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proselytizing:

In a world where increasing numbers of people live in highly manufactured landscapes of suburbs and subdivisions, the ancient deep spatial knowledges of people and place held by American Indians and Alaska Natives are crucial if humankind is to find sustainable ways to live in a life-enhancing manner.

we have a responsibility to live respectfully for our children seven generations into the future.

the deepest insights are gained in our doing.

These removals were done by “friends” of Indians who wanted to solve the “Indian problem” with the classic liberal solution to all social problems: education.

a climate shift in our thinking and behavior: a cultural climate shift.

Before we focus exclusively on looking for new technological solutions—and there will certainly be some—we should look at indigenous tribal knowledges for insights into how humankind might not merely survive this global crisis, but thrive in indigenously inspired cultures of life enhancement.

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 interconnected

Defenders of Wildlife,