Seven Global Currencies of the Indigenous Peoples
Life Sustaining Systems of Exchange and Reciprocity
An Evaluation Matrix for the Global Economy and Millennium Development Goals
➢The Breath of Life
➢The Water of Life
➢The Givers of Life
➢The Sustainers of Life
➢The Foundation of Life
➢The Sharers of Life
➢The Seed of Life
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The Breath of Life: The Air, Winds and Atmosphere
The Water of Life: The Waters, the Clouds, Waterways, Rivers and Streams, and Oceans
The Givers of Life: The Sacred Species: Buffalo, Deer, Salmon, and Eagle
The Sustainers of Life: Corn, Beans. Squash (agriculture)
The Foundation of Life: The Land and Territory, Mother Earth
The Sharers of Life: Community and Nations
The Seed of Life: Spirit –Light
NAHUACALLI
Embassy of the Indigenous Peoples
c/o TONATIERRA
Tel: (602) 254-5230 P.O. Box 24009 Phoenix, AZ 85074
Email: [email protected] www.tonatierra.org
The Tides of Time
Everyday in the news we hear of the global economy, of events that take place around the world that affect our economic reality as nations, communities and families. It is a great challenge to educate and prepare our youth to encounter success in the future of an increasingly global economic society. To participate in the construction of the future, and not just be dragged along by the effects is one of the principal and practical goals of education. In reality, it has always been a global economy. Traditional indigenous cultures from around the world have always maintained that it is only one earth, one water, one air, and one sun that nourishes us all, and all economic systems reflect this reality as the bottom line - which is not a really a line but a formula, an equation.
What are the factors of this equation? Technology is one, but should not be the prime determinant. Neither should the monetary policies of the World Trade Organization, the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund or the government states be given the exclusive power of determining the value systems by which we identify and implement the economic currencies of humanity.
Seas of Emergence
The term economy gives us a clue by the root "ECO" which also serves in defining the term ECOLOGY. (From the Greek "oikos" which means house.) Traditional cultures from around the world maintain that the entirety of the ecosystem of the planet is our "house" which we strive to make a "home"- a chante - with our cultures for the future generations of humanity. From this perspective, the Sun and Earth maintain a primary role in tandem as authors of the equation of life. From this perspective, the tides of time, which we observe and measure with our calendars, serve to remind us of how far we have come on the journey to success, the journey to achieve our global humanity, and how far we have yet to go.
Nohuanyoqueh
Good Greetings Relatives,
We have confirmed with Dr. Walter Reid of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MA) for a two-day visit to the Nahuacalli in Phoenix for Friday and Saturday, September the 9-10, 2005. We have shared with Dr. Reid the ilhuicayolotl (schema) of our model: Seven Global Currencies of the Indigenous Peoples - A Matrix of Evaluation for the Global Economy and Millennium Development Goals. For more information please contact our office.
"We are also convinced that the experience of the MA will transform the nature of future environmental assessments. ‘Scientific’ assessments, which privilege scientific knowledge over other types of knowledge, will now give way to ‘knowledge assessments’ that recognize the value and legitimacy of many forms of knowledge held by different groups of people."
Presentation by Dr. Walter Reid at the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
Wednesday, May 18, 2005 United Nations, New York, US
Seven Global Currencies of the Indigenous Peoples
Life Sustaining Systems of Exchange and Reciprocity
An Evaluation Matrix for the Global Economy and Millennium Development Goals
➢The Breath of Life
➢The Water of Life
➢The Givers of Life
➢The Sustainers of Life
➢The Foundation of Life
➢The Sharers of Life
➢The Seed of Life
*************************************
The Breath of Life: The Air, Winds and Atmosphere
The Water of Life: The Waters, the Clouds, Waterways, Rivers and Streams, and Oceans
The Givers of Life: The Sacred Species: Buffalo, Deer, Salmon, and Eagle
The Sustainers of Life: Corn, Beans. Squash (agriculture)
The Foundation of Life: The Land and Territory, Mother Earth
The Sharers of Life: Community and Nations
The Seed of Life: Spirit –Light
NAHUACALLI
Embassy of the Indigenous Peoples
c/o TONATIERRA
Tel: (602) 254-5230 P.O. Box 24009 Phoenix, AZ 85074
Email: [email protected]
www.tonatierra.org
The Tides of Time
Everyday in the news we hear of the global economy, of events that take place around the world that affect our economic reality as nations, communities and families. It is a great challenge to educate and prepare our youth to encounter success in the future of an increasingly global economic society. To participate in the construction of the future, and not just be dragged along by the effects is one of the principal and practical goals of education. In reality, it has always been a global economy. Traditional indigenous cultures from around the world have always maintained that it is only one earth, one water, one air, and one sun that nourishes us all, and all economic systems reflect this reality as the bottom line - which is not a really a line but a formula, an equation.
What are the factors of this equation? Technology is one, but should not be the prime determinant. Neither should the monetary policies of the World Trade Organization, the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund or the government states be given the exclusive power of determining the value systems by which we identify and implement the economic currencies of humanity.
Seas of Emergence
The term economy gives us a clue by the root "ECO" which also serves in defining the term ECOLOGY. (From the Greek "oikos" which means house.) Traditional cultures from around the world maintain that the entirety of the ecosystem of the planet is our "house" which we strive to make a "home"- a chante - with our cultures for the future generations of humanity. From this perspective, the Sun and Earth maintain a primary role in tandem as authors of the equation of life. From this perspective, the tides of time, which we observe and measure with our calendars, serve to remind us of how far we have come on the journey to success, the journey to achieve our global humanity, and how far we have yet to go.
TONATIERRA
www.tonatierra.org
Nohuanyoqueh
Good Greetings Relatives,
We have confirmed with Dr. Walter Reid of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MA) for a two-day visit to the Nahuacalli in Phoenix for Friday and Saturday, September the 9-10, 2005. We have shared with Dr. Reid the ilhuicayolotl (schema) of our model: Seven Global Currencies of the Indigenous Peoples - A Matrix of Evaluation for the Global Economy and Millennium Development Goals. For more information please contact our office.
Tupac Enrique Acosta, Yaotachcauh
Tlahtokan Nahuacalli
TONATIERRA
(602) 254-5230
[email protected]
"We are also convinced that the experience of the MA will transform the nature of future environmental assessments. ‘Scientific’ assessments, which privilege scientific knowledge over other types of knowledge, will now give way to ‘knowledge assessments’ that recognize the value and legitimacy of many forms of knowledge held by different groups of people."
Presentation by Dr. Walter Reid at the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
Wednesday, May 18, 2005 United Nations, New York, US
http://www.millenniumassessment.org/en/Article.aspx?id=65
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