In many
indigenous cultures I have learned about, community members who want more resources than they can personally use are viewed as suffering from some kind of mental illness.
The wisdom of
indigenous cultures has supplied healthy sweeteners to meet this demand — agave nectar, and more
It has never been controlled or colonized by a foreign power and so much of
the indigenous culture has been well preserved.
Ruth Hardinger's practice — borne of a love of materiality and process — shares an affinity to the love and respect that specific ancient
indigenous cultures had for the environment.
Indigenous cultures have always lived in spaces that accommodate necessary daily activities but do not demand excessive resources to build and maintain.
The promise of native title was that the protection of
Indigenous culture would be rescued from the swings and roundabouts of successive governments in giving or withdrawing their support to heritage legislation and subsequent amendments.
The latter approach to ascertaining native title recognises that where
Indigenous culture has survived confrontation with non-Indigenous culture, then it should be recognised in a way that ensures its enjoyment.
Others may choose to celebrate that the longest living
Indigenous culture has survived for 60,000 years, and others may take pride in their Aboriginal and mixed heritage due to Australia's vibrant multi-cultural population.
Not exact matches
Western Australian community groups
have the chance to share in $ 100,000 in grants for innovative projects which promote reconciliation and respect for
indigenous heritage and
culture.
The
indigenous people of the Americas and Australia
had their own gods, ones created by their
cultures, for their
cultures.
But there the assumption of everyone - missionary and
indigenous persons alike - was that the
culture of literacy, the
culture and communications system that the church
had mastered and in which it held power, was superior.
Additionally, it
has been well documented that a monotheistic conception of ultimate reality is
indigenous to almost all of traditional African
culture, and that it is highly probable that traditional African theism, like Judeo - Christian and Islamic theism,
has its historical genesis in the monotheism of a black pharaoh of ancient Egypt — Iknaton ---- who was the first person known to
have popularized the religious conviction that there is one, and only one, god.
Although with a less dramatic involvement in native thought and
culture than Ricci's, both Roman Catholic and Protestant missionaries in the 19th century often managed to combine a commitment to evangelization in the name of Jesus with a deep (and ever deepening) respect for the native
culture and
indigenous traditions of the nations to which they
had been sent.
The Bible
has absolutely no references to violence towards non-believers at all and the Catholic church doesn't
have a tarnished history of slaughtered
indigenous cultures and different religious groups in record numbers...
From the 16th century when Francis Xavier decided to cast his lot with the East against his own Western
culture, to the 19th century when Christaller singlehandedly promoted Akan
culture, to the 20th when Frank Laubach inveighed against the encroachments of American power in the Philippines, missionaries in the field
have helped to promote
indigenous self - awareness as a counterforce to Western cultural importation.
Being a Christian, a follower of a God who will preserve diversity in heaven with worshippers of «all tribes, tongues and nations,» means I
have to wrestle with the ways the Church sought to eradicate
indigenous cultures in systematic, institutionalized, ways up until the «90s.
Such studies, however,
have not yet been produced.19 There is also, within liberation theology, a lack of more profound theological analyses of the
culture of Brazilian populations, both black and
indigenous.
Ricoeur there proposes a philosophical analysis of symbolic and metaphoric language intended to help us reach a «second naivete» before such texts.17 The latter phrase, which Ricoeur
has made famous, suggests that the «first naivete,» an unquestioned dwelling in a world of symbol, which presumably came naturally to men and women in one - possibility
cultures to which the symbols in question were
indigenous, is no longer possible for us.
This, however, is not an isolated phenomenon, but
has to be placed within the wider context of the globalization of
culture and the attempts at standardisation, which
has stimulated the attempt to rediscover the local and the
indigenous.
They all
have essentially the same English common heritage, yet none of them
have remotely similar political positions on: — Gun control and its corollary (gun violence)-- Abortion — Marriage equality — Recognition of
indigenous cultures *
Certainly that great undertaking
has been central to incarnating the Christian faith in new
cultures, allowing
indigenous peoples to lay full claim to the biblical narrative.
A.E. Medlycott points out that the value of the report of Theophilus is its evidence that by the middle of the fourth century India or its adjacent territories
had indigenous, worshipping congregations ministered to by local clergy, with customs such as sitting for the Gospel, that were well adapted to the Indian
culture though divergent from accepted western practice.
Those who are
indigenous to this land we call «The United States of America»
have been long misrepresented and pushed out of American history textbooks in favor of glorifying those who now rule this nation and represent the dominant
culture.
Francis
had previously urged Chileans to listen to
indigenous people who are «often forgotten, whose rights and
culture need to be protected lest that part of this nation's identity and richness be lost».
Often it's not until the 2nd generation (who doesn't
have pagan worship associations with their
indigenous music, rituals, etc.), who then will bring these aspects of the
culture back, with Christian meaning, but without the pagan associations.
More recently we
have seen the globalisation and liberalisation in economic policies which create a new
culture that destroys
indigenous communities and traditional values.
With thousands of years of wine producing
culture dating (possibly) more than 6,000 years, Italy is one of the world's biggest wine producers and few countries
have more
indigenous grape varieties than the Mediterranean peninsula.
He
'd read that
indigenous cultures along the equator
have far lower rates of both conditions, and Currie
had a hunch this might be the result of their pepper - heavy diet.
Western
cultures don't
have rituals or rights of passage in the same way as
indigenous cultures often do.
Indigenous cultures don't
have colic.
Indeed, the current governing party in Bolivia, the Movimiento al Socialismo (or MAS), while committed to maintaining power by purely democratic means (and, in fact, responsible for an aggressive campaign to increase voter registration throughout the country)
has stated that
indigenous Andean (and by implication, Inca)
culture is inherently socialistic.
Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose
has challenged the Minister of Information and
Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, to name the «treasury looters» that he claimed were sponsoring the
Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).
Naturally, since India
has a past to boast of, pride of place goes to its
indigenous cultures.
Local languages are disappearing, too: The report calls for redoubled efforts to document and study
indigenous cultures now, as groups that
have depended on the frozen Arctic from Alaska to Scandinavia are adapting to a warmer climate or leaving altogether.
A theoretical physicist and the author of a dozen previous books on subjects such as quantum reality and chaos, for the past decade Peat
has immersed himself in the
indigenous cultures of America and
has been organising dialogues between Western scientists and Native American elders.
Lepofsky says, «On the Northwest Coast we are fortunate to
have both the tangible record of clam gardens and the
culture - based knowledge of local
indigenous people to educate us.
FAU research shows what a tiny ant and
indigenous cultures can teach medical and scientific communities by solving a medical mystery that
has puzzled them for decades.
(The researchers chose not display the skulls because the sacrificed people may
have historic ties to people of today's
indigenous cultures.)
They
've been able to teach them about other
cultures, integrate and learn from
indigenous peoples, and keep up an active lifestyle, all while enjoying the first few precious years of life with their daughters.
They are a fascinating couple because they spent 6 years traveling around the world studying
indigenous cultures and seeing what nutrition habits helped people
have vibrant health.
Though people in
indigenous cultures die from acute disease, they
have largely avoided the modern chronic diseases that plague Western societies.
Fat stores toxins and other harmful substances, but because
indigenous cultures tend to let their livestock graze, treating them with love and respect, they do not
have to worry about «bad» fat.
Among the many
indigenous cultures he visited, the differences between those who
had remained with their ancestral diet from birth and those who
had succumbed to the temptations of the western
cultures — namely sugar, white flour, and soft drinks — were undeniable!
The bigger problem: Some herbs interact with prescription and OTC drugs, something which
indigenous cultures never
had to worry about, Tims says.
Even Health Canada
has officially recommended in its guidelines that eggs and meat are optimum first foods for baby's development, thereby recognizing the wisdom of
indigenous cultures in transitioning infants to solid foods that are naturally rich in nutrients.
(It
would be very interesting to find an
indigenous culture that lives off a LCHF diet).
Here are just a few of the world's many
indigenous cultures which eat a diet rich in saturated animal fats.The interesting thing about these
indigenous cultures is that they carry literally NO body fat,
have great muscle tone and in addition
have exceptional cardiovascular fitness.
The use of sacred, vibration - shifting scents
has long been a cornerstone of spiritual practice + ritual in
indigenous cultures, and a beloved part of my own life.
Coconut Sugar, Agave Nectar, and Stevia come from
indigenous cultures that
have sourced multitudes of curative herbs and foods.
The Palo Santo or «sacred wood» tree from which the oil derives
has an ancient ethnobotanical history and
has long been worshipped by
indigenous cultures for its purifying powers.