Chris Peters: Complete Interview Part1

In this complete interview Chris Peters, director of the Seventh Generation Fund for Indian Development, talks about indigenous perspectives on the current ecological and cultural crises, noting how indigenous cosmologies and ceremonial lifeways provide both self-knowledge and a needed balance to the destructive, mechanistic worldview of the dominant cultures. At the same time, he notes, the history of exploitation and basic struggle for cultural survival make sharing these perspectives a risky endeavor. With no desire to "mend" nonnative cultures, indigenous people are nonetheless implicated in the current spiritual and ecological crisis of the world, and thus look on with both a particular set of concerns and a profound sense of purpose in an era requiring unprecedented levels of change.

Category:

Nonprofits & Activism

Tags:

• Oneness
• Cultural
• Identity
• Cosmology
• Earth-based
• Spirituality
• Ceremony
• Native
• Renewal
• Optimism
• Armageddon
• Soul

[alfredunhill]

Wonderful to hear the wisdom of our Native brothers....what a shame that their voice and culture aren't prominent in our country...because they obviously are in touch with a spiritual concept that embraces mother earth and many other positive values..