Leroy Littlebear

[@daviddelaney9885]

Attachment to the land as a source of one's identity is not limited to one culture or people. Equally no culture can claim a greater relationship with nature than another. As for the similarity of Blackfoot knowledge with that of Einstein's theories Little Bear should better describe this incredible statement.

[@sallywagoner5294]

I sense a bit of defensiveness in your response. I have felt that too in the past, as I grew up in the woods. I love nature more than anything. But I have not grown up on the land where generations of my ancestors have lived. I do not have the multiple levels of relationship with all of nature and the Universe, that is expressed in language, in song, in ceremony, in daily, seasonal and centennial life. No matter how much I love and identify with “all my relations” as I understand and embody that, my DNA and my ancestors DNA have been disconnected from that for generations. That is a difference. So I believe that some people can claim a “greater” or more embedded relationship with nature, as they still have at least some of the connection in their cultures, ancestral DNA and memory. So please love nature as much as possible no matter who we are. But accept that there is a difference between those of us who have been disconnected ancestrally for generations or for hundreds/thousands of years, and those in whom there is a more recent, more multileveled, more culturally embedded connection in language, song, ceremony, being. Thank you.

[@tracybasile8797]

@@sallywagoner5294 You have said something true and beautiful. Thank you. Beyond words.