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Join Us For LovingKindness Meditation
NEW evening session on Wednesday nights
And morning sessions on the rest of the weekdays!
The Nakani Native Program presents weekday Loving Kindness Meditation sessions for health and stress relief, open to anyone but especially aimed at Native Americans and front-line health care
workers.
You are invited to attend any weekday morning EXCEPT on Wednesdays 8:30-9:15 AM Pacific Time via Zoom.
On Wednesdays attend the evening session from 8 PM to 8:45 PM Pacific Time.
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81773366595
All ages and experience levels are invited.
Attend any or all sessions.
These sessions will reduce stress while bolstering your immunity and mental functioning. You will experience an immediate positive change in your body and mind during and after the sessions! This will be especially helpful for frontline workers. We will pay special attention to Indigenous/Native American world views.
Who?
Meditation teacher Vishaka Smith, Ph.D. will guide you through gentle stretching and non-sectarian meditations. Vishaka has been teaching meditation since 2012.
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crosscut.com/environment/2020/10/puyallup-tribe-eyes-lawsuit-over-river-pollution-and-declining-fish
Puyallup Tribe could sue dam owners to save imperiled fish
Critics say a 116-year-old dam on the Puyallup River is a threat to already vulnerable fish populations.
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newrepublic.com/article/159418/over-half-people-used-grow-crops-cant-anymore
“Over Half of the People Who Used to Grow Crops Here Can’t Do It Anymore”
Canyon de Chelly, part of Navajo Nation lands in Arizona, has been suffering from worsening droughts.
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The Mi'kmaq in Canada are facing the same kinds of racial intimidation that Northwest tribal fishermen faced in the 1970s, in response to their exercise
Nova Scotia restaurants boycott lobster in response to violence against the Mi'kmaq
HALIFAX — Kourosh Rad, owner of Garden Food Bar and Lounge in Halifax, says he removed his popular lobster-based menu items in support of the province's Mi'kmaq fishers.
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National Native American Veterans Memorial | National Museum of the American Indian
NMAI is committed to advancing knowledge and understanding of the Native cultures of the Western Hemisphere through partnership with Native people and others. The museum works to support the continuance of culture, traditional values, and transitions in contemporary Native life.
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Our new video of Dina Gilio-Whitaker's presentation is now posted on our web page [as well as YouTube] www.youtube.com/watch?v=Owpap6OnFsE
Indigenous Environmental Justice
Dina Gilio-Whitaker, author of "As Long As the Grass Grows: The Indigenous Fight for Environmental Justice, from Colonization to Standing Rock", confronts no...
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Nakani Native Program updated their status.
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