Category Archives: First Nation-Farmer Climate Unity March

Indigenous roots – Wet’suwet’en and Dakota Access Pipeline

Posted on March 6, 2020 by Jeff Kisling

This morning as I listened to the radio interview of Daniel Dixon, an organizer with Wet’suwet’en Solidarity DC, not surprisingly I heard the same concepts that informed what we did in Indianapolis regarding the Keystone and Dakota Access pipelines. And … Continue reading →

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The Guswenta: Two Row Wampum Belt

Posted on February 29, 2020 by Jeff Kisling

Quakers are my spiritual community. Lately I’ve been writing extensively about the Wet’suwet’en peoples in Canada. But I haven’t adequately explained why this is so important to me. And why I pray Friends (Quakers) will be led to learn about … Continue reading →

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Solidarity

Posted on January 28, 2020 by Jeff Kisling

Yesterday I provided some background to explain how Bear Creek Friends (Quaker) meeting decided to write a letter to British Columbia Premier, John Horgan regarding the Wet’suwet’en peoples. Bear Creek Friends (Quaker) meetinghouse is in the Iowa countryside. Many members … Continue reading →

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Radical Hope Today

Posted on December 27, 2019 by Jeff Kisling

There have been a few times when praying and studying have crystallized a vision from what had been disconnected thoughts and ideas. I like the visual of “connecting the dots”. About forty years ago an image of my beloved Rocky … Continue reading →

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A Place to Call Home

Posted on December 14, 2019 by Jeff Kisling

For some time now I’ve been studying about the Indian boarding schools. This began as several of us prepared for Paula Palmer to be with us this past summer. Following is a letter to faith communities that explains the purpose … Continue reading →

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How it came to be

Posted on December 6, 2019 by Jeff Kisling

I’ve been writing about Joy Harjo’s book, Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings: Poems, lately, most recently about the steps for conflict resolution. The book begins with this quotation: How it came to be Only the Indian people are the original people … Continue reading →

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Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings 6

Posted on December 5, 2019 by Jeff Kisling

This is the final part about conflict resolution outlined in Joy Harjo’s book, Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings: Poems.  6. AND, USE WHAT YOU LEARN TO RESOLVE YOUR OWN CONFLICTS AND TO MEDIATE OTHERS’ CONFLICTS: When we made it back home, … Continue reading →

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Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings 5

Posted on December 4, 2019 by Jeff Kisling

This is a continuation of a series of steps for conflict resolution outlined in Joy Harjo’s book, Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings: Poems.  5. ELIMINATE NEGATIVE ATTITUDES DURING CONFLICT A panther poised in the cypress tree about to jump is a … Continue reading →

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Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings 3 and 4

Posted on December 3, 2019 by Jeff Kisling

The past couple of blog posts have been about the first two parts of conflict resolution outlined in Joy Harjo’s book, Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings: Poems.  The third part is “give constructive feedback”. I’m having trouble understanding this section. … Continue reading →

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Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings 2

Posted on December 3, 2019 by Jeff Kisling

Yesterday I wrote about the first step of what Joy Harjo outlines for conflict resolution in her book Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings: Poems. I wrote about that because she says the first step is to create conflict resolution ground … Continue reading →

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