lilcoppertop

The One Dish One Spoon Treaty of 1701 between the Anishinaabeg and the Haudenosaunee Nation:

"Canonized as an Indigenous Law, it is an agreement for sharing hunting territory among two or more nations:

Those ancestors recognized all people eat out of the single dish, that is, all hunting in the shared territory. One spoon signifies that all peoples sharing the territory are expected to limit the game they take and leave enough for others, and for the continued abundance and viability of the hunting grounds into the future."

#WinonaLaDuke in #ToBeAWaterProtector

I can only imagine what it would have been like to live in a society that valued the sharing and stewardship of resources rather than the gluttony of extreme extraction that we are in the middle of today.

#IndigenousStories #IndigenousAuthors #Resistance #bookstodon #AmReading #EcoJustice #decolonize #LandBack #Anishinaabe #Haudenosaunee @bookstodon

Jan 12, 2023 at 3:43pmWeb
Show threadprogressiveartistJan 12, 2023
@lilcoppertop @bookstodon This concept, and others, is discussed in the book Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer. I highly recommend it to anyone who cares about ecology.
Show threadlilcoppertopJan 12, 2023

@progressiveartist @bookstodon

I own Braiding Sweetgrass and write quotes in the margins from other books that relate to the things she writes. It is the most important and most personalized book I own, and I highly recommend it as well!

Show threadprogressiveartistJan 12, 2023

@lilcoppertop @bookstodon I don't have the budget or room to own books anymore, so I use the library. Ended up renewing it after the first 14 days of my loan and taking the entire subsequent 14 days finishing it, bc I really wanted to take my time with this one.

I still may make an exception and buy this one.

Show threadlilcoppertopJan 12, 2023

@progressiveartist @bookstodon

Most of the books I read are free from Little Libraries around me or from the actual library. Sometimes I get gift cards for my birthday or Christmas. But occasionally when there is a book I KNOW I need to own (like Braiding Sweetgrass), I will splurge. I originally just got the audiobook from the library, but half way hrough listening I knew it was one I needed a hard copy of specifically for annotating and revisiting as needed.

I am an atheist now, but I affectionately refer to Braiding Sweetgrass as my "Bible".

Show threadprogressiveartistJan 12, 2023
@lilcoppertop @bookstodon I have I think four friends either reading it or waiting on it. One immediately ordered both the audio book and regular book, so they could listen while working in a community/school garden and then to be able to read and better absorb.
Show threadprogressiveartistJan 12, 2023
@lilcoppertop @bookstodon Sorry for any typos. Bouncing around in the car, husband driving, on way to an appt.
Show threadlilcoppertopJan 12, 2023
@progressiveartist @bookstodon lol! No worries! I'm supposed to be hurriedly folding laundry before going to work right now.