Southern lesbian-feminists activists in lesbian land groups
Shewolf dedicated her adult life to the dream of lesbian community and in service of women. She worked to achieve equal pay for equal work at the University of Louisiana, at the Lafayette campus in southwest Louisiana. She started holding feminist potlucks that continued for 15 years. Shewolf wore a pants suit to her interview for her job at the University of Louisiana, which was quite revolutionary at the time.
Maria Cristina Moroles, known now by her ceremonial name Ăguila, is an Indigenous curandera, shaman, and landyke who has lived at Santuario Arco Iris, rugged womenâs land in the Ozark Mountains near Ponca, Arkansas, since 1974. The land offers over a hundred acres of sanctuary for women and children, especially women and children of color. In 2000, she founded the Arco Iris Earth Care Project, a nonprofit that preserves 400 acres of neighboring wilderness land.
Maria Cristina Moroles, Ăguila (eagle), has lived at Santuario Arco Iris in the Ozark mountains since 1976. It is one of the few womenâs land communities in the United States founded by women of color. An Indigenous Mexican American curandera (healer), Ăguila turned this very, very rugged mountain land into a sanctuary for women and girls.
Itâs a very complex thing that Iâve taken very seriously as a sacred responsibility. Our mission now is to heal our community, our local community, our Ozark community, and our indigenous community; and to bring all the colors into sacred union again.