Monthly Archives: October 2009

Fall 2009 Commentary: Homeland Maturity

“The natural world is full of relatives, not resources,” according to Chief Oren Lyons of the Onondaga Nation. The science of ecology and ecological interactions of the living and non-living world inclusive of humans connecting all in a web of life—especially so-called “deep ecology” that includes spiritual context and social behaviors affirming nature—are similar concepts, yet perhaps not as elegantly articulated as Oren Lyons’ description of the natural world.

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