What Happens If You Don't Have a Relationship to the Land?

Chris Peters, director of the Seventh Generation Fund for Indian Development, says the dominant culture's relationship to the land must change radically. To avert a serious ecological crisis, Chris says that Euro-Americans must become "native": not in the sense of emulating Indian cultures, but rather in establishing an authentic spiritual connection to the land, and reversing the centuries-old notion of an otherworldly heaven that leaves no incentive to protect the earth. Chris asks, can the Euro-American worldview change in time?

Chris Peters is the director of the Seventh Generation Fund for Indian Development, a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting and maintaining the uniqueness of Native peoples throughout the Americas. Full bio and links »