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my brother sent this.  He lives in  Bemidji.    is a large poster that's folded so it's like in book form.   'there is MUCH information but this much here.

Introduction  to Just Transition

Indigenous prophecy now meets scientific prediction.  What we have known and believed,  you also know.   The Earth is out of balance.  The plants are disappearing,  the animals are dying,  and the very weather….rain, wind, fire itself…reacts against the actions of the human being.   For the future of the children,  for the health of our Mother Earth,  Father Sky, and rest of Creation,  we call upon the people of the world to held your leaders accountable.   Circles of Wisdom: Native Peoples/Native Homelands Climate Change Workshop held in Albuquerque,  New Mexico November 1998

Since occupation and colonization of the Indigenous lands and territories of North America (Turtle Island) American Indian and Alaskan Natives in the United States and First Nations and Aboriginal people in Canada have been fighting for our now internationally recognized inherent rights to our lands,  our rights for self-determination and sovereignty.  The moment is now to stand strong and in solidarity  in defense of our treaty territories  land,, water, air and protection of the Circle of All Life.

To reclaim our future, we must change the present.    Just Transition

"The Creator has entrusted us a sacred responsibility to protect and care for the land and all of life, as well as to safeguard its well being for the future generations to come. "   Circles of Wisdom   Native Peoples/Native Homelands Climate Change Workshop held in Albuquerque, New Mexico,  November 1998

Prophesies,  here in Turtle Island,  tell of a time when our Indigenous peoples will rise up,  like coming out of a haze,  a dark mist,  waking up into the Light of Understanding of who we really are and our true place in the universe.  This will be a time of transformation and transition.  It is told by many of these prophesies that our young generation will be stepping up,  learning from the experiences and wisdom of the previous generations.  It is a time of language, cultural and spiritual revitalization.  New ways and old ways will be coming together in harmony.

This transformation will involve the settler people and immigrants that arrived here to Turtle Island,  whether by choice or forced choice.  New alliances will be formed.   A new beginning is on the horizon,  for building a new world,  confronting violence against our women, our children and against the Creative Female Principles of the sacredness of our Mother Earth.