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How to reconcile work that harms the earth with indigenous values

I work for an oil company and make good money but every day I feel like I'm betraying everything my Dene ancestors stood for, and I don't know how to feed my kids and honor my values at the same time.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Economic necessity often forces participation in systems that violate deeply held spiritual principles about relationship with the land.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Indigenous spiritualities — North America?”

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