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Introduction
Shawn Kent Hayashi • Conversations for Change
We will wrap him in bright colors. I do not know the ways of our people. I was too young when they took me, and then the school meant to make what I knew a sin. Everything I have left to share, to pass down to you will have to be good enough. All I have to tell you about being Cheyenne came from my mother, before she died, and because she was dying
... See moreTommy Orange • Wandering Stars
Tribal society produced very few loners, a type that was common among the mountain men.
Richard Grant • Ghost Riders: Travels with American Nomads
And an almost reverential attitude to the ideal of personal freedom for those who already had it.
— bury my heart at wounded knee
Our family stories will outlast the stories of this civilization,
Tyson Yunkaporta • Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World
Among our Potawatomi people, women are the Keepers of Water. We carry the sacred water to ceremonies and act on its behalf. “Women have a natural bond with water, because we are both life bearers,” my sister said. “We carry our babies in internal ponds and they come forth into the world on a wave of water. It is our responsibility to safeguard the
... See moreRobin Wall Kimmerer • Braiding Sweetgrass
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.