{"id":7066,"date":"2023-07-22T23:46:22","date_gmt":"2023-07-23T06:46:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theswillbucket.com\/?p=7066"},"modified":"2023-07-22T23:47:10","modified_gmt":"2023-07-23T06:47:10","slug":"oren-lyonsoren-lyons-on-the-indigenous-view-of-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/theswillbucket.com\/?p=7066","title":{"rendered":"Oren Lyons on the Indigenous View of the World"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>\u201cThe law says if you poison the water, you\u2019ll die.<\/em><br \/><em>The law says that if you poison the air, you\u2019ll suffer.<\/em><br \/><em>The law says if you degrade where you live, you\u2019ll suffer\u2026<\/em><br \/><em>If you don\u2019t learn that, you can only suffer.<\/em><br \/><em>There\u2019s no discussion with this law.\u201d<\/em> Oren Lyons<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kbwSwUMNyPU?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Oren Lyons is a member of the Onondaga and Seneca nations of the Iroquois Confederacy. As an activist for indigenous and environmental justice, Oren works with communities across the globe. As a Faithkeeper, he upholds the history and traditions of the Turtle Clan of the Onondaga and Seneca. Oren often addresses modern-day conflicts by sharing traditional views on the law of nature. When he says \u201cYou can\u2019t negotiate with a beetle\u201d*, he implies that nature will respond to climate change whether or not humans do.&#8221; From Oren Lyons at ArtRage <a href=\"https:\/\/artragegallery.org\/oren-lyons-at-artrage\/\">https:\/\/artragegallery.org\/oren-lyons-at-artrage\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cThe law says if you poison the water, you\u2019ll die.The law says that if you poison the air, you\u2019ll suffer.The law says if you degrade where you live, you\u2019ll suffer\u2026If you don\u2019t learn that, you can only suffer.There\u2019s no discussion with this law.\u201d Oren Lyons &#8220;Oren Lyons is a member of the Onondaga and Seneca [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1tQeJ-1PY","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6193,"url":"http:\/\/theswillbucket.com\/?p=6193","url_meta":{"origin":7066,"position":0},"title":"House of Mica: The Message of the Hopi presented to the UN General Assembly","author":"Shawn Hamilton","date":"March 25, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Hopi petroglyph at Prophecy Rock ___________________________ On December 10, 1992, Thomas Banyacya, Kykotsmovi Hopi Nation (Arizona), addressed the United Nations General Assembly (Full Text Here). 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