Holding the Fire: Indigenous Voices on the Great Unraveling Understanding Suffering and Knowing Our Place with Galina Angarova
Oct 24, 2023
Galina Angarova, a Buryat woman from Siberia and Executive Director of Cultural Survival, dives into the interconnectedness of human suffering and our environment. She shares her upbringing in an intact Indigenous culture, emphasizing the importance of ancestral wisdom in healing our planet. Angarova critiques the conventional green economy, advocating for practices that prioritize Indigenous rights and communal well-being. Through personal stories, she highlights the crucial role of language and connection to the land in fostering resilience and cultural healing.
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Growing Up Indigenous With Grandmother
- Galina grew up in a village with her grandmother, experiencing Indigenous cultural ceremonies and community values firsthand.
- These early experiences deeply shaped her identity and worldview.
Gift Economy and Gratitude Loss
- Transition from gift economy to money economy broke community reciprocity and increased social harms.
- Gratitude is a powerful cultural currency that sustains community and spiritual blessings.
Decolonizing and Indigenizing Explained
- Decolonizing unwires harmful colonial traits; indigenizing rewires original cultural values.
- Both processes are needed for healing and a return to reciprocal relationships with land.
