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How urban life complicates spiritual belonging

I want to participate in ceremony but I've been living in the city for twenty years and I'm afraid the community will see me as an outsider trying to come home when it's convenient.

Juana
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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Geographic displacement creates anxiety about authentic participation in traditional practices.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Indigenous identity and land?”

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