Cycles

by A-dae Romero Briones

"Changing long-standing institutions and behaviors...means re-forming the story of the present and who we, as a society, are. We can start by listening to the stories of those who are typically excluded in our national narratives—the Indigenous people who continue to live, thrive, witness, and care for the lands, communities, and nonhuman relatives who remain despite it all."

Fire and the Coast Salish Three Sisters

by Samuel Barr

"Coast Salish tribes have lived on the San Juan Islands for thousands of years, learning hard lessons of how to live with the land. During that time there has been trial and error, when foods disappeared. . . .
Sustainable practices needed to be developed—practices that would be simple to manage, would not endanger people, and would support producing food naturally. The answer to those needs was fire."

These two articles are from our Fall 2022 magazine The Face of Climate Change: Indigenous Teachings for Our Future. 

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Image credits:

Left: “WARRIOR TWINS” BY CHIP THOMAS IN COLLABORATION WITH CANNUPA HANSKA LUGER/JETSONORAMA.NET

Right: “X̌ÍCIL KÁYƏ” (“ANGRY GRANDMOTHER”), CARVED AND PHOTOGRAPHED BY SAMUEL BARR/GUEMESISLANDART.ORG/HOMEPAGE/SAM-BARR