The Connection to land, spirit and the Environment

Using Indigenous Perspectives to Create an understanding of other ways of knowing

Who Am I, and Why is this Important to me?

Introduction Intent and our approach to land Sustainability and the role of Spirit Understanding of 'Indigenous' Smudge and offering

Context, Significance within Contemporary Issues

Bio Cultural Framework

History- The Living Past

Inspiration – Sources of Knowledge The Lived experience

Indigenous Knowledge: Holistic Approaches and Practical Knowledge Linking Metaphysical and Physical

Connection to Land

The “Five R”s

Jellyware

Carol Schaefer (2006) in “Bridging Cultures: Indigenous and Science Ways of Knowing Nature”, which talks about relational connection and the ‘sprit of knowing’ the Earth;

“Mitakuye Oyasin acknowledges that within each person exists the entire universe: all who have ever lived and all who are living now, and are yet to be born, as well as nature- Our Mother Earth, the sun, moon, planets, and all the stars- all of the Scared Universe since the beginning and until the end of time… we are all cosmic beings. We come from the stars”.

‘Mitakuye Oyasin’ means, “All my Relations” in Lakota, the idea is that everything is alive and has knowledge and we as individuals are all living in relational existence to one and other and to that knowledge (Schaefer 2006).

Hardware – A Space that feeds the spirit Environmental psychology

Question; Where is the Great Good Place of your

Heart?