Category: First Nations
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Ancestor Ceremony
This past Sunday we held our annual Ancestor’s ceremony. We usually perform this ceremony during the Days of the Dead, but this year we delayed it due to our India trip. The ceremony remembers those who have gone before us, those who have created the conditions for our lives. We honor all beings who have…
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Notable Blogs 11/19/2010
November is a month for remembrance, reading Native literature, and preparing the way for peace, even as we acknowledge the costs of war, genocide, and environmental degradation. As we remember the past, and express gratitude for our blessings, the following writers encourage us also to look to the work ahead. Siouxhudsonliteracy asks that, in this…
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Approaching Thanksgiving
It is now late Autumn, here, almost exactly halfway between the North Pole and the Equator. Although the past few days have been warm, there is always a chill to the air. I find it difficult to believe that three weeks ago I was sweltering near the Equator. Night comes early and stays long. The…
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NGO’s and the Fate of India’s Tribal Peoples
In this video, Magdalene Jeyarathnam, one of South India’s most accomplished, and socially engaged, psychotherapists, and Jennie Kristel, discuss the displacement, and other social ills, faced by India’s tribal peoples. Here, Magdalene expresses concerns about the effects of World Wildlife Fund, and other NGOs’, policies on Indigenous people in India.
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