Tai Simpson: The intergenerational wisdom woven into Indigenous stories | TED

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The way we behave politically, socially, economically and ecologically isn't working, says community organizer and activist Tai Simpson. Sharing the creation myth of her Nez Perce tribe, she advocates for a return to the "old ways" guided by Indigenous wisdom that emphasize balance, community and the importance of intergenerational storytelling in order to protect what's sacred.
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[@YashwantSingh759]

I remember my grandmother used to tell me how close they were to the nature around them. She hated the compartments like building which cuts off man from man and man form its real habitat that is the natural world.

[@GaasubaMeskhenet]

Remember that we are judged based on how we care for the "least" of us

[@danielreher1987]

If this talk doesn't move you on some emotional or spiritual level I don't know what to say to you.

[@Dimetropteryx]

Don't pretend that this was deep.

[@apoorvsrivastava9677]

Man I was about to leave before she said I cursed all of you 😅🤣

[@umwha]

Mythology and cultural stories are so important. That why I think we should give more attention to the sacred cultural mythologies of the Mediterranean and Europe: Greek and Roman mythology. Talk about intergenerational wisdom, there.

[@jeannie101]

Hands down one of the best talks ever.

[@ziontrask3459]

so much false advertising. i’ve watched so many of these “TED” talks and i haven’t heard Ted talk one single time

[@CharisToTheWheeler]

That made me lol

[@Oregontrailblazin]

I was there the other day ..Nez Perce rez .. I always feel that coyote ..

[@declutteringdiaries4595]

A fantastic storyteller! Thank you for sharing

[@alsadekalkhayer7007]

this was beautiful, everything 🤩. Thank you so much

[@daniel51020]

Thank you. Colonialism has taken many forms and white people are not the only ones who have participated in the name of "progress." Abandoning the mindset of exploitation and embracing the mindset and life of the fact of our interconnection takes courage. Many of know it is the right thing to do, yet it can be very hard to support changes and companies when the rules in many countries are based on this kind of selfish competition to be #1, to be above others. We need to cease glorifying this endless growth at all costs model, yet first recognize then include First Nations values into our systems, so everyone, overcooked and undercooked, can honour the ancient wisdom and peoples while also using innovative new tools to benefit all.

[@DjehutiTV]

Well said my native sister.......

[@privatprivat7279]

👍 thumbs up from ur western brother!

[@kathrynadkisson8964]

She’s right, we need to return to the old ways. Too reliant on tech is one problem, don’t get me started on our abuses of the sacred

[@PriyanshonYT]

She said that she is basically Khalesi of native america the way she gave her introduction...

[@fatemakotawala0101]

You are so inspiring !!

[@taylormann1038]

A girl from India in my class in 4th grade told a similar story of race's and skin stone...interesting..in no way am I inferring Native Americans are from India..just the stories are similar

[@beautybehindthemadness1]

We're all connected.

[@parulkunkal1343]

She's poetic

[@99GAZI]

Powerful

[@Yuhraeus]

2:26

[@purplerose2024]

❤️

[@shaunakrawat]

I understand learning from the past, but clinging to it will do you no good.

[@beatriceevangelista25]

You do have a point. How I see it, it's important to balance tradition and change, keep the old and accept the new.

[@beautybehindthemadness1]

💛 this

[@SpinTheWords]

White people: cool stuff, now can we run pipes through your settlements?

[@SpinTheWords]

@@InMaTeofDeath White isn’t a race, it’s a privilege.

[@paulith1017]

@@InMaTeofDeath Stop it. You’re speaking common sense! With all sarcasm aside It’s terrifying what our culture is turning into. People don’t understand the struggles for people and judge based solely by their color or ancestry. We all struggle. Some of us more than others. It’s sad to see human beings turn on each other based on their own preconceived notions or a narrative the media portrays. I sincerely hope we can all come together and put aside all this hate.

[@akshitpalamthody3343]

First!!

[@Random-qp3iv]

Before Apple bought Siri, it was originally going to be released as an app for Android & Blackberry.

[@GaasubaMeskhenet]

Bump

[@GaasubaMeskhenet]

I will refuse to continue my country's death march

[@md.tanviralam4889]

1st

[@NerpWolfheart]

Send all those curses out

[@sujanimator]

First

[@rosedan2009]

And you follow the stories of the fallen ones who appeared to all indigenous people.

[@DUK-dy6zk]

Is she saying that her race is the perfect/master race?????

[@BikingVikingHH]

Cool, so they have lonely cat ladies in every culture 😂

[@poppadan4270]

Nice to know that racism in the form of some being "Less than others based on color" is Alive and amusing to an entire culture... jus kiddin.. Osage, Pawhuska OK

[@victoriahebert3073]

Beautiful story teller, and really talented as a speaker. Love listening to her. I like the " balance" theme.

[@AManWithaWoodenleg2]

Does this apply to white people also? Are they indigenous to any area or nah?

[@kingabaddonmusic]

Love

[@laneatkinson6441]

Don't you think you've had enough attention? The entire world was given no choice but to focus on white culture for the past few hundred years at the very least, how many hundred more before you're finally satisfied?

[@jessemavis7177]

We're all creations of coyote.

[@serpente300]

Check your dna it contains Yr crossbreeds. natives are the pure ones Whites are just cocktails 😏

[@Rocinante158]

@@laneatkinson6441 Classifying cultures on the basis of skin color is absolutely meaningless. It's like saying all Sub-Saharan countries have the same culture.

[@gnostic268]

I wish that they would have gotten a more traditional person to give this talk. Someone who knows their own culture well enough to make their whole talk about their traditional ways. Unfortunately, they are not the ones looking to make their reputation by grabbing the spotlight. Ugh... since I'm actually enrolled at Standing Rock it's extremely annoying to have every Native person name dropping SR into their talks. Learn about your own people and talk about your own people. Stop piggybacking on a different tribe and stay in your lane. This contributes to pan-Indigenous wokeness that makes all Native people into some homogeneous blob. This is so performative.

[@aleksanderfradkin7955]

Maybe its the only way nowdays. A bird in hand...

[@Macheako]

Yea....that's what "Television" is, darling.... It's ALL One Big Act 😂 😂 😂

[@kslucki]

I see it as a smart way and believe it's the way forward. White nations are sick and tired of being blamed for whatever was done in the past, and the way to connect is to put a bit of humor, to raise points which connect and can be related to, highlight that we are all one and all visitors here, who have the obligation to leave this Earth for the future generations, no matter the color. At the same time, adding lightly facts from the past in away that does not repel the listeners with heaviness. Finding the way to connect, respecting the past and not blaming the living for what the long time deceased had done.

[@aleksanderfradkin7955]

Unity, with focus on love and knowledge will eventually prevail. Propaganda is the worst in autoritarian countries like Russia believe me.

[@twinValleySpirit]

It's because colonial mentality can't handle the truth, has to be packaged in styrofoam.

[@frazierduran71]

She is dark

[@scatton61]

Your opportunities and transportation for travel and you being there on TED would not have happened without the arrival of people from other nations from around the world. They brought technology new to the northern Americans such as the wheel and the horse. Storytelling is good entertainment but without writing nothing changes and where most people die at age 35. "Everything in balance"? good grief... you cling to your indigenous stories and I will look to the much bigger and more creative world of writing for my stories and also my reality.

[@laneatkinson6441]

The problem is not that people travel or share ideas. The problem is violent colonization that almost wiped out an entire race, as well as hundreds of unique languages and cultures.

[@scatton61]

@@laneatkinson6441 My point is that she would not have been able to travel around the world nor present in a TED video without these very same 'colonisers'.

[@inesk.380]

Without them she wouldn't have to travel...

[@scatton61]

@@inesk.380 That doesn;t make any sense... No one is forcing her to use them and yet here she is... making use of them.

[@00i0ii0]

Meh. Honestly Ted has been lacking on any real intellectual work lately.