num_pages: 368
description: A powerful intimate collection of conversations with Indigenous Americans on the climate crisis and the Earths futureAlthough for a great many people the human impact on the Earthcountless species becoming extinct pandemics claiming millions of lives and climate crisis causing worldwide social and environmental upheavalwas not apparent until recently this is not the case for all people or cultures. For the Indigenous people of the world radical alteration of the planet and of life itself is a story that is many generations long. They have had to adapt to persevere and to be courageous and resourceful in the face of genocide and destructionand their experience has given them a unique understanding of civilizational devastation.An innovative work of research and reportage We Are the Middle of Forever places Indigenous voices at the center of conversations about todays environmental crisis. The book draws on interviews with people from different North American Indigenous cultures and communities generations and geographic regions who share their knowledge and experience their questions their observations and their dreams of maintaining the best relationship possible to all of life. A welcome antidote to the despair arising from the climate crisis We Are the Middle of Forever brings to the forefront the perspectives of those who have long been attuned to climate change and will be an indispensable aid to those looking for new and different ideas and responses to the challenges we face.
language: English
title: We Are the Middle of Forever: Indigenous Voices from Turtle Island on the Changing Earth
publisher: The New Press