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The Wayfinders Circle highlights Indigenous leadership that manifests a
time-tested understanding of the ways humans are an inseparable part of
Mother Earth, and as such, have a responsibility towards stewardship and
care for the Earth. Wayfinder members demonstrate continued resilience
and maintain the cultural and spiritual continuity of their Indigenous
communities. The Wayfinders Circle will inspire strength and courage for the
transformative actions needed to protect Mother Earth and the wellbeing
of all life.
We hope the Wayfinders Circle will provide a constellation of Indigenous
holistic models to inspire people the world over to re-imagine development
and conservation, and to shift their perspectives on their own relationship
with the Earth. As Wayfinders demonstrate a deeply grounded
interconnectivity to place, we hope this initiative and platform can provide
positive alternatives to current forms of economic globalization and
extraction. By investing in Indigenous traditional cultures’ self-determination
and guardianship traditions, the Wayfinders Circle will help unleash the
transformative potential of Indigenous ways of knowing. To be clear: the
Wayfinders Circle is not about romanticizing Indigenous ways through naïve
hopes of magical solutions. Wayfinders seeks to strengthen Indigenous
self-determination at its fullest realization, recognizing it is so often
hard-earned through unrecognized efforts, labor, and struggle; but also
amplifying the ways it is held together in community, resilience, and a
shared robust vision.
© Dylan DesRosier
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