“One of the things that I notice quite a bit is that people who tend to be attracted to Animism (and Shamanism) are often good-hearted people who wish to be …
Category Archives: Relationships
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, …
The Archetypes of Bullying
Blog by Lukas
In her PhD Justice is Healing: An Indigenous Approach to Sexual Trauma, Valerie describes three main roles in violence: victim, offender, and bystander. In my view, …
Alienation & Judgment
Blog by Valerie
I was perhaps one of Earth’s most alienated of beings, and by that I mean that I did not sense belonging here. My cultural context was such …
Reciprocity & the Resentment-Denial Dance
Blog by Valerie
This week I am moving through some grief. I had known that a friendship would end had been observing it fade away for a while, and I …
Earth Ethos child development
Blog by Valerie
Some studies of newborns suggest that humans’ most fundamental need is to be part of a culture, to engage with their social environment and try to make …
Boundaries & integrity
Blog by Valerie
There’s a lot of rhetoric about boundaries, and setting healthy boundaries, and crossing boundaries, but in essence, we’re talking about integrity, or wholeness. From google, the etymology …
Healing & Cultural Appropriation
Blog by Valerie
In the previous post I wrote about how complex it is to honour multiple cultural identities, ground ourselves where we are now and honour the ancestors of …
Multiculturalism & Cultural Appropriation
Blog by Valerie
You may have grown up, like me, steeped in multiculturalism in your home and city, eating foods from all over the world, making friends with others of …
Honouring Our Ancestors
Blog by Valerie
If we want to honour our ancestors, who are they? As Dakota Earth Cloud Walker explains, our human ancestors are more than our blood lineage. They also …