Donovan Dahmen and Chel Anderson
Recorded
December 5, 2022
Archived
December 5, 2022
01:32:57
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Id:
hub000707
Description
One Small Step partners Donovan Dahmen (52) and Chel Anderson (67) talk about community, spirituality, their connections to nature, and being outside the dominant political systems in our society.Subject Log / Time Code
DD and CA talk about why they wanted to have this conversation.
DD talks about his experiences growing up.
DD talks about becoming the drum keeper in Grand Portage and about the current place of the drum in the community.
CA remembers coming to the North Shore in her twenties.
CA and DD talk about their connection to nature.
CA shares a story from her childhood about lying in a bed of grass next to a pond and seeing a spider extend itself by a strand it had spun before releasing itself into the wind.
DD asks CA if she is religious or spiritual.
DD talks about finding spirituality through nature. He shares a story about partridge hunting in Grand Portage and sharing eye contact with six deer watching him from the tree line. He then talks about how that experience impacted him.
DD talks about the role spirituality plays in raising his children.
DD discusses his views on politics and money in politics.
CA shares that she feels disconnected from politics.
Participants
- Donovan Dahmen
- Chel Anderson