Thanks for posting this interesting article.
> Reprinted from _Turtle Talk_ <The New Catalyst Bioregional Series,
> Vol 1, 1990> eds. C and J Plant:
> WINGS OF THE EAGLE
> by Marie Wilson
>
> You must realize that in my language there is no word for 'rights.'
> We have really struggled to find an equivalent in Gitksan Wet'suwet'en
> and there is none. The closest we could come to an equivalent was
> jurisdiction and responsibility. 'Rights,' to us, is a very selfish
> word.
I would be very interested to know if this is common among native languages.
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