In “The Danger of a Single Story”, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichi powerfully explores how stories shape our perceptions of the world and reveals the profound impact of limited, one-sided narratives.  This issue of the WE RISE and WIN Together Digest lifts up the often untold–or unheard–stories and contributions of indigenous communities to building a just and abundant world.

Read the story and recent report of the role of an U.S. policy of removal of indigenous children into church-run residential boarding schools as part of a strategic tactic to force cultural assimilation of indigenous people–acknowledged officially for the first time in a recent report by the Department of Interior.  Listen to how this kind of policy showed up in the life of a person and community as told by Dr. Ruby Gibson, and the ways in which these policies have impacted future generations.  Explore tools from the practice of Somatic Archaeology© to heal from historic and generational trauma. https://somaticarchaeology.com/

Discover how indigenous worldviews and knowledge systems–ways of knowing and being–have made profound contributions in science, health, environment, community stewardship, literature, and faith.  Then join us for a Better Ancestor circle

As we walk along this journey to be better ancestors to reclaim the stories and solutions of communities that have been marginalized as part of our journey to create a future built on all our stories, gifts and solutions.