Orientation & Ethics

Orientation & Ethics

When the World is Alive: Indigenous Language, Verbs, and a Different Way of Seeing
Bytheanthronaturalist September 4, 2025September 4, 2025

Modern life is shaped by the language we speak. Words don’t just describe the world – they frame how we perceive it. In English, nouns dominate. We live surrounded by “things”: the tree, the river, the mountain, the stone. Each is pinned down like a specimen, frozen in time and space, turned into an object…

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Orientation & Ethics

A “Shameful Chapter”, but Can We Write a Better Ending?
Bytheanthronaturalist September 4, 2025September 4, 2025

“The most shameful chapter of American history is that in which is recorded the account of our dealings with the Indians. The story of our government’s relations with this race is an unbroken narrative of injustice, fraud, and robbery.” “We are too apt to forget that these people are humans like ourselves—that they are fathers…

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