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Wisdom of the Kogi People

The Kogi (meaning 'jaguar') are the Indigenous group that resides in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta mountains in northern Columbia. he Kogi understand the Earth to be a living being, and see humanity as its "children." They say that our actions of exploitation, devastation, and plundering for resources is weakening "The Great Mother" and leading to our destruction.

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