Here we explore the Native American influence on the founding of the United States and how putting our country back together in full integrity requires us to remember and respect the living roots of our nation. Parry states that the ultimate reason he is interested in politics is so that we can get to more kindness, compassion, and respect for Mother Earth. Glenn Aparicio Parry, Ph.D. is an educator, international speaker, entrepreneur, and visionary whose life-long passion is to re-form thinking and education into a coherent, cohesive whole. He's the founder and past president of the SEED Institute, and is currently the president of the think tank The Circle for Original Thinking. Parry organized and participated in the groundbreaking Language of Spirit Conferences from 1999 - 2011 that brought together Indigenous Native Elders and Western scientists in dialogue. This series of conferences was moderated by Leroy Little Bear. Parry is an avid outdoorsman and makes his home in the foothills of the Sandia Mountains in Albuquerque, NM, with his wife, dog, and cat. He is the author of Original Thinking: A Radical ReVisioning of Time, Humanity, and Nature (North Atlantic Books 2015) and Original Politics: Making America Sacred Again (Select Books 2020)

Interview Date: 2/19/2021  Tags: Glenn Aparicio Parry, Paula Gunn Allen, sacred, genocide, Pilgrims, Plymonth Rock, Haudenosaunee, The Peacemaker, Roger Williams, Benjamin Franklin, Chief Canasatego, caucus, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Lucretia Mott, Matilda Gage, Women’s movement, suffragists, Vandana Shiva, Turtle Island Renaissance, Leroy Little Bear, reconstruction, Van Jones, John McCain, Ramana Maharshi, Know-Nothing Party, Social Change/Politics, History, Indigenous Wisdom