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Cities, tribes try a new environmental approach: Give nature rights

When members of the White Earth band of Ojibwe in Minnesota take out their canoes to harvest wild rice, they're gathering a source of nourishment and following a tradition that has connected them to the land for generations.

But to the White Earth people, manoomin isn't just a resource to be used—it's an independent entity with the right "to exist, flourish, regenerate and evolve."

https://phys.org/news/2019-11-cities-tribes-environmental-approach-nature.html

 

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