American Indian, Alaskan Natives, and indigenous peoples throughout the world have been concerned about a changing climate and how it will affect the intimate connections between people and the environment. Many indigenous communities view the environment and natural resources as inseparable from community and tribal identity. Some academics have even coined new phrases to explain these relationships—kincentric ecology, for example, is one way to describe the familial relationships among people, plants, animals, rocks, water, etc. (Salmón 2000). Indigenous people are keenly interested in global climate change because it has the potential to alter these relationships and affect community identity.
In 2010, students from the College of Menominee Nation and the Sustainable Development Institute engaged Menominee community members to understand their perspectives on Climate Change. Please take a momemnt to view their powerful fifteen-minute student video to gain a deeper understanding of global climate change from the perspectives of several Menominee community members.
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