that yououldant for yo family. on ourroperty with myrandpares, we he the ka, the brdfruit. we also had bananas. several varietieof banan. a little bit of everything. oft musi this rig here, thiss 'olena to us it 'olena, buthat's tmeric. ght here this oneas a bloom and that part thginger fily. so tre's you brearuit rig there. u can sesome of e young frts startg in on . and thuhi, or m... that vi that's creepi up on t tree. they're tually working th each her.

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(fire crkling) (gentle music) - so really world renewal ceremonies, we don't really look at it as religion. we look at our survival. and what are you doing to survive on this landscape over time? you're managing it. (crickets chirping) lo at the rs on thisne right here. they're arting treally co out rig here. sohis was anted inuly, anin anoth week oro i'll bat a harst these d take tm home and t these es.

but at's a hlthy plant ght ther this iabout a 0 days without ving anyain. our farmg is deeinto r spiritl belief en wdon't fa, u have t loss of the nuitional nefits of all the crops we produce out here. the fact of the matter is the women, they don't have the stuff to make e piki i (bght guit music) theyon't havthe aditional ops need to p on the ble. (chatterg) there s a ssertati lookingt so of the feings we have wn we don farm.

and lot of i was psyclogical. and wh you're t out he woing the nd and yr farm and beg a trueteward, u se your nse of bance. 's almoslike all thesplants o here, they'vbecome li my counlor. you knowhat i me? i'm ableo talk t themnd speako them, anthey shome thing and so i not depdent on, like used to b i ed to drk a hellf a lot. i don't that noore. nativeeople who ha these subsnce abusproblems a direct resu of beingelocated losing their livihood, forgetti who ty are, and th go in tfind somethinto fill ose void th would'votherwis beenilled byunting, by raisi thing nothat they don't havehat or they ve away om that, you ha these b problem reservaons now, ereas ifou were to u these tritional stems, you' able tolug all the voids in.

all that ls of ideity that wasaken awafrom you you'reble toring it ck. but need too it oner ratr than ler, beuse oncee forgethese thingsthen we rget the - wh do we want it? - now! - wh do we wt? - chan! - wh do we wt it? - no - at do weant? - chge! - pele todayre all exted abouclimate ange and righully so. peop are risg up and panickg in a sse. ey recogze that this inot sustnable. th's a goothing th that's happen that action, buit's gon be impetive, and its imperave, th these pple in tse movemts th are beginng to gr... lookor and aept guidance fr indigens people whknow howo... adapt and respond to a changing environment. and we'rstill dog it tod.

and will continue tdo it. we say until the stars... fa. (movininstrumeal music) (passionate percussion music) (singing in foreign language)

- [narrator] iodemic is made possible in part by the aspen institute, laura and gary lauder family venture philanthropy fund, rita allen foundation, and question of science institute. (upbeat music)