The indigenous peoples have long stood on the principle that they are responsible for stewarding the land to ensure it is available for the next seven generations. It is not a prophecy found in scripture or anything like that but rather a foundational principle of stewardship that they have used for thousands of years. When we choose to harvest or gather anything from Mother Earth for our own needs, we must also be consciously aware of the impacts for future generations. This is a valuable and important process to ensure that we are not doing harm to Mother Earth, jeopardizing the ability of future generations to live on this land and prosper.

I would suggest that the colonial empire does not live by this foundational principle and as such, jeopardizes not only life currently here, but has significantly impacted the capacity of future generations in significant ways.