“Blow the dust from your ears so you may hear and understand all that is being said to you and be able to recognize the truth.”
Beverly Cook (beh-ver-lee cook)
Mohawk chief and nurse practitioner
IMAGE SOURCE: “Tribal Chief Beverly Cook Named to NCAI Climate Action Task Force.” Web article. St. Regis Mohawk Tribe. Jun 21, 2019 | QUOTE SOURCE: “Resilience from our Roots.” Webinar. Center For Public Health Continuing Education. University of Albany. 26 May, 2015.
QUOTE CONTEXT: “In this webinar Beverly Cook advocates for a trauma-informed approach to care and culturally-based healing programs… including rites of passage and Centering Pregnancy.”
QUOTE QUESTION: What do you require to blow the dust from your ears to recognize truth?
IMAGE CONTEXT: “Indian Country is comprised of place-based people who recognize that climate change is one of the most critical threats we face today to traditional ways of life…What we do to the environment we also do onto ourselves.”
IMAGE QUESTION: Where do you stand to mark your home place?
MEDIA LITERACY CONTEXT: The quote is from a university-sponsored webinar and the image from the St. Regis Mohawk Tribe website.
MEDIA LITERACY QUESTION: On which organizational platforms do you prefer to share the work in your communities?
LEARN ABOUT AND SUPPORT ST. REGIS MOHAWK COMMUNITY PROJECTS SERVED BY CHIEF BEVERLY COOK: https://www.srmt-nsn.gov/tribal_chief_beverly_kiohawiton_cook
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