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40th Annual Native American Elders and Youth Gathering

July 26 – 28th, 2024

(Theme to be Announced)

Are you interested in joining the Planning Committee?
Email us at eldersgathering@sunray.org

Thank you for your generous donations supporting Elders’ travel, lodging and food, as well as other event related expenses.

39th Annual Native American
Elders and Youth Gathering

July 28th – 30th, 2023

This Year’s Theme: “The Power of Sound and Thought Revealing Luminous Clarity

All appearances are vibration and our thought flows within a field of communication and together, we are dreaming a world of beauty.  

This year we will explore more deeply the impact of our thought, emotions and sound upon life experience and choose the harmonization of appearances of discordance.  

The power of song, the sound of our thought, the voice of our view, contributes to the appearances arising and we choose to sing the sounds of liberation.

Venerable Dhyani Ywahoo

Join us on the zoom platform or in person at the beautiful Peace Village in Lincoln, Vermont, for the 39th annual Native American Elders and Youth Gathering Friday- Sunday,  July 28 – 30 , 2023,  with workshops Monday July 31.  This gathering is hosted by Ven. Dhyani Ywahoo, chief of the Green Mountain Ani Yun Wi Wa, and Sunray Meditation Society & Peace Village.

The Indigenous peoples of the Americas prophesied that the day would come when they would share their spiritual teachings with all people. For 38 years, Ven. Dhyani Ywahoo, Sunray’s spiritual director, and Sunray Meditation Society have been fulfilling that prophecy through its annual Elders Gathering. This 39th year we are inviting young people as well as Elders to present and share from their hearts. 

Elders and Youth Gathering is a place for everyone of like-mind and -heart, committed to living in harmony with the Earth and all living beings, to learn, listen, share, and experience the creative power of a global spiritual community.

At the annual Elders and Youth Gathering, Indigenous Youth and Elders, along with quantum physicists, and environmental and earth scientists, come together with the community from all walks of life and many different nationalities. Elders share wisdom, reveal the sacred teachings within ancient prophecies, and engage in multi-generational, community discussions about building a new way of walking in harmony with Mother Earth.

This year, Elders and Youth Gathering will be a hybrid event, live-streamed from the Sunray Peace Village in Lincoln Vermont (following Vermont and CDC Health Guidelines).

Special Events

Post-Elders and Youth Gathering Workshops

Register for Interactive discussions with Elders and Youth. Click Here for more information.

Passing The Flame

Join us for viewing of this 2nd film of the Peace Village trio by Katherine Marielle . More details…

Healing Services

Sign-up for Personal Sessions with Mayan Spiritual Guide, Nana Wilma. Click Here for more information.


Learn more about Sunray in the world

Visit Our Website sunray.org

We are an international spiritual organization dedicated to world peace and reconciliation.
Our Peace Village is a sanctuary based upon the Cherokee Peace Villages.

Sunray at the United Nations

Sunray achieved recognition by the United Nations as an accredited non governmental organization (NGO) in 1992. Learn more about Sunray’s NGO activities.

Peace Village Documentary

Explore how ancient Indigenous prophecies and quantum physics are interrelated in this award winning documentary filmed during Sunray Elders Gatherings.