This article from Yes magazine shares the wisdom of Indigenous leaders to guide us as we seek to address the damage that we have done to the Earth. The author helped to produce the film One Word Sawalmem that asked Indigenous persons who remembered ancestral ways of being in meaningful relationship with the rivers, the mountains, and the forests to share one word from their ancestral language—a word that changed their life and a word they could offer to the next generation as medicine to heal our relationship with the Earth. She writes about what she has learned from her engagement with these Indigenous wisdom keepers.
– Susan McGrath
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“The people most capable of guiding us through the transition from exploitation to regeneration are the experts who have preserved the lineage of living respectfully with the Earth. By deeply appreciating and enthusiastically supporting the leadership of Indigenous wisdom keepers, we can all get back to remembering a way of life that any child knows is right, a way of life that can take us all into a future beyond our wildest dreams. […]”
