What is wrong with our attitude towards indigenous cultures?
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About the video: ‘What is wrong with our attitude towards indigenous cultures?’
Julia Butterfly Hill talks about her work with indigenous groups globally. She describes the charity-based approach many ‘westerners’ take when responding to the plight of indigenous communities. She speaks about the flaws in such an approach suggesting that western society must take on a more humble role in attempting to help native peoples. They have a lot to teach and we have a lot to learn.
Total views: 4,518
Filmed: New York City, USA on 22 April 2005
Credits: Interviewer - Marcus Morrell Camera and Editor - Marcus Morrell
Copyright © 2005 Big Picture TV
About Julia Butterfly Hill
Julia Butterfly Hill is an American campaigner and environmental activist.
She is well known for living in a 180-foot (55 m)-tall, roughly 1500-year-old California Redwood tree for 738 days between December 10, 1997 to December 18, 1999, in order to prevent loggers of the Pacific Lumber Company from cutting it down.
She is the author of the book “The Legacy of Luna: The Story of a Tree, a Woman and the Struggle to Save the Redwoods”(2001) and co-author of One Makes the Difference: Inspiring Actions that Change our World” (2002).
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