So, when I was a journalist (in the 1990s and early 2000s), I corresponded with Brenda Norrell (of Censored News), who was shut out Indian Country Today for reporting on certain subjects. I also interviewed #Indigenous elders and leaders -- including two #Wabanaki governors.

Pretty much the message I got from all of them was that if we didn't change our ways and reverse exploitation of #MotherEarth then we would suffer the consequences. I believe we are now in the time that was spoken of...

The Hopi prophecies are coming true — here’s why we should pay attention

by Cyril Christo | Aug. 4, 2021

"If the mentality that rules the modern world wins, and the true caretakers of land and life lose charge of their trust, the human sojourn in this world will come to a painful conclusion, along with almost every other life form. But if the wisdom of the Ancient World prevails, our peaceful tenure could last indefinitely. It is time humanity chose either the path of annihilation or the path of everlasting life.

"Not long ago Davi Kopenawa, an elder of the Yanomami of the Amazon, whose people have suffered invasions of their land, killings by foreign gold miners and unprecedented fires, told the world, whatever is happening to us, will happen to you.

"Listening, respecting and acting on the wisdom of the first peoples of the world may save civilization. The elders have been right all along. The emergency is here. It has arrived. The time to act is now."

https://thehill.com/changing-america/opinion/566362-the-hopi-prophecies-are-coming-true-heres-why-we-should-pay/

#ClimateCrisis #IndigenousWisdom

As Robin Wall Kimmerer harvests serviceberries alongside the birds, she considers the ethic of reciprocity that lies at the heart of the gift economy. How, she asks, can we learn from Indigenous wisdom and ecological systems to reimagine currencies of exchange?

https://emergencemagazine.org/essay/the-serviceberry/

#Indigenous #IndigenousWisdom #Nature #Emergence