NOPAL & MESQUITE
Sacred Pathways
A Legal 501c3 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 ancestral medicine. 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 ancestral teachings.
About Us
Nopal & Mesquite Sacred Pathways is legal Texas and IRS 501c3 and Independent Intertribal Native American Church in Texas rooted in the ancestral spiritual traditions of Indigenous peoples of this land.
Guided by ceremony, prayer, and the sacred responsibility of stewardship, we serve as an indigenous community of faith committed to the healing of our peoples, our lands, and our spirits.
Our Members and Council are composed of Indigenous spiritual leaders, elders, and tribal community members who guide our ceremonies, teachings, and community outreach ministries.
OUR SACRED MISSION
Rooted in the land, we walk the path of healing through prayer, ceremony, and sacred service.
We weave hope and healing together with: Ceremony, Prayer, Connection to the land, Cultural Preservation, and Animal Therapy to renew our spiritual connection to the Creator, the Land, the Ancestors, and each other.
Our mission is to restore balance — for our Indigenous, 2 Spirit, and Veteran circles, and for all who seek healing through the sacred traditional ways of our peoples.
Our origin is in the Two-Spirit circle—a space of balance, beauty, and belonging. We honor the traditional roles of Two-Spirit people as healers, mediators, and knowledge keepers, and we continue this lineage through our work in land restoration, cultural revitalization, and communal care.
OUR
SACRED
MINISTRIES
At Nopal & Mesquite Sacred Pathway our ministries 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 Ministry
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 Ministry
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 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.
Art as Ceremony Ministry
Healing Through Art & Indigenous Artist Residency
Art is prayer made visible.
Through creative expression, storytelling, and traditional crafts, we offer healing circles and artist residencies that celebrate art 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.
In doing so, we affirm art as a spiritual medicine that connects us to the Divine and to each other.
Animal Therapy Ministry
We integrate traditional healing by connecting sacred animals like buffalo and horses 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, ensuring trained animals provide ongoing support for those in need.
Sacred Land Campaign
Building a Home for the Future
We are sending up prayers to creator and raising sacred offerings to establish a permanent ceremonial homesite in Austin, Texas — a place of prayer, worship, and community healing.
This land will serve as the heart of Nopal & Mesquite Sacred Pathways, uniting our ministries in one living sanctuary for future generations.
Your offerings help us create a sacred space where Indigenous-led spiritual renewal can flourish.
Ceremonial Gatherings & Spiritual Connections
Ceremony is the heart of Nopal & Mesquite.
Through prayer, song, dance, and sacred fire, we gather to give thanks, to heal, and to restore balance.
Our ceremonies 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.
