Indigenous stories can keep nonhuman actors physically alive through stewardship

Evidence

I have long appreciated the way that indigenous stories animate the world. They are not only repositories of observations and analyses made over millennia, but also models of gratitude and stewardship. As it turns out, these stories kept their nonhuman actors alive not only in the human imagination, but literally in physical reality. — Jenny Odell, How to Do Nothing, 499

Categorization

• DEFINE: Establishes stories as practical, material forces — a key counter to the withdrawal misreading, since storytelling here is active stewardship.