Relational and intergenerational time is central to Indigenous worldviews.

Evidence

We are a part of everything that is beneath us, above us, and around us. Our past is our present, our present is our future, and our future is seven generations past and present. — Winona LaDuke, All Our Relations, 44

Categorization

• DEFINE: Condenses a core relational/environmental ethic the whole book will run on.
• XREF: Parallels the seven-generation framing often invoked in eco-justice pedagogy and sustainability ethics. — connects to: A Seventh Generation deliberation rule would have voided thousands of U.S. government decisions. — Winona LaDuke, All Our Relations: Native Struggles for…, 978; The proposed Seventh Generation Amendment would constitutionally protect future generations’ access to common resources. — Winona LaDuke, All Our Relations: Native Struggles for…, 984; ‘Indigenous’ is an ecodeterminant tying belonging to place and time. — Frans Dokman, Beyond Bantu Philosophy_…, 376 (+2 more)
• recurring: this claim recurs 2 times within its source

Broader Connections

• ‘Indigenous’ is an ecodeterminant tying belonging to place and time. #expands (0.85) — Frans Dokman, Beyond Bantu Philosophy_…, 376
• Traditional societies use the past as the template for the present #expands (0.72) — W. David Marx, Status and Culture, 642
• Tradition discursively connects past, community, and identity. #expands (0.72) — Stuart Hall, Essential Essays, Volume 2, 401