FEATURES
This is Not a Fairy Tale
By Jonathan Merritt
The world is speaking to us in loud voices. Are we willing to listen?
The Agreement
By Jaki Daniels
How quiet must we get to hear the stories told by trees.
It's Not a Calling. It's In My Blood
By Deena Wade
When her preparations and expectations
prove inconsequential, the
author discovers what it means to
sit in the presence of a curandera.
Lost Land, Lost Identity
By J. H. Baker
Denied the opportunity to speak at the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, Eda Zavala pours out her heart in ceremony.
Gathering the Shamans to Save the Land
By Cynthia Frisch
An interview with Liliana Madrigal
reveals how the Amazon Conservation
Team achieved success
by abandoning conventional land
protection practices and following
the guidance of shamans.
The Maya Versus Monsanto
By Maria Owl Gutierrez
When GMO corn is poured into the
land of the Maya, the People of the
Corn, it threatens their heritage
and their existence as a people.
Issues of Ultimate Concern: A Conversation with Kent Nerburn
By Sharon Brown
The author of several works featuring
Indian wisdom has a heart tempered
by 60 years of non-existence,
an auditor of others’ experiences.
Getting Good Wood
By Kent Nerburn
In the camaraderie of work a man
opens up and speaks of things he
would never share with a stranger.
Talking With the Earth
By Jon Turk
Things break on the tundra. But
when a pelvis breaks, where does a
person go for healing?
COLUMNS
Matters of Death in Life
By Prema Sheerin
The Ways We Die
Logs for the Fire
By Chris Schlake
A Rite or a Ride
Reconnecting with the Earth
By Rina Burleson
Let Mosquitos Bite
Light and Shadow
By Rob Preece
In the Shadow of Goodness
Final Flicker
By Chief Arvol Looking Horse
Gulf Coast Oil Spill - Sioux Prayer Request
POETRY
The Heart
By Maxima Kahn
DEPARTMENTS
Publisher’s Note
Acts of God
Our Contributors
Editor’s Note
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Flint and Tinder
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The Pachamama Alliance
The Tracking Project
Hamaatsa
Orphan Wisdom
Traditions in Western Herbalism
Tunefoolery
Sacred Fire in the World
The Earth & Spirit Council