Semi-author-ized L.J. on Nostr: "'[M]ost traditional #Indigenous communities are not passive observers of nature,' ...
"'[M]ost traditional #Indigenous communities are not passive observers of nature,' writes Lyla June Johnston, a #Diné anthropologist and community organizer. Instead, they are 'influential facilitators of landscape scale abundance, rooted in an ethic of kinship and reverence.' . . .
"[Farmer and activist Roberto Nutlouis] is also adamant that watershed restoration success is predicated on reforging ancestral kinship connections — that is, on returning the power to make land-use decisions to clan mothers, who were traditionally Diné leaders in this arena." . . .
"'The work we do is looking back at ancestral wisdom, reclaiming and re-correcting knowledge, de-colonizing and re-Indigenizing.'"
- Lela Nargi, "On #Navajo Lands, Ancient Ways Are Restoring the Parched Earth" #ClimateChange #Agriculture #decolonize #LandBack https://e360.yale.edu/features/navajo-natural-infrastructure-dryland-streams
"[Farmer and activist Roberto Nutlouis] is also adamant that watershed restoration success is predicated on reforging ancestral kinship connections — that is, on returning the power to make land-use decisions to clan mothers, who were traditionally Diné leaders in this arena." . . .
"'The work we do is looking back at ancestral wisdom, reclaiming and re-correcting knowledge, de-colonizing and re-Indigenizing.'"
- Lela Nargi, "On #Navajo Lands, Ancient Ways Are Restoring the Parched Earth" #ClimateChange #Agriculture #decolonize #LandBack https://e360.yale.edu/features/navajo-natural-infrastructure-dryland-streams