecological technologies, and traditional Anahuac cultural knowledge, honoring the deep relationship between land, water, and people. A practitioner and teacher of traditional dances, ancestral medicine, and Ulama (the Mesoamerican ball game), Ehecatl brings living Indigenous traditions into Indigenous and rural communities across Mexico and the southern United States. His work emphasizes continuity—ensuring these practices are not only remembered, but actively lived, taught, and adapted in community-centered ways. Ehecatl serves as a representative and ambassador to Mexico for Nopal and Mesquite Sacred Pathways, supporting cross-border relationship building, collaboration, and knowledge exchange. Recognizing that Indigenous nations and cultural lineages long predate modern borders, his role strengthens ongoing cooperation with Indigenous relatives on both sides of the U.S.–Mexico border. Through this work, he helps foster shared stewardship of land, water, and cultural responsibility rooted in ancestral ties. Committed to collective sovereignty and ecological balance, Ehecatl continues to collaborate with Indigenous collectives—including Zapatista communities—on projects that center traditional knowledge, community autonomy, and regenerative relationships with the natural world. Maurice Gonzalez Treasurer Maurice Gonzalez (Lipan Apache / Coahuiltecan) is a Navy Veteran and Certified Surgical Technician who brings a steady, disciplined approach to service, leadership, and community care. His path reflects a balance between modern medical practice and Indigenous responsibility, rooted in accountability, humility, and respect for life. From 2014 to 2024, Maurice served on active duty in the United States Navy as a Hospital Corpsman specializing in surgical technology. Through years of military medicine, he developed a deep commitment to precision, teamwork, and calm leadership under pressure—skills that continue to inform his work both professionally and in community settings. He currently serves in the Navy Reserves while working as a Certified Surgical Technician. Beyond his medical career, Maurice is deeply engaged in Indigenous land and cultural stewardship. He volunteers in the care and protection of sacred peyote lifeways, supporting conservation efforts that safeguard this medicine for future generations. His commitment extends to participation in traditional cultural and ceremonial spaces, including bear dances, buffalo harvests, and sweat lodges, where responsibility, discipline, and prayer guide each role. Maurice’s work centers on restoring relationships between people, land, and tradition. Through service, cultural continuity, and hands-on stewardship, he contributes to pathways of healing that strengthen both community and place. Kyle Gropp Director of Operations Kyle Gropp (Lipan Apache / Coahuiltecan) walks the Red Road as a Two-Spirit healer with roots in Texas, Ciudad de México and Monterrey , México. Raised within a large Indigenous family, Kyle learned early the values of community, care, and shared responsibility—teachings that continue to shape his path and the way he shows up in service to others. Kyle’s work weaves together spiritual guidance, bodywork, and intuitive practice to support balance, release, and reconnection. Central to his role is his responsibility as a fire keeper, including ceremony fire keeping, sweat lodge fire tending, and traditional bow drill fire-making. Through this work, Kyle carries the discipline, focus, and prayer required to hold ceremonial space, understanding fire as both teacher and relative. He supports sweat lodge and ceremonial spaces with attentiveness and respect, ensuring safety, continuity, and spiritual integrity. His presence reflects an understanding that healing work is not about authority, but about service—listening deeply to the body, to spirit, and to ancestral wisdom. Kyle has traveled across the nation learning from elders, healers, and communities, building relationships and sharing light wherever he is welcomed. His intention is to help people remember their own capacity to heal and to reconnect with themselves, their ancestors, and the living world. Healing, for Kyle, is a shared journey—walked side by side, in humility, prayer, and community. Meagan Alvarado Meagan (Lipan Apache / Nahua) was born in so-called Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and raised and currently lives in Corpus Christi, Texas. She is of Lipan Apache and Nahua Indigenous descent and has been a ranked member of Kalpulli Papalotl for over twelve years. Married in a traditional Mexica ceremony, Meagan continues to walk a life rooted in ancestral teachings, responsibilities, and Indigenous lifeways passed down through generations. Meagan is one of the caretakers and leaders of the community’s sweat lodges, which are intentionally run by a woman and a man together to honor balance, reciprocity, and the presence of Two-Spirit relatives. In this role, she helps hold ceremonial space with care, discipline, and prayer—supporting safety, spiritual integrity, and continuity while honoring the complementary responsibilities carried within ceremony. Her commitment to land-based stewardship is reflected in her service with the Texas Tribal Buffalo Project through AmeriCorps, where she supported Indigenous-led efforts centered on buffalo restoration, food sovereignty, and cultural revitalization. This work deepened her relationship with the land and reinforced the interconnected responsibilities between education, ceremony, and ecological care. Meagan has also dedicated herself to building meaningful relationships with Indigenous communities across Texas and organizing Indigenous-centered gatherings, including the First Annual Turtle Bay Powwow. With over seven years of experience as an educator, she views education as a form of service—grounded in land-based learning, cultural continuity, and collective responsibility. As a wife and mother, she carries these values into both her family and community life, finding balance and renewal through time outdoors, dancing, and learning. Director of Indigenous Programs

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Partnerships + Coalition Building At Nopal & Mesquite Sacred Pathways , we believe lasting change is not created in isolation. It grows through relationship, trust, and shared responsibility. Our work is strengthened by walking alongside other nonprofits, grassroots organizers, and small entrepreneurs who are rooted in community and committed to cultural care, healing, and collective well-being. Each partner brings unique knowledge, lived experience, and skills that help our shared communities thrive. Coalition building allows us to braid our efforts rather than duplicate them. By supporting one another’s work, sharing resources, and honoring each organization’s sovereignty and purpose, we create stronger pathways for impact. These partnerships are not transactional — they are relational. Together, we cultivate resilience, uplift community-led solutions, and ensure that our work remains accountable to the people and places we serve. Tribex Garden TribeX Museum a 501c3 dedicated to environmental stewardship, regenerative agriculture, community education, and creative sustainability. We empower communities through hands-on ecological learning, regenerative gardening workshops, digital media education, and renewable fashion programs. Four Elements Indigenous Cuisine Four Elements Indigenous Cuisine Lipan Apache-owned and operated culinary collective based in Texas dedicated to reconnecting people with traditional Indigenous food-ways, community nourishment, and cultural wellness. Their approach blends knowledge of Indigenous food ethics with deep cultural respect — using every opportunity to teach, nourish, and build relationships through healing meals. Wildflower Forest Wildflower Forest small-batch herbal teas (tisanes), pure plant-based perfumes, and mindful self-care. Houston-based and Texas-made, we share practical tips, botanical stories, and plant-forward wellness insights using organic, all-natural, and sustainable ingredients.

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