Indigenous Religions & Ecology

1 Videos

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

3 Readings

• Pre-video introduction: “Indigenization”
• Pre-video introduction: “The Honorable Harvest”
• (Optional) Ways to Learn More

1 Videos

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

2 Readings

• Pre-video introduction: “Rights and Responsibilities”
• (Optional) Ways to Learn More

1 Assignment

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

1 Discussions

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

1 Videos

• Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, “Indigenous Identity, Indigenous Rights, and Forest Protection”

5 Readings

• 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
• (Optional) Ways to Learn More

1 Assignment

• Module 3: From Decolonization to Restoration in Indigenous Communities

1 Discussions

• Module 3: From Decolonization to Restoration in Indigenous Communities

7 Videos

• 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

6 Readings

• 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”
• (Optional) Ways to Learn More

2 Videos

• 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.

4 Readings

• 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”
• (Optional) Ways to Learn More

1 Videos

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

4 Readings

• 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
• (Optional) Ways to Learn More

3 Readings

• Pre-video introduction: “River of Kings, Part 1: Restoration”
• Pre-video introduction: “Why lakes and rivers should have the same rights as humans”
• (Optional) Ways to Learn More

1 Assignment

• Module 4: Native North Americans

1 Discussions

• Module 4: Native North Americans

4 Readings

• 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
• (Optional) Ways to Learn More

1 Videos

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

6 Readings

• Pre-video introduction: “Mayan Elder Paula López 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
• (Optional) Ways to Learn More

1 Videos

• Ana Mariella Bacigalupo, “South American Shamanism and Indigenous Cosmopolitics.” Interview by John Grim

5 Readings

• 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”
• (Optional) Ways to Learn More

1 Assignment

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

1 Discussions

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

5 Readings

• 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”
• (Optional) Ways to Learn More

2 Videos

• Wangari Maathai, “‘As Revealed to You’: Environments that Shape Our Stories”
• Wangari Maathai, “Recapturing Values for the Community of the Living”

3 Readings

• 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”
• (Optional) Ways to Learn More

2 Videos

• 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

6 Readings

• 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”
• (Optional) Ways to Learn More

4 Readings

• “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
• (Optional) Ways to Learn More

1 Assignment

• Module 6: Native Peoples of Africa

1 Discussions

• Module 6: Native Peoples of Africa

4 Readings

• 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”
• (Optional) Ways to Learn More

2 Videos

• 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

4 Readings

• 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”
• (Optional) Ways to Learn More

4 Readings

• Pre-video introduction: “Indigenous peoples India”
• The Adivasi Struggle Against Environmental Injustice
• Pre-video introduction: “Conservation threatens India’s Baiga tribe”
• (Optional) Ways to Learn More

1 Videos

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

6 Readings

• 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”
• (Optional) Ways to Learn More

1 Assignment

• Module 7: Indigenous Peoples in Asia

1 Discussions

• Module 7: Indigenous Peoples in Asia

1 Videos

• Looking Up

5 Readings

• 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
• (Optional) Ways to Learn More

5 Readings

• 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
• (Optional) Ways to Learn More

5 Readings

• 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
• (Optional) Ways to Learn More

1 Videos

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

6 Readings

• 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
• (Optional) Ways to Learn More

1 Assignment

• Module 8: First Nations in Australia

1 Discussions

• Module 8: First Nations in Australia

3 Readings

• Pre-video introduction: “Aboriginal Water Initiative”
• Pre-video introduction: “Three things I know about fire management”
• (Optional) Ways to Learn More

1 Videos

• Krushil Watene, “Māori Knowledge and Indigenous Landscapes in New Zealand.” Interview by John Grim

9 Readings

• 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: “Māori 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”
• (Optional) Ways to Learn More

1 Assignment

• Module 9: Indigenous Peoples of the Pacific

1 Discussions

• Module 9: Indigenous Peoples of the Pacific

11 Readings

• Pre-video introduction: “History of Hokulea”
• Pre-video introduction: “Mau Piailug”
• (Optional) Pre-video introduction: “Hōkūleʻa Worldwide Voyage Recap” and “Hokulea Homecoming”
• Pre-video introduction: “Long Story Short with Leslie Wilcox: Nainoa Thompson”
• The Story of Hōkūle’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: “Kū Ha’aheo E Ku’u Hawai’i”
• (Optional) Ways to Learn More

1 Videos

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

1 Readings

• Letter from John Grim and Mary Evelyn Tucker