The Onondaga framed their suit as seeking justice for all creation

Evidence

Clan Mother Audrey Shenandoah made the goal clear. It is not casinos and not money and not revenge. “In this action,” she said, “we seek justice. Justice for the waters. Justice for the four-leggeds and the wingeds, whose habitats have been taken. We seek justice, not just for ourselves, but justice for the whole of Creation.” — Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass, 1178

Categorization

• DEEPTHINKING: Redefines ‘justice’ from human-centered compensation to a duty owed the more-than-human world — a paradigm-shifting expansion relevant to every leg of the polyad but especially Eco-Justice pedagogy.
• SEED: Centerpiece quote for an integrative essay on expanding standing/justice frameworks to non-humans across the four courses.
• XREF: Resonates with ch13’s argument that animacy grammar could ground legal standing for other species, and ch77-78’s account of the Onondaga stewardship covenant broken but never relinquished. — connects to: Land dispossession tied Onondaga hands but never broke their stewardship covenant — Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom,…, 1165; Treaties guaranteed Onondaga rights that the US government then violated — Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom,…, 1163; The Onondaga filed suit seeking stewardship and healing, not property — Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom,…, 1170