Jane Harris

Comerica Bank

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Action Track: Social Justice

Support Indigenous Peoples' Land Management

#39 Indigenous Peoples' Land Management

I will donate to The Nature Conservancy, which works with Indigenous Peoples to secure land tenure and resource rights, support improved governance and local institutions, assist in natural resource mapping, planning and management; and strengthen livelihoods and sustainable economic development.

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Action Track: Social Justice

Learn about Local Indigenous Practices

#39 Indigenous Peoples' Land Management

I will spend at least 240 minutes learning how local indigenous tribes are caring for the land by attending a training, workshop, or presentation.

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Action Track: Social Justice Support Indigenous Peoples' Land Management

Indigenous speaker and activist Winona LaDuke says that, "most indigenous ceremonies, if you look to their essence, are about the restoration of balance — they are a reaffirmation of our relationship to creation. That is our intent: to restore, and then to retain balance and honor our part in creation." Why is balance important to sustainability?

Jane Harris 4/10/2019 8:07 AM

All parts are interdependent on one another. Any change to one affects all. We must seek to balance out every change we make. When we don't--which is often--changes will occur on a scale and in a timeframe not in sync with nature.

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Jane Harris 4/10/2019 8:05 AM

Going well so far. Having a little trouble finding online training about indigenous peoples' care of the land but I will keep looking.

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- Kristin Bloser 4/12/2019 8:45 AM
  
  Found this article: https://americanandnature.wordpress.com/2014/06/12/native-americans-and-their-beliefs-in-nature/
  
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