We are the middle of forever : Indigenous voices from Turtle Island on the changing Earth

Jamail, Dahr, (editor.). Rushworth, Stan, 1945- (editor.).

Summary: For the Indigenous people of the world, radical alteration of the planet, and of life itself, is a story that is many generations long. They have had to adapt, to persevere, and to be courageous and resourceful in the face of genocide and destruction. Their experience has given them a unique understanding of civilizational devastation. The essays in this book place Indigenous voices at the center of conversations about today's environmental crisis. People from different North American Indigenous cultures and communities, generations, and geographic regions share their knowledge and experience, their questions, their observations, and their dreams of maintaining the best relationship possible to all of life. -- adapted from jacket

Record details

ISBN: 9781620977194
ISBN: 1620976692
ISBN: 9781620976692
Physical Description: xxi, 340 pages ; 24 cm
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Publisher: New York : The New Press, 2022.
Copyright: ©2022

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:

Preface / Stan Rushworth [Tsalagi] -- Early warnings / Stan Rushworth -- Strength / President Fawn Sharp (Quinault) -- A sense of permanence / Gregg Castro (Salinan/Ohlone) -- Living from the heart / Ilarion Merculieff (Unagan) -- Awareness / Raquel Ramirez (Ho-Chunk, Ojibwe, Lenca) -- Trust / Lyla June Johnston (Diné [Navajo], Tsétsêhéstâhese [Cheyenne]) -- Kinship / Dr. Kyle Powys Whyte (Potawatomi) -- Sacred feminine and sacred masculine / Terri Delahanty (Cree) -- Returning to fire / Steven Pratt (Amah Mutsun) -- Change / Marita Hacker (Hunkpapa, Norwegian) -- Balance / Shannon Rivers (Akimel O'otham) -- Healing / Edgar Ibarra (Chicano, Yoeme, Tarahumara) -- Stewardship / Alexii Sigona (Amah Mutsun) -- The courage to remember / Tahnee Henningsen (Konkow Maidu) -- Dispelling delusion with alchemy / Melissa K. Nelson, PhD (Anishinaabe/Métis [Turtle Mountain Chippewa]) -- Cultural competency / Kanyon Sayers-Roods (Mutsun Ohlone/Chumash) -- Restoration / The Honorable Ron W. Goode (North Fork Mono) -- Recognition / Corrina Gould (Confederated Villages of Lisjan) -- The capacity of language / Natalie Diaz (Mojave/Akimel O'odham) -- Paradigm shift / Melina Laboucan-Massimo (Lubicon Cree) -- Medicine.