Indigenous Land Stewardship | Tending Nature | PBS SoCal
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 8 ก.พ. 2025
- This "Tending Nature" special features multiple perspectives and voices from Indigenous communities across California who are striving to keep the practices of their heritage alive. From coming-of-age rituals, seasonal food harvests, basket weaving and jewelry making, the documentary shares how traditional practices can be protected and maintained as a way of life for future generations.
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Great to see Cafe Ohlone -- preserving and educating people about Indigenous culture while also economically empowering the people who lead and run it, and reducing environmental impact by using local, fresh and seasonal food.
This is so utterly beautiful and needed in our times. Oh how I grieve for earth's creation
Someday in the future I hope these beautiful people can take control of their historic home again. Nothing can fix what was done to them but they deserve better
Wonderful! May the indigenous peoples continue to persevere & adapt what they need to in order to carry on their traditions, without losing sight of the beauty & purpose of each one. And, may future generations from all backgrounds connect with, honor, & practice traditional ecological knowledge & build strong community ties with one another in the process.
Boulder City Nevada used to have vagrant laws if you had no money in your pocket. How are you going to pay vagrant fines if you have no money to begin with? I tell whoever will listen about the "Relocation Act of 1863" and how the government was paying $5 a scalp, up from twenty-five cents before then and put those who cooperated in internment camps and sent the Native children to "Christian Schools" up until at least 1970. My family was affected by this too. It should have been called the "Extermination Act of 1863". How could people misunderstand a culture so badly? I get so emotional watching the traditions. Thank you for sharing this with us.I feel our family lost out on so much of what makes us Native. I have never felt as comfortable as when I am on the river and sleeping outside under the stars. My granddaughter got to dance in the Brush Dance this year and I am so proud of everyone who took part and welcomed her to the ceremony. We need to get back to the old ways. I am paraplegic now, but it can cheer everyone on. GO YUROK TRIBE!
In Fall River Mills California, there are huge rice fields and the deer tastes delicious and it's the most tender meat I have ever had. Even the front strap is tender. I love wild meat. Elk, deer, bear, antelope. We have even had squirrel, frog, and rabbit. People thought we were weird.
indigenous people in all america from Alaska to patagonia have been and have their roots linked to the wind, the sky, the fire and water, uprooted from the center of the earth and interlaced with the infinite cosmos, the people of the animals, the people of the agriculture.
ME: Why am I alive?
OLD WOMAN: Because everything else is.
ME: No. I mean the purpose.
OLD WOMAN: That is the purpose. To learn about your relatives.
ME: My family?
OLD WOMAN: Yes. The moon, stars, rocks, trees, plants, water, insects, birds, mammals. Your whole family. Learn about that relationship. How you’re moving through time and space together. That’s why you’re alive. ~ Richard Wagamese
To pray you open your whole self
To sky, to earth, to sun, to moon
To one whole voice that is you
And know there is more
That you can't see, can't hear
Can't know except in moments
Steadly growing, and in languages
That aren't always sound but other
Circles of motion.
Like eagle that Sunday morning
Over Salt River. Circled in blue sky
In wind, swept our hearts clean
With sacred wings.
We see you, see ourselves and know
That we must take the utmost care
And kindness in all things.
Breathe in, knowing we are made of
All this, and breathe, knowing
We are truly blessed because we
Were born, and die soon within a
True circle of motion,
Like eagle rounding out the morning
Inside us.
We pray that it will be done
In beauty.
In beauty. ~ 'Eagle Poem' by Joy Harjo
Just when they start talking about climate change, a commercial pops up about jumping onto a jet for a great adventure. Jet aircraft are a major source of climate change.
We are what we eat. Polluted lakes, plastic in our oceans, over fishing, WE ARE IN TROUBLE!
I weep when I watch this. I weep for all we have lost. I weep because as a white person I cannot live with the ones who remain, I cannot know the life of tribe, of a people in this way. I weep for how poor my existence is. I weep because my heritage has left me with so little chance to truly LIVE here in this sacred place. I weep for myself. I weep for all I have lost and never known. I weep. I weep. I weep. I have only my past lives to remember instead of today. I weep for all I have lost and will never know again. I weep. I weep. I weep.
Rawn: To weep now is good, to weep is not wrong. But you must not weep forever; turn your energy to creation, reclamation, revitalization, to rebirth. What your ancestors left you was grief; it is now your job to be a good ancestor to those who will come after you, to not leave them grief, but joy. Leave them peace. It is good to weep for a little while, Rawn Clark, but do not weep forever. You have power, you have time, you have a good heart, you have a good mind. I wish you peace and luck
@@polimana Thank you for your kind words. :) I know that you are right. I have know that all along. But still I weep because now is the time for me to weep. I always weep without shame. :)
Hey chief my lawn needs to be mowed
I agree we have to protect the land. I don't agree that the "Indigenous" are the people to lead the way. I've been part of so many programs and worked with so many natives over the years. I grew up with a friend circle that was 1/2 native and 1/2 other. Those who have lived and 'worked' with Natives know that this is all exaggerated, feel good, BS. Yes, there are some fantastic Natives involved in many aspects of environmental oversight and care, but they are the exception.
Just being "Indigenous" doesn't make you an expert, in any capacity whatsoever. And the natives didn't take care of the land for a millennia, they just lived on it and fed from it. Before others settled here it wasn't rainbows and tree hugging. It was a tough, violent and unforgiving world. Groups of natives raped and murdered one another, just like pretty much every race on earth.
The modern truth is not the truth. It is a disaster which is exacerbated by lies, treating natives like children and making people dependent.
The greatest oppression of Native people is taking place now, today. The perpetrators are those who purport to care about natives, so they stir them up and throw money at them. This helps nobody, it only perpetuates the great joke, the deception, the stereotype. It's sick and it has to stop.
Sure, Native people warred with other tribes but what does that have to do with the the environment and how they all lived off the land? Every single tribe knew how to maintain their resources in their homelands or work with the different landscapes they inhabited if they were nomadic. They had to do this in order to survive. Also, many wars were fought over hunting, fishing or water rights.
Before colonization it was essential for every Native person to know how to live off the land. Each person had their own job and some people were better than others at certain tasks, but a common respect and understanding of their environment was key to survival. The majority of Native people today have been so cut off from this existence because of colonization that, it's true, there's only so many Native's that have the energy or resources to work on environmental issues. More native voices need to be brought to the table to return balance to ecosystems because they are the ones these systems best.
First Nations people are people too. Of course, they are not perfect and they shouldn't be idealised nor be given handouts, which can make them dependent on government funding, for example.
That being said, they have a lot to offer. I think the video makes this clear. Traditional wisdom and practices, which were almost completely wiped out during colonialisation had devastating impacts on them and their culture. Their healing is important and should be respected as well as supported.
Healing for white people around these issues is different and may sometimes be similar in some ways. We need to learn about what happened, understand it and also forgive ourselves and our ancestors. It's time to let go of the white guilt and shame for what happened, so we can move forward in a mature, responsible and conscious way.
Non-native people also have value. Western culture has many benefits, as do Indigenous cultures. There are examples of people from these different cultures working together and drawing on Indigenous and Western knowledge to protect the earth, create jobs and project traditional culture. It's not an either/or relationship. It's both/and. We both are needed here to do what needs to be done to benefit the world.
@@35Daniel well said