The Challenges Faced By Sengwer Community

Country is precious, vital, and considered home to Aboriginals. To them, country is family, as they often describe it as if shares similar human characteristics. They care for country as they would to their brother or sister, and hold a certain responsibility to nurture country as it provides a sustained, well-nourished life. Each community member plays a role in the protection of country. Every member embraces a different, unique skills and when combined offer a greater life for everyone. Country is key to learning the essential hunting and gathering skills to live, feed and thrive off the land which is embedded in Indigenous culture.

The affect of environmental issues occur everyday and in particular deforestation is becoming a highly ranked subject. From animals to the human race, the alacrity of trees that are cut down affects every individual in a variety of ways. Not only do people need to help the planet but they need to help themselves and further generations to come, such as children and grandchildren because these natural resources that are being taken away from society are as well shaping the future. For comprehensible reasons, forests use to make up the world, until man made creatures started to destroy and destruct the most important supply to human kind which are trees. Trees are crucial to every living entity for the reason of providing oxygen to all.

It brought with it deforestation, and large amounts of pollution, which have had a large impact on their small community.

Throughout this essay, I will be discussing what I believe to be the four most important problems facing the United States of America today. I will present these problems in order for most important, to least important. I will talk about how these problems came to be and discuss what my research stated. I will then give my reasoning for selecting each problem and discuss my ideas for correcting these problems.

The land and forest provide everything to them; it is their home, it offers them protection from neighboring peoples, and an abundance of food. However things changed with the introduction of Christianity. I believe Rachel Saint to be a major component in the destruction of the Huaorani culture. She taught them that everything they had believed was wrong, nudity was wrong, shamanism was seen sorcery and therefore evil. Nomadism was seen as evil as well; ‘’the Lord’s way dictated that the Huaorani must settle down, build permanent villages and raise garden crops and barnyard animals” (Kane 86). The Huaorani were forced to forget ancient traditions, they no longer hunt with spears and blowguns but instead wait the arrival of planes that bring food to their community. The Huaorani who were once so self-sufficient are now forced to rely on foreigners for their next meal. Not only has the Huaorani culture been impacted but so has their health, many Huaorani suffered from diabetes due to the high amounts of processed sugar in ‘civilized’ food. The education that the missionaries provided eroded what little bit of their culture and traditions they maintained; the Huaorani were forced to change their way of life.

The reading of “Defending the Land: Sovereignty and Forest life in James Bay Cree Society” by Ronald Niezan is a great reading. Mr. Niezan illustrates how Cree people live and what they still currently do to protect their land and religion. This book also allows us to understand that people will try to take what they can’t have because that’s exactly what Canada’s government tries to accomplish with new construction projects and other

Before the loss of springbank clover Coast Salish people ecologically managed the site by selective harvesting of root vegetables, weeding, and clearing which are all practices of stewardship. Creating my plant creation I was able to see that ethnobotany can be a bridge to reconciliation through practices of stewardship. Stewardship relates directly to the principle that Chief Adam Dick (Kwaxsistala) practices, teaches and values deeply, “Keeping it living”. By stewarding and “Keeping it living” we are not resentfully harming plants or animals by overharvesting and we are allowing them to continue to grow and reproduce. Furthermore, we are maintaining and sharing the knowledge at a global level to continue to encourage sustainable resource

During our research, we encountered a lot of facts that actually are the issues and probably holding a solution too, but needs a lot of efforts

The belief in kinship with creation is widely supported within most indigenous religions. In this way of thinking, there is more importance placed on the concept of “we” than there is on the concept of “I”. Here, the family or village is where strong emphasis lies. In many indigenous traditions, developing and maintaining a respectful relationship with spiritual energy is paramount. This concept doesn’t only apply to humans, but also, in many cases to the immediate natural environment as well. The oneness of the body and the land is vital. Many think of themselves as mere ‘caretakers’ of the earth, and nothing more, who has a duty to nurture and preserve it for future generations. Certain animals are seen as spiritual conduits, just as certain trees are seen to impart herbal healing secrets.

We went to the “sanctuary” to seek wisdom from an aboriginal “Biblumun” elder .The sense of place and “Noongar culture” was very evident from painting, art, craft and building structure. Wayne Webb opened up one of the burning issues such as the federal funding programme which is miss-directed and causing social and health problem for aboriginal communities (money is used for drugs and other things ).The elder said that the money should be used in way that it should help them to maintain their identity. My question was very well answered by elder that Natural Resources Mangers need to communicate, understand and equipped themselves indigenous knowledge if possible. This went well for

In addition to the loss of culture and language for indigenous people, they are also experiencing the loss of their traditional lands and native environment. For indigenous people, much personal and group meaning comes from the natural environment and as a result, their religious practices are deeply rooted in the environment in which they live. When the environment that they rely on is taken away for development, both their cultural and religious identity suffers.

The Aboriginal people do not view the country as a land filled with rocks, soil or minerals, but rather a nature that endures the needs for living things. The Aboriginals are closely connected to the land as it is the central of all spirituality. Any issues that the land encounters, the Indigenous people find important as they cherish and perceive the land as their mother; a nurturer. An important aspect of the Aboriginal spirituality is to protect the land as they are a part of it because the land sustains them with food, water and a place to share their culture.

PREVIEW: I will begin by stating what the problem is and why it is concerning. Next, I will explain what is going on currently to address the problem and why what is currently being done it isn’t working. Then, I will

This report will outline the current situation, provide alternative solutions, as well make a recommendation on the best alternative and implementation plan.

I am appealing to you as a conservationist. I believe that the natural resources of the forest can be of great help to us. As we experience this oil and gas crisis in the US, we are forced to import oil from foreign countries. Thus causing the cost of