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Identity Work & Land Acknowledgement

10/12/2020

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Trudy
10/12/2020 02:12:58 pm

Hi Michael - I enjoyed your video about acknowledging the lands we currently occupy and their history. And, although I agree that it's an important first step, I continue to be disheartened by our human-centered civilization. Also this morning a read a piece in the Guardian written by an indigenous leader in Ecuador, who speaks eloquently and from experience about relationships with land and life, reverence, and respect. Here's the link and a quote from the article. Now I'm going for a hike!

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/oct/12/western-worldyour-civilisation-killing-life-on-earth-indigenous-amazon-planet?CMP=share_btn_fb

"It took us thousands of years to get to know the Amazon rainforest. To understand her ways, her secrets, to learn how to survive and thrive with her. And for my people, the Waorani, we have only known you for 70 years (we were “contacted” in the 1950s by American evangelical missionaries), but we are fast learners, and you are not as complex as the rainforest."

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Michael
10/12/2020 02:57:46 pm

Thanks for commenting Trudy. I totally understand your disheartenment regarding the "human-centric" world view. AS I said in the video, over the course of the next few videos I plan on digging a little deeper into cultural points and identity work and will be discussing an number of practices that indigenous cultures around the world took part in that supported a world view of unity and appreciation - including our connectedness to non-humans. All simple things that create deep connections.

best

M

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Angie Stegall link
10/26/2020 12:09:32 pm

This is so interesting...and totally foreign to me. First - so interesting b/c I've seen the maps of native tribes popping up on FB a lot. It is a powerfully humble reminder. Second - this is so foreign to me b/c I am from...nowhere. I was born in California, but immediately moved to the Philippines and to 10 different places after that. In the past few years, I've begun to feel a deep desire to "root in place." I cannot/don't want to root where I currently am (in a suburb in a town I do not like...but here to care for my MIL who has Alzheimer's). I am looking for land in the mountains of western NC...a place to partner with, to get to know, to create a relationship with. And to study who was there in the past. Thanks for these thought-provoking videos. I appreciate them and you!

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