learning from the land

Question 1

meaning of the Three Sisters

Answer 1

mutually beneficial relationships that are based on harmony, balance and reciprocity

Question 2

honorable harvest

Answer 2

we have to act in a way that shows gratitude and reciprocity for what we take
-> what is being extracted must benefit as well

Question 3

difference between practice of science and scientific worldview

Answer 3

scientific practice:
looking at things with rational inquiry + separating investigator with experiment

scientific worldview:
reinforces materialist and reductionist economic and political agendas, ignores responsibility

Question 4

Maya Creation Story

Answer 4

wood people: lack love and compassion
corn people: hearts filled with compassion for the rest of Creation
-> ones that sustained because they were respectful to who sustained them

Question 5

how can Indigenous knowledge and science work together?

Answer 5

science is a method and Indigenous knowledge is a framwork to consider roles and responsibilities