Week 3 Discussion - (with a swollen heart and eyes).

"The archaeology of grief is not ordered. It is more like earth under a spade, turning up things you had forgotten. Surprising things come to light: not simply memories, but states of mind, emotions, older ways of seeing the world". - Macdonald, Helen. H is for Hawk. 

With all of this weeks powerful content in mind, I wanted to focus on the peaceful co-existance of the Indigenous peoples and how it is essential for all of our  future relashionship with nature. In Native Science, the Chaos Theory mentions the mis guided ' fallacy of western scientific and societal control'. Native Science explains the importance of co-existance with nature, which is a chaotic system. Chaos Theory says that everything is related, everything has an effect, and even small things have an influence. This theory solidifies our past readings and materials that highlight Native spirituality and inert focus on co-existanceness. " Spiritual conciousness the path to survival of Humankind." (Haudenosaunee Declaration of the Iroquois). The peaceful co-existance of Native tribes with nature is apart of existance and a spiritual path to survival. 'As we experience the world, so we are also experienced by the world'. ( Native Science. )  

Humankind is in dire need of 'an environmental' awakening and could benefit from the guidance of Indigenous peoples. How do we do this on a level that is necessary?  Could each of us  be the 'human butterfly power' aka  subtle influence of creativity from chaos, mentioned in the Chaos Theory reading? For from chaos, comes clarity. 

On a side note- Battalora's, Birth of a White Nation, was powerful and has some facts and core ideas that coined and explained most of the injustices that I felt while reading/watching this weeks material. I am going to order her book.