From friendsofnps at nativeperspectives.net Thu Mar 4 14:16:24 2010 From: friendsofnps at nativeperspectives.net (Native Perspectives on Sustainability) Date: Thu, 4 Mar 2010 11:16:24 -0800 Subject: NPS: "Gentle Sloping Mountains" Message-ID: <949fe19b1003041116k1fbcd6d3j28cb6f7f753a3371@mail.gmail.com> Dear Friends, Enjoy "Gentle Sloping Mountains" featuring Carol Craig (Yakama). Craig introduces the homelands of the Yakama Nation and describes the relationship between her people and the food sources available within this region. Thank you for your efforts to help distribute these offerings. Be well, Dave -- David E. Hall, Ph.D. Native Perspectives on Sustainability: Voices from Salmon Nation Seeking a deeper understanding of our place on Earth www. nativeperspectives .net Connect with Native Perspectives on Sustainability through Facebook Video link: http://www.youtube.com/user/NativePerspectives#p/a/u/0/TNFbWgu6JX8 To manage your subscription to this mailing list click here -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From friendsofnps at nativeperspectives.net Wed Mar 10 02:38:24 2010 From: friendsofnps at nativeperspectives.net (Native Perspectives on Sustainability) Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2010 23:38:24 -0800 Subject: NPS: "Leaders as Spotlights" Message-ID: <949fe19b1003092338v291ecbetc030bc426678d57d@mail.gmail.com> Dear Friends, The latest offering is "Leaders as Spotlights" featuring Wilson Justin (Althsetnay, Athabascan). Justin shares his view on what entails true leadership, and he cites the need for a new generation of leaders at all levels of society. Many of you are such leaders--thank you for your good work! Be well, Dave -- David E. Hall, Ph.D. Native Perspectives on Sustainability: Voices from Salmon Nation Seeking a deeper understanding of our place on Earth www. nativeperspectives .net Connect with Native Perspectives on Sustainability through Facebook Video link: http://www.youtube.com/user/NativePerspectives#p/a/u/0/AQWglz2wVOc To manage your subscription to this mailing list click here -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From friendsofnps at nativeperspectives.net Mon Mar 22 03:10:33 2010 From: friendsofnps at nativeperspectives.net (Native Perspectives on Sustainability) Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2010 00:10:33 -0700 Subject: "An Economy Congruent with Culture" Message-ID: <949fe19b1003220010o2e047989gd44aadf07a94651c@mail.gmail.com> Dear Friends, "An Economy Congruent with Culture" features Guujaaw (Haida) speaking about the importance of the land in meeting the needs of his people, and of having an economy that works with the Haida way of attending to the "multigenerational aspects of life." For me, this clips invokes thoughts about how difficult it is within the culture I inhabit for people to achieve *work-life balance. * Why is it such a challenge to spend adequate time with our loved ones? Why are we not able to grant longer maternity leave time to ensure a newborn child is properly attended to in the early phases of its life? Why as a society are we unable to populate our schools with more than 1 adult per 25-35 children in the classroom? Where are all the adults? Busy working long hours at jobs disconnected from their personal lives. Hence the development of a sub-field of specialists studying and attempting to help people find work-life balance. Perhaps the goal should be re-framed as *work-life integration*. Keep up the good life, Dave -- David E. Hall, Ph.D. Native Perspectives on Sustainability: Voices from Salmon Nation Seeking a deeper understanding of our place on Earth www. nativeperspectives .net Connect with Native Perspectives on Sustainability through Facebook Video link: *http://www.youtube.com/user/NativePerspectives#p/a/u/2/KlZgmGIvXuI* To manage your subscription to this mailing list click here -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From friendsofnps at nativeperspectives.net Mon Mar 29 01:07:07 2010 From: friendsofnps at nativeperspectives.net (Native Perspectives on Sustainability) Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2010 22:07:07 -0700 Subject: Wisdom and Grit - A Portland area invite Message-ID: <949fe19b1003282207x9e144cx79a9b2d932018946@mail.gmail.com> Dear Friends, It's my pleasure to extend an invitation to a unique program this Wednesday evening (see details attached and below) and share a quote in line with the spirit of this event. The quote is from Nicholas Jackson, an Ahtna leader and elder who has witnessed tremendous change to his people's way of life in the Copper River region of Alaska. "Right now I’m starting to talk to my grandson, trying to teach him different words for herbs, different kinds of herbs. He’s three years old and he remembers what I tell him... I wish he was older right now so he could go hunting with me. I do a lot of hunting, I go way out and just camp. How to preserve your meat when you do get it out there, and how to butcher it up, all of that needs to be handed down to someone. And our cultural ways… I think that it needs to be handed down, for our traditional cultural way, otherwise you’re just going to die off. A lot of our ways right now, like I said, preserving for tomorrow is something that people are starting to realize what’s happening with development or whatever that they lost a lot of game and fish because of not looking down the road. With this new generation, if you teach them, they’ll think about tomorrow, and preserving it. I think a lot of that needs to be handed down; educate the younger people. If we do our job now--I think it’s up to people now to pass it on. I think if we do that we should have a good tomorrow." Click here to read Mr. Jackson's complete interview The intergenerational transfer of knowledge, values, character, and ways of life is a timeless tradition and vital practice that calls for all of our participation at all stages of our lives. In celebration of this tradition, I hope you'll join me this Wednesday in attending a DVD presentation hosted by the Tribal Leadership Forum: *Wisdom and Grit: Influence of Grandparents, Parents on Modern Tribal Leaders* Wednesday March 31, 6 - 7:30 pm (doors open at 5:30) All are welcome, no charge Concordia University Library, Room GRW310 (see map ) 2800 N.E. Liberty St. Portland, OR 97211 See attached flier for more details. -- David E. 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