Elders are our wisdom keepers, our record holders and our heart talkers. Elders are people who speak truths that need to be spoken, not popular truths, sometimes difficult to hear, but yet essential for the health, growth, and balance of the people...elders hold our recent history in life experiences that they have lived. They are mirrors for us, they are our storytellers, our educators, our healers, our spiritual lineage holders, our mystics and prophets.