I found very interesting that he said that in Lakota language there is no word for animal. I wonder how they refer to nature in Lakota language. I find that word, nature, very limiting and vague. And it's a similar way to objetify. When we say in English, or in my native language, Spanish, nature (naturaleza) it refers to something outside us, different. Something without life and purpose. Something dead and guided by a blind force. I often read phrases on the internet like "nature is cruel" or "nature does..." this or that. I hate those and I hate that that kind of mindset is what guides biology and Western modern science in general. So, which word do they use in Lakota to refer to nature? What does it means? Is it something like creation?
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I found very interesting that he said that in Lakota language there is no word for animal.
I wonder how they refer to nature in Lakota language. I find that word, nature, very limiting and vague. And it's a similar way to objetify. When we say in English, or in my native language, Spanish, nature (naturaleza) it refers to something outside us, different. Something without life and purpose. Something dead and guided by a blind force. I often read phrases on the internet like "nature is cruel" or "nature does..." this or that. I hate those and I hate that that kind of mindset is what guides biology and Western modern science in general.
So, which word do they use in Lakota to refer to nature? What does it means? Is it something like creation?