Spirit baby birth story
Recently Lukas and I welcomed our daughter into this wild world. We won’t be posting any photos of her to protect her privacy, but here is one of us with her in my womb. More people are becoming familiar with…
Category Indigenous Science
Discernment
Here is another chapter from the book I am writing. I hope you enjoy! Blog by Valerie As Diné (Navajo) historian and lawman Wally Brown says: You can never conquer fear, it’s always going to be there…Walking in beauty involves…
Warriorship
Blog by Lukas Are the most prescient ideas and images that come to mind when you think of the word “warrior” all about physical strength, toughness, and violent conflict? I doubt you’re alone. To borrow a trick from Valerie, if…
Trauma & Healing
Blog by Valerie Cloud Clearer As some of you know, I have been writing a book (or it’s being written through/with me may be more accurate language ), so I have felt less inclined to blog. Today I thought I’d…
Identity politics
At the heart of the Earth Ethos Indigenous Science Dialogues earlier this year was the issue of identity politics. The dialogue of that name was with my friend Shannon Field, a Walbunja woman of the Yuin nation, a traditional owner…
Indigenous Science Dialogues
Update: All dialogues are now available online on the Earth Ethos YouTube Channel. You are invited to join Earth Ethos in honouring each element of the medicine wheel (earth/physical, air/mental, fire/spiritual, water/emotional) and the heart centre through five dialogues between…
Lived Experience Knowledge
Blog by Valerie There is immense power in embodying healing through lived experience. As I work in facilitating & healing spaces, I feel it is important to be open about parts of my journey. If you want to learn more…
Synchronicity
Blog by Valerie Four years ago I wrote the following and saved it on my computer: Imagine synchronicity as a lifestyle. Inner & outer awareness/alignment Today I was reminded of that document and moved to write this piece. For me,…
On Indigenous Science
Doing science with awe and humility is a powerful act of reciprocity with the more-than-human world. — Robin Wall Kimmerer, Potowatami scholar A blog by Valerie Most of us when asked what ‘science’ is will start to think of beakers…
Gifts of Colonialism
Blog by Valerie When we grow up feeling like no one’s in our corner, that life is us against the world and we can’t trust anyone, many of us go on a journey as adults of learning how to put…