The Epical Indigenous Cultures and Nature Preservation



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Indigenous cultures around the globe are still fighting for their individual cultural freedoms against demographic polarized cultures. The European worldview and culture are mostly held responsible for the loss of some of the great cultures that once existed. As said by Russell Means (1980), the indigenous American culturalist examined that the evidence of this claim really exists, as the fundamental of world governance that employed the terms civilization and modernization accordingly with unavoidable terms of governance like capitalism, liberalism and communism, which distorted some of the world profound cultures and their effects are still unfolding with poverty and displacement across the world. Redefining the importance of indigenous cultural diversity, respond to some of the questions posed by culturalism and globalism in the broader aspect of life that encompasses environmental protection and human rights. Furthermore, reaffirming the need to reclaim these cultures from extinction to curb the inefficiencies of globalization.

Humanity’s survival relies on culture indigeneity which defines who we are but not who we want to be. The similarities of our survival histories can be well explained through the differences that set us aside from each other. These differences are our values, beliefs, traditions, languages, foods, dresses, religion, knowledge, experiences and more set aside individual groups across the world (Tamu.edu, 2018). The best part is that we learned to live life in a natural way before came on us the exploration history which instilled in us the need for global unity. However, this unity we seek was not viewed as cultural freedom and security. The collision of different cultures created the worse histories ever that led to the annihilation of many lives across the globe. I write about the indigenous people across the globe that have been pushed into deprivation and assigned the horrible name “poor”. The world is coming to the realization that everything around us is fragile and all depends on one another. The life we live each day either contribute to the development of nature or the destruction of nature. The only people who knew this are the indigenous people who embraced the advice of nature. Two classes of people have emerged, they are the “who we are” and “who we want to be” people. The “who we are” are the nature-loving indigenous peoples and the “who we want to be” are the self-centered capitalists. Now that we know the differences between these two, who do you follow?


There is uncertainty in the world of how to deal with poverty. The world has relied on economists, capitalists who are the powerful rulers of the world together with democratic governance, leaders of the globalized institutions such as the UN, World Trade Organization (WTO) and some of the notable International Financial Institutions namely the World Bank, IMF, and the others. Do they have the answer? The answer to poverty lies with the marginalized population who are the indigenous people of culture. As Vandana Shiva simplified this as “We tried it your way and look where we’re at” (2008). The world listens to these powerful people who are still encouraging us with the same capitalist means of profit-making for a sustainable future (Shiva, 2008). 


I found a truism in the adage that says, “truths can be found at the source of the problem”. However, our democratic rulers employ corporate capitalism which is the cause of our problems today as a means of solving them. Capitalism is blamed for the growing nationalist movements around the world (Hechter, 2001, p.1). The recent crisis portrayed by the international media as terrorism instigated by religious extremism, which had a serious CNN effect on global movements is some of the problems created by capitalism and poverty (Elu & Price, 2015). Why do they succeed in making us see it so differently? The people are fighting for their cultural freedoms against western capitalism, which has ripped them off their sustainable environments in the return for poverty, pollution, and corruption (Shiva, 2008).

The world is on the verge of destruction and no amount of financial loans and aids can restore the sustainability we craved in our endeavors. The way forward is to reclaim our environments and indigenous cultures by learning how to live sustainably with nature. We need an international reform on how we handle capital and humanity. It is time we approach the corporate capitalist with the question, “choose between humanity and money?”. If they choose money, then we redraw our self from them and adopt the ways of our forefathers; the purpose-driven indigenous culture. However, if they choose us, then we are ready for greater global unity. Let us restore power to the indigenous peoples of the land so that they can protect what is left of our environment.



Resources:


 Elu, J., & Price, G.(2015-07-01). The Causes and Consequences of Terrorism in Africa. In The Oxford Handbook of Africa and Economics: Volume 1: Context and Concepts. : Oxford University Press. Retrieved 30 Mar. 2018, from http://www.oxfordhandbooks.com/view/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199687114.001.0001/oxfordhb-9780199687114-e-16


Films Media Group. (2012). Introduction to Vandana Shiva. [Video File.] Films on Demand. Retrieved from:  https://fod.infobase.com/p_ViewPlaylist.aspx?AssignmentID=U9SA5J




Hechter, M.(2001-08-30). Causes of Nationalism. In Containing Nationalism. : Oxford University Press. Retrieved 30 Mar. 2018, from http://www.oxfordscholarship.com/view/10.1093/019924751X.001.0001/acprof-9780199247516-chapter-2.


Means, R.1980. For America to Love, Europe Must Die. Retrieved from: http://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/russell-means-for-america-to-live-europe-must-die

Tamu.edu. (2018). Culture. Culture, 1. Retrieved from: http://people.tamu.edu/~i-choudhury/culture.html
 

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