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Reading certain stories in no particular order, but it’s been quite eye opening to learn about the intersection of the environment and race, or in other words the relationship that these non-white authors have with nature.

Nature made its way back into my life; it was not larger than life but life itself, a steady contact with nature that allowed me the greatest freedom to work and to grieve… it was precisely in the sweat and chill, the scents and odors of the world without a screen to seal off all senses but sight-and in the release from language- that nature could do its work..

Debra Kang Dean essay

The older, original name for my people, "Anishinaabe," describes a larger group of Native Americans in the Great Lakes region. This name goes back to the creation stories and is usually interpreted to mean "original or spontaneous being."

beautiful essay by Melissa K Nelson