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Apache Stronghold: The Spiritual Movement to Save Oak Flat – EcoJustice Radio

February 4, 2019 by Jack Eidt 1 comment

Join Stephanie Mushrush and Carrie “Cc” Curley Strong as they share about the Apache Stronghold spiritual movement to Save Oak Flat (Chi’chil Bildagoteel). Apache Stronghold, led by Wendsler Nosie, Sr. for the last decade, is a spiritual movement to protect the Apache Way of life: their sacred sites and cultural and spiritual heritage. The movement is committed to preventing Resolution Copper, a foreign mining corporation & subsidiary of BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto, from desecrating the San Carlos Apache Nation’s ancestral lands.

Myth

Hopi Survival and the Supernaturals: Revenge of the Kachinas

November 26, 2017 by The Outpost 4 comments

Here is a retelling of the Hopi story, The Revenge of the Katcinas (Kachinas or Katsinam). To grow crops and survive in their mountainous desert, the Hopis understand the necessity for proper devotion to the supernatural powers, known as the Kachinas, who embody the spirits of living things and also of ancestors who have died and become a part of nature. When the people fall out of favor with the supernaturals, disaster results.

Repellent Fence, US Mexico Border, Arizona

Sound, Urban Art

Postcommodity’s ‘Repellent Fence’ Land Art Spans the U.S. Border

February 20, 2016 by The Outpost 6 comments

Postcommodity is a collective of American Indian artists from different backgrounds and mediums, combining to create giant musical instrument installations, video, sound and sculpture. Their Repellent Fence installation floated Scare-Eye Bird Repellent balloons over the border between Arizona and Sonora.

Climate

The Psychological Cost of a Hotter World: More Suicides

May 2, 2014 by The Outpost 2 comments

Using Phoenix, Arizona, as an example of where global warming has resulted in inhuman heat and extreme weather, Jerry Adler in Smithsonian wonders if human beings will be able to keep their cool? New research suggests not.

Design, Sustainability

Arcosanti: Paolo Soleri’s Visionary Eco-City Prototype in Arizona

January 18, 2013 by Jack Eidt 6 comments

A visionary eco-city in the Arizona desert, Arcosanti is an urban laboratory created by Paolo Soleri. Based on the concept of Arcology, or ecological architecture, it presents a compact, sustainable, energy-efficient urban form that confronts environmental destruction, economic collapse, and social dislocation.

Rituals and Traditions

Soyal Ceremony: Hopi Kachinas Dance at Winter Solstice

December 22, 2011 by Jack Eidt 16 comments

The Soyal Ceremony begins on the shortest day of the year, and symbolizes the second phase of Creation at the Dawn of Life. Its prayers and rituals implement a plan of life for the coming year, ceremonially turning back the sun toward its summer path.

Rituals and Traditions

Hopi Butterfly Dance: Ceremonial Gratitude

June 17, 2011 by Jack Eidt 3 comments

The Butterfly Dance is a Hopi ceremony petitioning for rain, and health for all living things, thanking the beautiful butterfly for pollinating plant life.

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