Alexandra Grigorieva
Sakha people
The ice we are used to has melted and we face big problems that we have not faced before.
A lot of animals in this area can’t live in the same environment they were used to.
We have a lot of different populations in this area, fishing, hunting and gathering natural resources. We have this problem with animals, the animals can’t live in the same condition anymore, Bears that are used to very cold temperatures need to move and they don’t know where to move as the environment is changing.
When we try to take cherries or anything from the earth we always give back something. We never take without returning. It is an essential understanding we have with the earth.
‘This is the earth’s reaction to what people are doing around the world’
We consider the earth to be alive and there needs to be a harmony.
The climate is changing completely, where it used to be cold it is warm and the earth is changing and I believe it is changing because of the Great Spirit.
We don’t have any way out, we don’t know what to do, only nature can know how it will be in the future and only god can know and we hope everything will be better.
I believe that the earth is trying to clean itself in different ways probably it is the earth’s reaction to what people do around the world.
We are indigenous people and we will do everything we can to struggle for our rights, try to live on our lands. We hope and we believe that the situation will get better.