Both the making and the unmaking were essential parts of life and necessary to keep the balance.
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Winona LaDuke is an American writer, speaker, and activist. She focuses on Indigenous rights, environmental justice, climate change, and sustainable tribal economies. She leads Honor The Earth, founded the White Earth Land Recovery Project, and was a former two-time vice presidential candidate. LaDuke writes and speaks in support of water protectors and in opposition to pipelines and mega projects near Native lands and waters.
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The essence of the problem is about consumption, recognizing that a society that consumes one-third of the world’s resources is unsustainable. This level of consumption requires constant intervention into other people’s lands. That’s what’s going on.
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Another thing is, people lose perspective. It is a cultural trait in America to think in terms of very short time periods. My advice is: learn history. Take responsibility for history. Recognise that sometimes things take a long time to change.
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One of our people in the Native community said the difference between white people and Indians is that Indian people know they are oppressed but don’t feel powerless. White people don’t feel oppressed, but feel powerless. Deconstruct that disempowerment.
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