Event History
A History of Gatherings, Ceremonies & Cultural Exchange
1999–2026
For decades, Adam Yellow Bird DeArmon has participated in, supported, produced, and helped bring together gatherings, ceremonies, cultural exchanges, pilgrimages, workshops, and community events throughout the Americas and beyond. This archive offers a glimpse into that journey and the many relationships that have shaped the work carried forward today through ICSAW.
Eagle, Quetzal & Condor Unite Gathering
Dead Horse Ranch State Park, Cottonwood, AZ | April 17–19, 2026
Eagle, Quetzal & Condor Council of Elders
Sedona, AZ | April 13–16, 2026
Meeting for Earthdance (May 2017)
Mexicali, Mexico | March 2017
Community Garden Project
Cottonwood, AZ | April 2017
Drum Making Workshop
Sedona, AZ | April 2017
Community Cacao Ceremony/Prayerformance with Alokananda — Served Cacao
Sedona, AZ | March 2017
Training/Initiation/Spiritual Work with Kogi Tribe
Sierra Nevada, Colombia | February–March 2017
New Year's Community Inipi (Sweat Lodge) Ceremony
Sedona, AZ | January 1, 2017
San Pedro Member Class
Sedona, AZ | December 2016
Yahe (Ayahuasca) Ceremony — Medicine/Space Holder with Fingia from Cofan Tribe in Amazon
Sedona, AZ | October 2016
Spirit/Vision Quest Camp
Sedona, AZ | October 2016
Unify Fest — Head Firekeeper
Santa Fe, NM | September 2016
Protecting the Sacred — Elder Calixto from Arhuaco Tribe
Sedona, AZ | May 2016
Spirit/Vision Quest Camp
Sedona, AZ | May 2016
Community Chanupa Ceremony
Sedona, AZ | March 2016
San Pedro Member Class
Sedona, AZ | February 2016
Eagle Quetzal Condor Event — Executive Producer/Founder
Sedona, AZ | April 2015
Yachay Waqaychaq — Peruvian Q'ero Elder
November 29–December 1, 2013
Danza a la Madre Tierra (Earthdance)
October 13–20, 2013
Visit the Kogi
Sierra Nevada, Colombia | March 11–16, 2013
Dawn of a New Time — Gathering of Indigenous Elders from the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Arhuaco and Kogi
Sedona, AZ | June 22–24, 2012
Earth Dance
Tecate, Mexico | May 4–7, 2012
International Indigenous Peace Summit
August 29–30, 2010
Huichol Native — Tat Jose, Medicine Man from Mexico
Sedona, AZ | August 14–17, 2010
Return to the Sacred Fire — A Gathering of Eagles
Grain Valley, MO | June 4–7, 2010
Meeting of the Minds
Burbank, CA | April 11, 2010
Vision Quest Camp
Sedona, AZ | March 20, 2010
Meeting of the Minds '09
Burbank, CA | August 7, 2009
Return of the Ancestors
Northern Arizona | April 18–28, 2009
Bridging the Americas: Coming Home — Reuniting the Eagle & the Condor, Sacred Pilgrimage
Peru–Bolivia | September 5–23, 2008
The EarthDance8
Tenerife, Canary Islands | June 15–19, 2008
The Mayan Prophecy Pilgrimage: History in the Making
November 25–December 9, 2007
ICA Participated with Bahá'í of Sedona — International Day of Peace
Sedona, AZ | September 21, 2007
Dream Rings Around the World — Mt. Fuji, Mt. Shasta & San Francisco Peaks
August 19, 2007
ICA Supports the Hopi/Mexika Sacred Fire-Water Ceremonial Run
July 28, 2007
Sacred Water-Fire Run (Atlachinolli Tzitzicuiniliztli)
Tenochtitlan, Mexico | July 7–28, 2007
Earth Works for Humanity Presents: Indigenous Elders of the Americas Lead Prayers for Global Awareness — Friends of Live Earth 7-7-7
July 7, 2007
Earth Works for Humanity Presents: Mayan Elder Traveling Through the Verde Valley on a Sacred U.S. Tour with a Message of Peace
Verde Valley, AZ | July 2007
ICA Supports the Tiwanaku, Bolivia Gathering
Tiwanaku, Bolivia | June 2007
Earth Dance8 International Multicultural Gathering — Fundación La Puerta, Base of Mount Kuchumaa
Tecate, Baja California, Mexico | 2007
Earth Works for Humanity Presents: Bridging the Americas — Reuniting the Eagle and the Condor Elders Gathering at Lake Titicaca
Peru | March 19–23, 2007
Earth Works for Humanity Presents: Lakota Teachings with David Swallow Jr.
February 24, 2007
Earth Works for Humanity Presents: Benefit Concert Supporting Bridging the Americas Elders Gathering at Lake Titicaca, Peru
January 14, 2007
Earth Dance8 International Multicultural Gathering — Luna Vista B&B
Northern Arizona | 2006
Earth Dance8 International Multicultural Gathering — Rancho Las Juntas (The Gathering Place)
Tecate, Baja California, Mexico | 2006
Earth Works for Humanity Presents: Returning to the Natural World — International Multicultural Weekend Gathering
April 21–23, 2006
Earth Works for Humanity Presents: Thunder in the Desert
April 2, 2006
Earth Works for Humanity Presents: Explore the Andean Textile Art
February 5, 2006
Earth Works for Humanity Presents: The White Road Premiere
February 4, 2006
Earth Dance8 Presents: Teachings with Siberian Shaman Swami Bous Beloyar
October 15–16, 2005
Earth Works for Humanity Presents: Sacred Sites Gathering and Ceremonies
Chicago, IL | August 25–28, 2005
Earth Works for Humanity Presents: Wesak Celebration — Activation of the Sedona Landscape Temple
Sedona, AZ | April 24, 2005
Earth Works for Humanity Presents: The Elders Speak
April 22, 2005
Earth Works for Humanity Presents: Kevin Locke in Sedona
Sedona, AZ | March 7, 2005
Earth Dance8 International Multicultural Gathering — Runes at Talking Waters and Luna Vista B&B
Northern Arizona | 2005
Earth Dance8 International Multicultural Gathering — Rancho Las Juntas (The Gathering Place)
Tecate, Baja California, Mexico | 2005
The Berkeley Video & Film Festival — Best of Festival Award, Documentary (18 minutes): Earth Dance8: Returning to the Natural World — Asher Lyons/Joslyn Rose Lyons
Berkeley, CA | 2004
ICA Presents: Drummers/Singers Gathering and Campout
August 7–8, 2004
ICA Presents: Tibetan Buddhist Teachings with Lama Kusang Norbu
April 4, 2004
Earth Dance8 International Multicultural Gathering — Sun Turtle Journey
Northern Arizona | 2004
Earth Dance8 International Multicultural Gathering — Rancho Las Juntas (The Gathering Place)
Tecate, Baja California, Mexico | 2004
Earth Dance8 International Multicultural Gathering — Angel Valley Ranch
Northern Arizona | 2003
Earth Dance8 International Multicultural Gathering — Rancho Las Juntas (The Gathering Place)
Tecate, Baja California, Mexico | 2003
ICA Presents: Returning to the Natural World Benefit Dinner Concert
February 16, 2003
ICA Presents: Returning to the Natural World with Grandmother Margarite
February 2003
Earth Dance8 International Multicultural Gathering — Jerry & Annie Lawrence
Northern Arizona | 2002
Earth Dance8 International Multicultural Gathering — Kumiai Reservation
Tecate, Baja California, Mexico | 2002
Earth Dance8 International Multicultural Gathering — Kumiai Reservation
Tecate, Baja California, Mexico | 2001
Earth Dance8 International Multicultural Gathering — Kumiai Reservation
Tecate, Baja California, Mexico | 2000
Earth Dance8 International Multicultural Gathering — Kumiai Reservation
Tecate, Baja California, Mexico | 1999