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Reverence, Respect, and Reciprocity: Cornerstones of Biocultural Diversity

Volume 11  |  2022

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In this issue, we explore how the Indigenous principles of Reverence, Respect, and Reciprocity can guide us toward a just, sustainable world where biocultural diversity thrives. Those three “Rs” are the cornerstones of a worldview that recognizes the interdependence of people and nature. Read the Editorial and Table of Contents.

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Editorial | Naturelings: Rejoining the Circle of Life

Langscape Magazine Volume 11
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residential school children

Human Alchemy

Art that chooses to meet evil with beauty: A response to the discovery of mass graves of Indigenous residential school children.
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Girl and the Geese

The Girl and the Geese

An Ojibway girl tells a traditional tale with important life lessons that she first heard from her Grandpa.
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Trees or Us

Trees or Us?

Art with a message: we must stand for the trees, so they will stand for us.
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Native Farm to School program

Decolonizing Regenerative Agriculture: An Indigenous Perspective

A conversation about the need to decolonize regenerative agriculture by acknowledging Indigenous Peoples’ land stewardship.
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Apricot Tree

A poem that pays homage to trees as our Elders, life-givers, and first teachers.
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Cheruvayal Raman

The Cheruvayal Raman Effect

Against the odds, a tribal farmer in southern India strives to conserve and share dozens of indigenous rice varieties.
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The Wild Symphony

The Wild Symphony: Making Music with the Ancient Voices of the Amazon

In the Colombian Amazon, musicians listen to the forest and create music that resonates with it.
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High Atlast Mountains, Morocco

Greetings from the High Atlas Mountains, Morocco

A photographer and filmmaker shares a portrait of an Amazigh woman and her story of courage and resilience.
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Countravāl l’Aigo / Against the Current

By learning how to swim against the current like salmon do, a woman finds her way back to the source of her language and…
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sword fern

The Plants Must Also Be Paid

A found poem that summons us to respect plants, listen to their wisdom, and learn their names.
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eelgrass

Deep Questions to Ask Planet Ocean

The search for a sea grain known for centuries to an Indigenous people provokes deep questions and insights.
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China: Traditions, Diversity, and Our Shared Future

China's diverse cultures and ancient wisdom offer lessons of reverence and respect for nature.
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Bloedel Conservatory

Reverence for Nature: A Biocultural Journey in Botanical Gardens

Botanical gardens offer a unique opportunity to reconnect with nature in an urban setting. Four students share their experiences.
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Tharakan women

Indigenous Resilience and Regeneration: Cultural and Linguistic Revitalization during the Global Pandemic

Amid the challenges of the pandemic, communities in India, Kenya, and Canada find a silver lining.
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No Native Bones

A young Ghanaian muses about his Indigenous identity, traditional values, and biocultural diversity.
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Ghislain Bédard art

Living-Language-Land: Listening to Nature in Languages Not Our Own

A journey through endangered and minority languages that reveals diverse ways of relating to land and nature.
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Relatives of the Deep

A respected Elder shares important teachings that are intrinsic to his people’s language and way of life.
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Indigenous Heritage

Weaving Reverence, Respect, and Resilience into the Amazon Forest

Indigenous artisans rekindle reverence for a plant that has been traditionally used for centuries.
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Language, Culture, and Land: Lenses of Lilies

At a pond's edge, a woman muses about waterlilies as metaphors for mother-tongue languages and their power to anchor story, wisdom, and heritage.
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Greek Orthodox Monastère de Solan in France

Protected by Prayer: Reverence, Respect, and Reciprocity at the Heart of Sacred Natural Sites in the Mediterranean

Spiritual values are the key to a harmonious relationship with the earth.
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Yu-ba-na-u-re: Sowing Seeds to Heal the World

Reviving traditional crops and food culture is vital to repairing people’s relationship with the land.
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A Mising woman preparing apong.

Making Kin: The Interconnected Lives of the Mising People of India

An Indigenous community's respect toward all life offers a hopeful vision to the world.
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A Baiga man from Achanakmar Tiger Reserve

Recognition: How to Keep Biocultural Diversity Alive

A Santhal woman embarks on a quest to understand her identity and what makes biocultural diversity thrive.
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To My Grandmother, with Love

A woman finds hope and connection on the farm that gave her grandma life and love.
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Wild Orange flower on its branch

Yarning on Country: Reinvigorating Biocultural Diversity in Australia

Three people from different backgrounds weave together their personal and collective histories, deeply intertwined with Country.
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Kakadu National Park, Burrungkuy (Nourlangie Rock).

Being in, and with, Biocultural Landscapes: Alternative Visions

Walking through ancient cultural and spiritual landscapes inspires reverence, respect, and a sense of ethics of place.
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