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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.00,0:00:03.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are very inspiring and exciting
Dialogue: 0,0:00:03.11,0:00:04.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,things happening at the Pine Ridge
Dialogue: 0,0:00:04.89,0:00:06.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Reservation, which is home to the Oglala
Dialogue: 0,0:00:06.92,0:00:09.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sioux in South Dakota. This video is going
Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.88,0:00:12.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to introduce you to what they are doing
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.00,0:00:14.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to restore resilience, economic
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.17,0:00:17.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,independence, self-sufficiency and
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.13,0:00:19.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,cultural revival among the Lakota people.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.85,0:00:23.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Being in alliance is about being in
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.95,0:00:26.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,service to each other, and when you are in
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.05,0:00:30.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,service, it's about, attitude, being an
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.22,0:00:33.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ally also means that because I am
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.91,0:00:35.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,committed I am going to explore further,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.93,0:00:38.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,dig deeper, and see where the growth
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.81,0:00:41.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,opportunities are for me, and if I can
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.56,0:00:45.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,actually add value.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.50,0:00:55.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everybody loves the cultural native,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.70,0:00:58.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,everybody loves the ceremonies we share.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.76,0:01:01.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But when it comes to talking about the
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.39,0:01:05.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hardships and injustices and the reality
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.28,0:01:07.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of what native people deal with on a day
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.32,0:01:09.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to day basis, that native is not so
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.26,0:01:11.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,popular. So being willing to stand next
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.80,0:01:15.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to that outspoken native who is not always
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.48,0:01:18.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,talking about the most popular topics, I
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.00,0:01:20.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,think that is what makes a good ally.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.35,0:01:33.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think showing up as an ally star starts
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.35,0:01:36.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with contextual understanding of not only
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.06,0:01:37.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what has happened, but also what is
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.80,0:01:39.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,happening. I think it is important to
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.76,0:01:41.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,remember that this is not past tense, and
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.98,0:01:44.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these injustices are happening everday,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.43,0:01:46.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we are actually seeing them unfold for
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.85,0:01:48.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people. We are seeing this healing
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.72,0:01:51.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,happen for people within a camp, to this
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.09,0:01:52.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,very day.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.64,0:01:54.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People don't have clean water, they don't
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.78,0:01:56.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have running water, they don't have good
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.86,0:01:59.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,food, they don't have housing, so they are
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.35,0:02:01.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just in this mode where they can't think
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.53,0:02:03.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about intergenerational trauma and
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.58,0:02:05.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,epigenetics, and it is really hard to
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.65,0:02:07.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,heal something when you get a wound
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.67,0:02:09.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it scabs up and someone keeps coming,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.72,0:02:12.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ripping it off. It is ongoing, It has not
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.29,0:02:14.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,stopped yet, it has been going on for like
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.60,0:02:16.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,500 years. Since then we have been in
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.83,0:02:20.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,survival mode, trying to just survive, and
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.12,0:02:22.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it is hard to really focus on anything
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.87,0:02:25.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,else, like building happy communities and
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.20,0:02:27.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,having healthy relationships with your
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.31,0:02:28.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,children.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.62,0:02:31.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's just the willingness to help,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.21,0:02:33.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the willingness to ask questions when it
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.15,0:02:35.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is appropriate, showing respect for the
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.28,0:02:36.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,culture, for the land, for the
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.100,0:02:39.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,spirituality, for the people. If you treat
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.87,0:02:41.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the earth in a good way, the earth will
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.80,0:02:44.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,treat you in a good way. It is just a
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.19,0:02:46.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,mutual respect, is what it is, really.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.83,0:03:06.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Flute playing]
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.97,0:03:12.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Right now, we have got the second annual
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.23,0:03:15.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,IWPS Convergence. We had one last year.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.77,0:03:18.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The convergence is really our event to
Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.96,0:03:21.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,bring together folks who are working on
Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.21,0:03:23.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these different projects, who have these
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.41,0:03:26.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,skills in natural building, gardening, and
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.60,0:03:29.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to just come together in community to
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.15,0:03:31.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,really show the power of community and
Dialogue: 0,0:03:31.27,0:03:33.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what the interrelationships can create.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.39,0:03:36.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have people from all over the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.100,0:03:40.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All nations converge on Pine Ridge, and
Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.30,0:03:42.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then we have community-based projects
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.50,0:03:46.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that they help to implement on Pine Ridge.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.47,0:03:49.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would say that this year, we are really
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.52,0:03:51.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,deepening our relationships, and we are
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.66,0:03:54.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,also spreading to support these food
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.71,0:03:56.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,distribution networks across the
Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.96,0:03:59.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,reservations, so this is not just one site
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.22,0:04:01.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,anymore. This has now become the toolhub
Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.88,0:04:04.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the reservation, and we also have other
Dialogue: 0,0:04:04.40,0:04:07.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,places where they are creating gardens to
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.91,0:04:10.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,heal emotional trauma.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.34,0:04:12.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are a lot of residents who come over,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.89,0:04:14.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,folks from other residences, and we make it
Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.81,0:04:16.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,very accessible. We will cover fuel costs,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.98,0:04:19.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whatever it takes, it is free for all
Dialogue: 0,0:04:19.06,0:04:21.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,native folk, to really showcase what is
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.16,0:04:26.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,happening, to use this energy to activate
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.04,0:04:28.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and mobilize our projects moving forward
Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.38,0:04:30.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as well.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.68,0:04:34.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We work on low cost, alternative, replicable
Dialogue: 0,0:04:34.24,0:04:37.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,models that any family can implement
Dialogue: 0,0:04:37.77,0:04:39.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with a little bit of help across
Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.59,0:04:42.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,reservations. We build with tyres, and
Dialogue: 0,0:04:42.59,0:04:46.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a lot of industrial cast off. Junk,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:46.58,0:04:49.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,basically. People will approach us and
Dialogue: 0,0:04:49.13,0:04:51.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,say, "We have a piece of land and we want
Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.37,0:04:53.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to do this for a family", and then we go
Dialogue: 0,0:04:53.55,0:04:55.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and take a look and if it is within our
Dialogue: 0,0:04:55.92,0:04:58.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ability to help them to do their project,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:58.28,0:05:01.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then we partner up on it and figure out a
Dialogue: 0,0:05:01.08,0:05:03.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,way to get the funds necessary to get
Dialogue: 0,0:05:03.10,0:05:05.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,things together. This is our experiential
Dialogue: 0,0:05:05.57,0:05:09.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,farm or place to build experiments and see
Dialogue: 0,0:05:09.23,0:05:11.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if they are replicable, if they are
Dialogue: 0,0:05:11.24,0:05:13.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,economic enough to be used here on
Dialogue: 0,0:05:13.16,0:05:15.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Pine Ridge, and we are all food producers.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:15.73,0:05:18.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The hope being that we can put a dent in
Dialogue: 0,0:05:18.14,0:05:20.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our food desert here.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:44.66,0:05:46.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I heard the term "permaculture",
Dialogue: 0,0:05:46.68,0:05:48.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that was many years ago, I said,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:48.64,0:05:51.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"What the hell, it is nothing but white
Dialogue: 0,0:05:51.10,0:05:53.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people, and they are going around the
Dialogue: 0,0:05:53.13,0:05:55.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,world and they are taking the best
Dialogue: 0,0:05:55.62,0:05:58.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,practices of all the indigenous nations,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:58.07,0:06:00.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they are putting it in packages and
Dialogue: 0,0:06:00.21,0:06:02.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,say, "Oh, look what we have invented,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:02.48,0:06:05.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,permaculture, look at this". But as my
Dialogue: 0,0:06:05.29,0:06:08.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,brothers here mentioned, it is something
Dialogue: 0,0:06:08.13,0:06:10.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the indigenous people have been doing
Dialogue: 0,0:06:10.38,0:06:12.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for thousands of years!
Dialogue: 0,0:06:12.55,0:06:14.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All this permaculture knowledge that we
Dialogue: 0,0:06:14.74,0:06:16.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have, we are just trying to reiterate all
Dialogue: 0,0:06:16.72,0:06:18.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of it, because like most of you know our
Dialogue: 0,0:06:18.83,0:06:20.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ancestors have been doing it for thousands
Dialogue: 0,0:06:20.24,0:06:21.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of years.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:22.26,0:06:24.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My family, we used to cultivate, and we
Dialogue: 0,0:06:24.43,0:06:27.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,used to plant, and it was communal. It was
Dialogue: 0,0:06:27.38,0:06:29.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,huge! Practically the whole community came
Dialogue: 0,0:06:29.92,0:06:33.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to plant these enormous fields. We
Dialogue: 0,0:06:33.08,0:06:35.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,practiced crop rotating, everything.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:35.55,0:06:37.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We had more than four corn fields, and
Dialogue: 0,0:06:37.70,0:06:40.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we would plant these fields in three days.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:40.22,0:06:42.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then of course during harvest that was
Dialogue: 0,0:06:42.52,0:06:45.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,distributed to everyone. When we plant
Dialogue: 0,0:06:45.24,0:06:48.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,corn, we plant seven seeds. One is for us,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:48.74,0:06:51.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one is for family, one is for the animals,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:51.26,0:06:54.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one is for the birds, one is for everyone,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:54.30,0:06:57.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one is for the earth. That is how we plant.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:57.55,0:07:01.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As we move from this egocentric,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:01.35,0:07:05.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,colonialist ideology back towards this
Dialogue: 0,0:07:05.36,0:07:09.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,indigenous ancestral knowledge that is
Dialogue: 0,0:07:09.26,0:07:13.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ecocentric, as we move through that
Dialogue: 0,0:07:13.38,0:07:16.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,transition, we all recognize and forgive
Dialogue: 0,0:07:16.62,0:07:18.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our part in the equation and then we
Dialogue: 0,0:07:18.64,0:07:21.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,actively work towards embracing our
Dialogue: 0,0:07:21.56,0:07:24.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,humanity, reaching out to each other and
Dialogue: 0,0:07:24.73,0:07:27.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,recognizing that we are all part of the
Dialogue: 0,0:07:27.58,0:07:30.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,same tribe humankind.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:30.25,0:07:32.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I did not want anything to do with it
Dialogue: 0,0:07:32.30,0:07:35.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,until I came here and I saw how lovingly
Dialogue: 0,0:07:35.54,0:07:39.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this permaculture crew touches the ground.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:39.71,0:07:41.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But you know, the important thing among
Dialogue: 0,0:07:41.89,0:07:44.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our people is to show up, and to show that
Dialogue: 0,0:07:44.44,0:07:46.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you mean what you are saying, and that you
Dialogue: 0,0:07:46.93,0:07:49.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are going to walk your talk.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:49.87,0:08:10.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Native American music playing)
Dialogue: 0,0:08:10.32,0:08:14.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am so thoroughly impressed and inspired
Dialogue: 0,0:08:14.58,0:08:16.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by the incredible work of everyone at the
Dialogue: 0,0:08:16.86,0:08:19.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Pine Ridge reservation, and I hope you are
Dialogue: 0,0:08:19.48,0:08:22.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as well. I would love to see you support
Dialogue: 0,0:08:22.36,0:08:24.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,them in their mission. There are links in
Dialogue: 0,0:08:24.93,0:08:27.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the description to learn more, to get
Dialogue: 0,0:08:27.15,0:08:29.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,involved and support them, so make sure
Dialogue: 0,0:08:29.56,0:08:32.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that you do that. If you want people to
Dialogue: 0,0:08:32.47,0:08:34.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,see this and be inspired by it, make sure
Dialogue: 0,0:08:34.99,0:08:37.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to like, comment and share this video, and
Dialogue: 0,0:08:37.86,0:08:39.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you have not already, make sure to
Dialogue: 0,0:08:39.90,0:08:42.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,subscribe to this channel, where there
Dialogue: 0,0:08:42.02,0:08:43.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will be many more videos to come.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:43.88,0:08:45.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I love you all very much, and I hope that
Dialogue: 0,0:08:45.97,0:08:48.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you will go out there and make positive
Dialogue: 0,0:08:48.11,0:08:50.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,change and be a part of this movement
Dialogue: 0,0:08:50.52,0:08:53.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for a better world.