Sherri Mitchell Weh’na Ha’mu Kwasset: We Need a Kincentric Worldview | Atmos
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Sherri Mitchell Weh’na Ha’mu Kwasset: We Need a Kincentric Worldview | Atmos
The climate crisis and the Anthropocene have made it clear that our old stories – often fixated on human heroes conquering nature or extracting resources – are inadequate. We need narratives that foreground entanglement: the interdependence of humans, non-human creatures, and the Earth itself.
From my perspective as a Native American woman, I have always been taught from an early age by my parents, grandparents, and relatives to respect all beings. I have been taught that I am part of everything that exists—from the elements of air, fire, water, Mother Earth, and the ethers, the stones, and the stars in the heavens.17 This
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