Indigenous peoples live all over the world, and everywhere they have deep ties to the Land. Indigenous and traditional peoples still living in Europe, such as the Finns and Karelians, comprise the root stock of many people living in North America today. Their continuing relationship with the ancient boreal forests of Scandinavia play out to this Read More
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IUCN Update from Tero Mustonen of Snowchange
This blog post is by Dawn Adams, Tapestry Co-President. Tero Mustonen of Snowchange (of which I am a steering committee member) has sent more reports of his current travels to participate in a number of important meetings. I want to open this brief update with his charge to all of us: “Let us now lead Read More
Across the Creek PBS Video
This PBS video entitled Across the Creek documents the Lakota’s quest for healing and restoration. One of the main people interviewed is the late Albert White Hat. Albert was an amazing man, full of kindness and wisdom. He was the Elder on our Board of Directors, and we miss him. Watch the video all the Read More
Indigenous and Local Community Conserved Areas Movement Meeting
Tero Mustonen of Snowchange (of which Dawn Hill Adams, Ph.D. is a steering committee member) sent an update today from his and Kaisu’s big trip. This is exciting news! “Here we are in sunny Sydney, and wrapped up 5 days of the Indigenous and Local Community Conserved Areas Movement meeting. “Snowchange was accepted as the Read More
Painting Our Children Into a Corner
I learned something horrifying today about one of the things children are taught to do in some horse therapy programs. Here’s a picture to show you. They paint the horse. That’s right. They are taught that a horse is a “perfect canvas.” They paint things that help them process difficult emotions, which is good standard Read More