Lakota riders from the Rosebud, Standing Rock and Lower Brule Reservations stood against a police line in a peaceful demonstration this month as part of a traditional ceremony to introduce horses. Credit Daniella Zalcman By Jack Healy / NYTimes NEAR CANNON BALL, N.D. — Horseback riders, their faces streaked in yellow and black paint, led the procession… Read More Occupying the Prairie: Tensions Rise as Tribes Move to Block a Pipeline

from Warrior Publications Thousands join protest camp as supporters are holding a rally in Washington D.C. on Wednesday outside of Army Corps hearing. Growing in number and spirit, the Standing Rock Sioux protest against the Dakota Access Pipeline is swiftly gaining strength ahead of a federal hearing on the controversial project. Support has spread across the country, and thousands have descended on… Read More Gov Orders Police to Cut Water Supply to Native Americans as Pipeline Protesters Skyrocket

Richard Rohr is a Franciscan Monk who teaches the Roman Catholic mystical tradition from a non-dualist perspective, incorporating many Buddhist and eastern ideas and practices. He’s one of the few Catholic teachers I draw from. I am not a deist, so I apply references to “God” to “spiritual practice.”  Tuesday, August 23, 2016 How do we live the contradictions? Live them—not just endure… Read More Paradox: Mystery Is Endless Knowability

These words of wisdom for Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh on interbeing are a classic statement about the interconnectedness of all phenomena. For example, if you think about the recent tragedy in the marine ecosystem of central Vietnam, where a massive toxic waste disposal by Formosa Steel caused the death of millions of sea animals and made the waters around Ha Tinh Province,… Read More Thich Nhat Hanh on Interbeing