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“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.”

“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

Haudenosaunee, Haudenosaunee - PR, Proven ResilientBlog Post AuthorSeptember 22, 2022Haudenosaunee

“In my vision as a Mohawk midwife, reproductive justice and environmental justice intersect at the nexus of woman's blood and voice.”

“In my vision as a Mohawk midwife, reproductive justice and environmental justice intersect at the nexus of woman's blood and voice.”

Katsi Cook (good-gee cook), Mohawk midwife

Haudenosaunee, Haudenosaunee - PR, Proven ResilientBlog Post AuthorJanuary 12, 2021Haudenosaunee

“We need to identify the processes that so often lead people who are honestly seeking to resist and destroy colonization to unconsciously re-create the elements of their own oppression.”

“We need to identify the processes that so often lead people who are honestly seeking to resist and destroy colonization to unconsciously re-create the elements of their own oppression.”

John Mohawk (jahn mow-hawk), Seneca philosopher and activist

Haudenosaunee, Haudenosaunee - PR, Proven ResilientBlog Post AuthorJanuary 12, 2021Haudenosaunee

“Because we were sovereign nations we had to start fighting for the land the Creator said was where we were supposed to live.”

“Because we were sovereign nations we had to start fighting for the land the Creator said was where we were supposed to live.”

Leon Shenandoah (lee-on shen-on-dough-wah), Onondaga chief

Haudenosaunee, Haudenosaunee - PR, Proven ResilientBlog Post AuthorJanuary 12, 2021Haudenosaunee

“I have come here to deeply listen to what the seeds have to share.”

“I have come here to deeply listen to what the seeds have to share.”

Rowen White (row-when wite), Mohawk seedkeeper

Proven Sustainable, Haudenosaunee, Haudenosaunee - PSBlog Post AuthorJanuary 12, 2021Haudenosaunee

“Every human being comes from an indigenous people.”

“Every human being comes from an indigenous people.”

Tom Porter (tahm pour-terr), founder of the Mohawk community of Kanatsiohareke (gah-nah-jo-ha-lay-gay)

Proven Sustainable, Haudenosaunee, Haudenosaunee - PSBlog Post AuthorJanuary 12, 2021Haudenosaunee

“We are a people who sat under a tree for a long time…talking about the importance of community.”

“We are a people who sat under a tree for a long time…talking about the importance of community.”

Oren Lyons (aw-ren lie-unz), Onondaga faithkeeper

Proven Sustainable, Haudenosaunee, Haudenosaunee - PSBlog Post AuthorJanuary 12, 2021Haudenosaunee

“We are responsible for seven generations, in my tradition, seven generations into the future.”

“We are responsible for seven generations, in my tradition, seven generations into the future.”

Audrey Shenandoah (aw-dree shen-on-dough-wah), Onondaga clanmother

Proven Sustainable, Haudenosaunee - PS, HaudenosauneeBlog Post AuthorJanuary 12, 2021Haudenosaunee