Indigenous Culture | Kimberly Gladman Jackson

Merchandise Love, Part 3

by Kimbery Gladman Jackson | Oct 13, 2019 | Indigenous Culture

In advance of Indigenous People’s Day, here is the third excerpt from Yanomami shaman Davi Kopenawa’s chapter on “Merchandise Love” in his book, The Falling Sky. It explains how the Yanomami treat personal possessions, and how they think of...

Merchandise Love, Part 2

by Kimbery Gladman Jackson | Oct 8, 2019 | Indigenous Culture

In this second installment of Chapter 19, “Merchandise Love,” from Yanomami shaman Davi Kopenawa’s book, “The Falling Sky,” we learn about the ancient words the Yanomami applied to Western trade goods when they first encountered...

Merchandise Love, Part 1

by Kimbery Gladman Jackson | Oct 6, 2019 | Indigenous Culture

In his book, The Falling Sky, indigenous Amazonian leader Davi Kopenawa articulates an analysis of Western economics that I thought would interest many people who don’t have time to read the whole book.

The Falling Sky: Words of a Yanomami Shaman

by Kimbery Gladman Jackson | Sep 9, 2019 | Indigenous Culture

Yanomami names are not used in the presence of the person named or his or her close relations.

Indigenous Wisdom: Aluna

by Kimbery Gladman Jackson | Sep 5, 2019 | Indigenous Culture

This week is feeling like a turning point for me in terms how to respond, personally, to the world ecological crisis. Many people have noted that existing forms of activism and policy remedies are seeming incremental and insufficient, and that it would be easy to...