Yale University - Indigenous Religions & Ecology 

Land Acknowledgement - John Grim and Mary Evelyn Tucker

Course Overview: Indigenous Religions and Ecology - John Grim and Mary Evelyn Tucker

Personal Introduction - Mary Evelyn Tucker

Personal Introduction - John Grim

Course Rationale

How this course is organized

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(Optional) Religion and Ecology Conferences and Book Series, 1996-1998

Pre-video introduction: The Promise of Planetary Health

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Lecture - Overview of the Study of Indigenous Religions and Ecology - John Grim

Lecture - Terms and Topics in the Study of Indigenous Religions and Ecology - John Grim

Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, 'Indigenous Identity, Indigenous Rights, and Forest Protection'

Pre-video introduction: 'Indigenization'

Pre-video introduction: 'The Honorable Harvest'

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Pre-video introduction: 'Rights and Responsibilities'

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UN Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP)

Pre-video introduction: 'Indigenous Identity, Indigenous Rights, and Forest Protection'

The Indigenous World

Interfaith Rainforest Initiative

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Module 2: Introduction to the Study of Indigenous Religions and Ecology

Lecture - From Decolonizing to Restoration: Terms and Topics - John Grim

Lecture - From Decolonizing to Restoration: Cosmovision, Spiritual Ecology, and Cosmopolitics - John Grim

Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, "Global Indigenous Sovereignty and Environmental Governance." Interview by John Grim

Lecture - Lifeway and Symbolic Consciousness - John Grim

Lecture - Self-Determination and Sovereignty- John Grim

Lecture - Indigenous Ways of Knowing - John Grim

Tiokasin Ghosthorse, "Lakota Consciousness and Ecological Relationships." Interview by John Grim

Pre-video introduction: 'On Decolonizing Methodologies'

Pre-video introduction: 'Global Indigenous Sovereignty and Environmental Governance'

Pre-video introduction: 'Brazil's Indigenous Land is Being Invaded'

Decolonizing Conquest Consciousness

Pre-video introduction: 'Lakota Consciousness and Ecological Relationships'

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Module 3: From Decolonization to Restoration in Indigenous Communities

Lecture - Indigenous Religions and Ecology: From Encounter to Contemporary Activism - John Grim

Melissa Nelson, "Indigenous Cosmovisions and Foodways in North America." Interview by John Grim.

Jeannette Armstrong, "Okanagan Lifeways and Indigenous Environmental Activism." Interview by John Grim

Pre-video introduction: 'Hopi Messenger: Thomas Banyacya'

North America: Native ecologies and cosmovisions renew treaties with the Earth and fuel Indigenous movements

Pre-video introduction: 'Indigenous Cosmovisions and Foodways in North America'

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Pre-video introduction: 'Thomas Yellowtail, Crown Sun Dance Chief'

Pre-video introduction: 'Okanagan Lifeways and Indigenous Environmental Activism'

Indigenous Traditions and the Nurturing Power of Nature

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Pre-video introduction: 'River of Kings, Part 1: Restoration'

Pre-video introduction: 'Why lakes and rivers should have the same rights as humans'

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Pre-video introduction: 'Human Trauma and Climate Trauma'

Pre-video introduction: 'Gwichi'in Voices for the Arctic Refuge'

Ontology on the ice: Inuit traditions, ecology, and the problem of categories

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Module 4: Native North Americans

Miguel Astor-Aguilera, "Mayan Ecological Practices and Cosmovisions in Mesoamerica." Interview by John Grim

Ana Mariella Bacigalupo, 'South American Shamanism and Indigenous Cosmopolitics.-Interview by John Grim

Pre-video introduction: 'Mayan Elder Paula L�³pez Domingo Speaks'

Pre-video introduction: 'Mayan Ecological Practices and Cosmovisions in Mesoamerica'

(Optional) Latin America: Indigenous Cosmovision

Pre-video introduction: 'Preventing Environmental & Human Abuses in Oaxaca, Mexico'

Religion, Ritual, and Agriculture among the Present-Day Nahua of Mesoamerica

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Pre-video introduction: 'The Xapiri look after everything'

Pre-video introduction: 'Brazilian Indigenous Leader Davi Kopenawa'

Pre-video introduction: 'The Amazon belongs to humanity -- let's protect it together-1min

Pre-video introduction: 'South American Shamanism and Indigenous Cosmopolitics'

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Pre-video introduction: Trailer for 'The Rights of Nature: A Global Movement'

Universal Declaration of Rights of Mother Earth - The Rights of Nature

Pre-video introduction: 'The Rights of Nature: A Global Movement'

Pre-video introduction: 'Pay it Forward'

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Module 5: Native Peoples in Meso-America and South America

Wangari Maathai, ''As Revealed to You': Environments that Shape Our Stories'

Wangari Maathai, 'Recapturing Values for the Community of the Living'

Jacob Kehinde Olupona, 'Yoruba Cosmology and Environmental Knowledge in Africa.-Interview by John Grim

Jessie N. K. Mugambi, "African Ecological Identity and Religious Environmentalism." Interview by John Grim

Pre-video introduction: 'Taking Root: The Vision of Wangari Maathai'

Pre-video introduction: 'As Revealed to You-and 'Recapturing Values for the Community of the Living'

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Pre-video introduction: 'Rethinking the Study of African Indigenous Religion in the 21st Century'

Pre-video introduction: 'Yoruba Cosmology and Environmental Knowledge in Africa'

Communicating African Spirituality through Ecology: Challenges and Prospects for the 21st Century

Pre-video introduction: 'African Ecological Identity and Religious Environmentalism'

(Optional) Jessie N. K. Mugambi, 'African Heritage and Ecological Stewardship'

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'It's our home': Pygmies fight for recognition as forest protectors

Pre-video introduction: 'The Man Who Stopped the Desert'

The traditions that could save a nation's forests

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African Religion, Climate Change, and Knowledge Systems

Pre-video introduction: "Indigenous knowledge meets science to take on climate change"

Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim, 'Women's Leadership in Chad'

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Module 6: Native Peoples of Africa

Charisma K. Lepcha, 'Lepcha Identity and Environmentalism in the Eastern Himalayas.-Interview by John Grim

Dan Smyer Yu, "Indigenous Peoples and Ecological Knowledge in the Himalayas." Interview by John Grim

Guest Lecture - Problematizing Ideas of 'Purity-and 'Timelessness-in the Conservation Narratives of Sacred Groves - Lily Zeng

Looking Up

Pre-video introduction: 'Lepcha Identity and Environmentalism in the Eastern Himalayas'

An Indigenous Cosmovisionary Turn in the Study of Religion and Ecology

Pre-video introduction: 'Indigenous Peoples and Ecological Knowledge in the Himalayas'

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Pre-video introduction: 'Indigenous peoples India'

The Adivasi Struggle Against Environmental Injustice

Pre-video introduction: 'Conservation threatens India's Baiga tribe'

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Pre-video introduction: 'Problematizing Ideas of 'Purity-and 'Timelessness-in the Conservation Narratives of Sacred Groves'

Pre-video introduction: 'Cambodia: Fight for Areng Valley'

Indigenous World 2019: Philippines

Pre-video introduction: 'Indigenous climate change solutions in Indonesia'

(Optional) Pre-video introduction: 'Tradition and landscape management in West Timor'

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Pre-video introduction: 'Looking Up'

Pre-video introduction: 'The Shamans of Tuva'

(Optional) Pre-video introduction: 'Altai Pilgrim - Standing on Sacred Ground'

Ancient Faith, Modern Market: Siberian Shamanism Takes on the 21st Century

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Module 7: Indigenous Peoples in Asia

Kerry Arabena, "Australian Indigenous Peoples and Cosmopolitics." Interview by John Grim

Pre-video introduction: 'The myth of Aboriginal stories being myths'

Pre-video Introduction: 'The Land Owns Us'

Pre-video introduction: 'Every Living Thing is Family'

Some Thoughts about the Philosophical Underpinnings of Aboriginal Worldviews

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Pre-video introduction: Trailer for 'Ailan Kastom'

(Optional) Pre-video introduction: 'Ailan Kastom (Island Custom) - Torres Strait Documentary'

Torres Strait Regional Authority

The Mayor Fighting to Save Her Island Home from Climate Change

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Pre-video introduction: 'Songlines: Aboriginal Art and Storytelling'

Pre-video introduction: 'Sharing a story through Aboriginal Australian Songline'

(Optional) Pre-video introduction: 'Gujingga Songline'

Pre-video introduction: 'Aboriginal Art and Music'

' Pre-video introduction: 'Australian Indigenous Peoples and Cosmopolitics-1min

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Pre-video introduction: 'Aboriginal Water Initiative'

Pre-video introduction: 'Three things I know about fire management'

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Module 8: First Nations in Australia

Krushil Watene, 'M?ori Knowledge and Indigenous Landscapes in New Zealand.-Interview by John Grim

Pre-video introduction: 'Maori values - Manaaki'

In search of harmony: Indigenous traditions of the Pacific and ecology

Pre-video introduction: 'The Rights of Nature: A Global Movement'

New Zealand river first in the world to be given legal human status

' Pre-video introduction: 'M?ori Knowledge and Indigenous Landscapes in New Zealand-1min

(Optional) Pre-video introduction: 'Kaitiakitanga'

(Optional) World looks to Maori on environmental issues

' Pre-video introduction: 'The Power of Water'

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Pre-video introduction: 'History of Hokulea'

Pre-video introduction: 'Mau Piailug'

(Optional) Pre-video introduction: 'H?k?le?a Worldwide Voyage Recap-and 'Hokulea Homecoming'

Pre-video introduction: 'Long Story Short with Leslie Wilcox: Nainoa Thompson'

The Story of H?k?le'a

Pre-video introduction: 'Standing on Sacred Ground - Islands of Sanctuary'

Returning to the Roots of Community Resilience in Hawai'i

Pre-video introduction: 'Like a Mighty Wave: A Maunakea Film'

(Optional) 'A New Hawaiian Renaissance': how a telescope protest became a movement

Pre-video introduction: 'K? Ha'aheo E Ku'u Hawai'i'

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Module 9: Indigenous Peoples of the Pacific

Course Conclusion: Indigenous Religions and Ecology - John Grim and Mary Evelyn Tucker

Letter from John Grim and Mary Evelyn Tucker