Seeing Nature as an Indigenous Person with Edith and Randy Woodley

How can you apply Indigenous values like harmony, respect, and accountability to your own life and community? 

In this episode, we’re learning to see nature through the eyes of an Indigenous Person. For this conversation, Brian McLaren is joined by Randy and Edith Woodley to discuss the importance of rediscovering Indigenous values to create a more harmonious relationship with the Earth and all its inhabitants. Randy and Edith Woodley recently released their book, Journey to Eloheh: How Indigenous Values Lead Us to Harmony and Well-Being.

About the guests: 

Rev. Dr. Randy Woodley is an activist, scholar, author, teacher, wisdom-keeper, and Cherokee descendant recognized by the Keetoowah Band who speaks on justice, faith, the earth, and Indigenous realities. He is the author of numerous books, including Becoming Rooted and Shalom and the Community of Creation. He and his wife, Edith, co-sustain Eloheh Indigenous Center for Earth Justice and Eloheh Farm & Seeds outside Portland, Oregon.

Edith Woodley is the cofounder and co-sustainer of Eloheh Indigenous Center for Earth Justice and Eloheh Farm & Seeds. She was raised on the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming and is a member of the Eastern Shoshone tribe. Woodley has a degree from Bacone College and mentors others in the spirituality of the land, farming methods, and seed-keeping. She is a leader in the Decolonizing with Badass Indigenous Grandmas cohort. She and her husband, Randy Woodley, have four grown children and six grandchildren.

Resources: 

• The transcript for this episode can be found here. 
• Becoming Rooted by Randy Woodley was mentioned. You can find that here.
• Check out Randy and Edith Woodley’s new book, Journey to Eloheh here.
• Find out more about musician April Stace here.  

Connect with us: 

Have a response to Brian's call to action at the end of this episode, or a question in general? 

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We'll be accepting questions for our Listener Questions episode until November 20th, 2024.