In Bolivia, for example, the government passed laws in 2010 and 2012 for the Law of the Rights of Mother Earth, which were motivated by the belief that nature has legal rights. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Peabody Museum, 1944. In Hopi, the term wuya often refers to the spiritual beings themselves (said to be connected with the Fifth World, Taalawsohu), the dolls, or the people who dress as kachinas for ceremonial dances. The pipe serves as a link between the earth and the sky. A river or water does not only sustain life it is sacred. google_ad_slot = "7815442998"; As a Native American scholar of environment and religion, I understand what makes the relationship between Native people and the natural world unique. There was a reason: For long years, the Lakota, the Blackfeet and the other Native American tribes understood how to live with nature. American Indian words,